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Microfluidics for Pharmaceutical Applications
From Nano/Micro Systems Fabrication to Controlled Drug Delivery
Focuses on the implementation of key enabling lab-on-chip and microfluidic technologies for the fabrication of advanced drug delivery systems
Hélder A. Santos (Edited by), Dongfei Liu (Edited by), Hongbo Zhang (Edited by)
9780128126592
Paperback, published 18 October 2018
495 pages
23.4 x 19 x 3.1 cm, 1 kg
Microfluidics for Pharmaceutical Applications: From Nano/Micro Systems Fabrication to Controlled Drug Delivery is a concept-orientated reference that features case studies on utilizing microfluidics for drug delivery applications. It is a valuable learning reference on microfluidics for drug delivery applications and assists practitioners developing novel drug delivery platforms using microfluidics. It explores advances in microfluidics for drug delivery applications from different perspectives, covering device fabrication, fluid dynamics, cutting-edge microfluidic technology in the global drug delivery industry, lab-on-chip nano/micro fabrication and drug encapsulation, cell encapsulation and delivery, and cell- drug interaction screening. These microfluidic platforms have revolutionized the drug delivery field, but also show great potential for industrial applications.
Section I: Principle of microfluidics 1. Lab-on-a-Chip technology and microfluidics2. Fluid properties and hydrodynamics of microfluidic systems3. Diffusion and mixing in microfluidic device4. Microfluidic production of multicomponent multiple emulsions Section II: Microfluidics for drug delivery applications 5. Microfabrication and Microfluidic Devices for Drug Delivery6. Lab-on-a-chip preparation routes for organic nanomaterials for drug delivery7. Microfluidic mixing and devices for preparing nanoparticulate drug delivery systems8. Microfluidic production of inorganic nanomaterials for biomedical applications9. Lab-on-a-chip synthesis of microparticles for drug encapsulation and controlled release10. Microfluidic technologies for local drug delivery11. Droplet-based microfluidics for cell encapsulation and delivery12. Antibody discovery using microfluidic systems13. Single-cell screening using microfluidic systems Section III: Microfluidics for analysis and drug delivery14. Lab-on-a-chip techniques for high throughput proteomics and drug discovery15. Microfluidics for chemical analysis and sample manipulation for pharmaceutical applications Section IV: Future prospective and commercialization of microfluidic techniques16. Future of microfluidics in research and in the market
Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Engineering: general [TBC], Physical chemistry [PNR]
