Microfluidics for pharmaceutical applications : from nano/micro systems fabrication to controlled drug delivery

• Other Authors: Santos, Hélder A. (Editor), Liu, Dongfei (Editor), Zhang, Hongbo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, [2019]
• Series: Micro & nano technologies.
• Subjects: Microfluidics.; Pharmaceutical biotechnology.; Drug delivery systems.; Drug development > Technological innovations.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9780128126608; 0128126604; 9780128126592; 0128126590
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 477 pages) : illustrations

"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 d...

Table of Contents:

• Lab-on-a-chip technology and microfluidics / Antonio Francesko, Vanessa F. Cardoso and Senentxu Lanceros-Méndez
• Fluid properties and hydrodynamics of microfluidic systems / David Wibowo, Chun-Xia Zhao and Yinghe He
• Diffusion and mixing in microfluidic devices / Jing Fan [and three others]
• Microfluidics for pharmaceutical applications / Masatoshi Maeki
• Microfabrication and microfluidic devices for drug delivery / Niko Kimura, Masatoshi Maeki and Manabu Tokeshi
• Lab-on-a-chip preparation routes for organic nanomaterials for drug delivery / Enza Torino, Maria Russo and Alfonso Maria Ponsiglione
• Microfluidic mixing and devices for preparing nanoparticulate drug delivery systems / Yuezhou Zhang [and three others]
• Microfluidic production of inorganic nanomaterials for biomedical applications / Victor Sebastian and Manuel Arruebo
• Lab-on-a-chip fabrication of polymeric microparticles for drug encapsulation and controlled release / Xiao-Jie Ju and Liang-Yin Chu
• Microfluidic technologies for local drug delivery / Shabir Hassan and Yu Shrike Zhang
• Droplet-based microfluidics for cell encapsulation and delivery / Ran Chen, Zeyong Sun and Dong Chen
• Antibody discovery using microfluidic systems / Karolis Simutis, Greta Stonyte and Linas Mažutis
• Single-cell screening using microfluidic systems / Juozas Nainys, Valdemaras Milkus and Linas Mažutis
• Lab-on-a-chip techniques for high-throughput proteomics and drug discovery / Nauman Khalid [and three others]
• Future of microfluidics in research and in the market / Adam Bohr, Stefano Colombo and Henrik Jensen.