Microfluidics for pharmaceutical applications : from nano/micro systems fabrication to controlled drug delivery / edited by Helder A. Santos, Dongfei Liu and Hongbo Zhang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Liu, Dongfei, editor.

Santos, Hélder A., editor.

Zhang, Hongbo, editor.

Series:

Micro & nano technologies.

Micro & nano technologies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microfluidics.

Pharmaceutical biotechnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (498 pages).

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, 2019.

Summary:

"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"--Publisher.

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.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780128126608

0128126604