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Cover Picture: Macromol. Mater. Eng. 6/2015
Author(s) -
Larrañeta Eneko,
Lutton Rebecca E. M.,
Brady Aaron J.,
VicentePérez Eva M.,
Woolfson A. David,
Thakur Raghu Raj Singh,
Donnelly Ryan F.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
macromolecular materials and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.913
H-Index - 96
eISSN - 1439-2054
pISSN - 1438-7492
DOI - 10.1002/mame.201570017
Subject(s) - materials science , transdermal , self healing hydrogels , polymer chemistry , polymer , ethylene glycol , polymer science , front cover , permeation , maleic anhydride , cover (algebra) , chemical engineering , composite material , copolymer , chemistry , membrane , medicine , mechanical engineering , biochemistry , engineering , pharmacology
Front Cover: Microwave radiation is used to crosslink poly(methyl vinyl ether‐ alt ‐maleic acid) and poly(ethylene glycol) mixtures yielding hydrogels. The crosslinking process is implemented in the production of hydrogel‐forming microneedle arrays for transdermal drug delivery. The cover shows the crosslinking reaction between the two polymers and the transdermal permeation mechanism of the resulting hydrogel‐forming microneedle arrays after skin insertion. Further details can be found in the article by E. Larrañeta, R. E. M. Lutton, A. J. Brady, E. M. Vicente‐Pérez, A. D. Woolfson, R. R. S. Thakur, and R. F. Donnelly* on page 586 .