Microfluidics from Engineering to Applied Biology and Advanced Nanomedicine
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 241
Special Issue Editors
Interests: liposome; microfluidics; drug delivery; gene vaccines; drug screening
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Microfluidics is an exciting research area that can revolutionize the pharmaceutical industry. New strategies can be applied to produce different pharmaceuticals, especially the ones in the nanotechnology field. New in vitro models can be implemented, mimicking the complex cell hierarchy presented in natural tissues, allowing the investigation of different diseases and their treatment. In addition, microfluidic systems can be developed for fast drug screening, accelerating the discovery of new drugs. These features are only possible since microtechniques were developed and allowed researchers to produce microdevices easily. However, new technologies are still being investigated to reduce costs and enable fast and reproductive industrial production. This Special Issue focuses on the recent developments in microfluidics, from microchip technical development to advanced applications in the field of nanomedicine and the organ on a chip.
This Special Issue will be covered by topics that focus on the new trends in microchips technology, nanoparticles synthesis, and organ on a chip as:
- Nanotechnology and microfluidics: synthesis of different nanoparticles;
- Emerging techniques for microchips production;
- Organ on a chip;
- Drug screening;
- Engineering microfluidic aspects applied to pharmaceutical industries.
Prof. Dr. Lucimara Gaziola de la Torre
Dr. Ana Letícia Rodrigues Costa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microfluidics
- nanotechnology
- nanomedicine
- drug screening
