Sonoproduction of particles for delivery purposes

ISBN-13: 9783847374763 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 272 str.

Raquel Silva

Opis

Over the past few decades, there have been demands to develop several devices for delivery purposes. In parallel, there was a need to optimize or develop new techniques to produce them. The usefulness of sonochemical methodology for the development of an efficient lipidic and proteinaceous delivery platforms for the delivery of bioactive agents are the most significant contributions of this book. This work exploits the influence of sonochemical method to produce these systems and at the same time, evaluate the physico-chemical parameters of the developed devices and their ability for controlled release.

O autorze

Raquel Silva was born in Guimarães, Portugal. She is graduated in Chemistry by University of Minho. Her PhD research performed at the same university was focused on the development of nanomaterials for delivery purposes. Currently, her research interests are related with the development of new polymeric nanodevices for cancer therapy.