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Highly Porous Nano‐ and Microstructured Films Loaded with Bioactive Agents for Biomedical Applications: Structure—Release Profile Effects
Author(s) -
Rachelson Adi,
Zilberman Meital
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
advanced engineering materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.938
H-Index - 114
eISSN - 1527-2648
pISSN - 1438-1656
DOI - 10.1002/adem.200800439
Subject(s) - materials science , porosity , nanotechnology , nano , drug delivery , dispersion (optics) , emulsion , porous medium , chemical engineering , composite material , optics , physics , engineering
The current study focuses on the nanostructuring of our new drug‐eluting porous films and its effect on the drug release profile of both hydrophilic and hydrophobic drugs. Nanostructuring was obtained using both the dispersion and the condensation methods of emulsion processing. These new highly porous nanostructured films can be used as basic elements of various drug‐eluting medical devices.