
Microfluidics for Pharmaceutical Applications
From Nano/Micro Systems Fabrication to Controlled Drug Delivery
Description
Key Features
- 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
Readership
This book will be suitable for Masters and PhD students and for those in the industry.
In addition, the book should appeal to a segment of academic scientists at all levels, from graduate students to professors, who work in related fields.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Hélder A. SantosSection I: Principle of microfluidics
1. Lab-on-a-Chip technology and microfluidics
Senentxu Lanceros, Antonio Francesko & Vanessa F. Cardoso
2. Fluid properties and hydrodynamics of microfluidic systems
Yinghe He, David Wibowo & Chun-Xia Zhao
3. Diffusion and mixing in microfluidic device
Jing Fan, Shuaijun Li, Ziqian Wu & Zi Chen
4. Microfluidic production of multicomponent multiple emulsions
Masatoshi MaekiSection II: Microfluidics for drug delivery applications
5. Microfabrication and Microfluidic Devices for Drug Delivery
Manabu Tokeshi, Masatoshi Maeki a& Nicola Kimura
6. Lab-on-a-chip preparation routes for organic nanomaterials for drug delivery
Enza Torino & Enza Torino
7. Microfluidic mixing and devices for preparing nanoparticulate drug delivery systems
Dongfei Liu, Yuezhou Zhang, Hongbo Zhang & Hélder A. Santos
8. Microfluidic production of inorganic nanomaterials for biomedical applications
Manuel Arruebo & Victor Sebastian
9. Lab-on-a-chip synthesis of microparticles for drug encapsulation and controlled release
Liang-Yin Chu & Xiaojie Ju
10. Microfluidic technologies for local drug delivery
Shrike Zhang & Shabir Hassan
11. Droplet-based microfluidics for cell encapsulation and delivery
Dong Chen, Zeyong Sun & Ran Chen
12. Antibody discovery using microfluidic systems
Linas Mazutis, Greta Stonyte & Karolis Simutis
13. Single-cell screening using microfluidic systems
Linas Mazutis, Juozas Nainys & Valdemaras MilkusSection III: Microfluidics for analysis and drug delivery
14. Lab-on-a-chip techniques for high throughput proteomics and drug discovery
Nauman Khalid, Sania Arif, Isao Kobayashic & Mitsutoshi Nakajimac
15. Microfluidics for chemical analysis and sample manipulation for pharmaceutical applications
Tina Marjukka SikanenSection IV: Future prospective and commercialization of microfluidic techniques
16. Future of microfluidics in research and in the market
Adam Bohr, Stefano Colombo & Henrik Jensen
Product details
- No. of pages: 495
- Language: English
- Copyright: © William Andrew 2018
- Published: October 12, 2018
- Imprint: William Andrew
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128126592
- eBook ISBN: 9780128126608
About the Editors
Helder Santos
Affiliations and Expertise
Dongfei Liu
Affiliations and Expertise
Hongbo Zhang
Affiliations and Expertise
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