Microfluidics for Pharmaceutical Applications From Nano/Micro Systems Fabrication to Controlled Drug Delivery Micro and Nano Technologies Series
Coordonnateurs : Santos Hélder A., Liu Dongfei, Zhang Hongbo
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
Dongfei Liu is a Postdoctoral Fellow and PI at the Division of Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, University of Helsinki, Finland. He has developed a versatile and robust microfluidics platform to prepare extremely stable drug nanocrystals.
Hongbo Zhang is an Assistant Professor at Åbo Akademi, Finland. His research focuses on nanostructured materials prepared by microfluidics for drug delivery applications.
- Presents detailed coverage on the fabrication of novel drug delivery systems with desired characteristics, such as uniform size, Janus particles, and particular or combined responsiveness
- Includes a variety of case studies that explain principles
- Focuses on commercialization, cost, safety, society and educational issues of microfluidic applications, showing how microfluidics is used in the real world
Date de parution : 10-2018
Ouvrage de 495 p.
19x23.3 cm
Thèmes de Microfluidics for Pharmaceutical Applications :
Mots-clés :
3-D printing; ADME; Antibodies; Antimicrobial; B cells; Biomaterials; Biomedical; Biosensors; Cell deliveryPlease check whether the suggested running head “Droplet-based microfluidics for cell encapsulation is appropriate for this chapter.--> Cell encapsulation; Chaotic mixer; Continuous manufacturing; Contrast agents; Controlled drug delivery; Controlled release; Dimensionless numbers; Droplet; Droplet microfluidics; Droplet-based microfluidics; Droplets; Drug delivery; Drug screening; Drug testing; Emulsification; Emulsion; Encapsulation; Fluid properties; Gradient generator; High throughput; High-throughput; High-throughput preparation; InDrops; Industry 4.0; Joined PCR product; Lab-on-a-chip; Lab-on-a-chip techniques; Lipid nanoparticle; Localized drug delivery; Micelles; Microcapsules; Microchannel; Microdroplet; Microfluidic device; Microfluidic mixer; Microfluidic types; Microfluidics; Microgel; Mixing; Multicomponent; Nanocarrier; Nanomedicine; Nanomedicines; Nanopharmaceutical; Nanoprecipitation; Nanowells; Newtonian fluids; Organ-on-a-chip; PDMS; Personalized medicine; Pharmaceutical applications; Polymeric microparticles; Pressure-driven flows; Proteomics; Scale-up; Single-cell RNA-Seq; Single-cell screening and sequencing; Stimuli-responsive polymers; Theragnostics; Three-dimensional cell culture; Tissue engineeringPlease check whether the suggested running head “Nanomaterials in biomedical applications is appropriate for this chapter.--> Wearables