Microemulsions for Topical Application
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2023) | Viewed by 212
Special Issue Editors
Interests: drug design; drug formulation; topical drug delivery systems
Interests: drug formulation; topical drug delivery systems; drug quality control
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We intend to publish a Special Issue on “Microemulsions for Topical Application”.
Microemulsions continue to be of great interest to numerous researchers as topical drug delivery systems considering their unique properties, such as thermodynamic stability, transparency, high solubilization potential for both lipophilic and hydrophilic drugs, enhanced skin permeation of drugs, easy preparation, and scale up. Moreover, biocompatibility and biodegradability were other desirable properties to be achieved for newly developed microemulsion formulations intended for different routes of drug administration, including the topical route.
Microemulsions are homogenous, isotropic colloidal fluids of two immiscible liquids (oil and water) stabilized by an interfacial monomolecular film of a surfactant or mixed surfactants, usually in combination with a co-surfactant, with mean droplet diameter in the range of 10–200 nm. By using specific polymers as gelling agents in the formulation of topical microemulsion formulations, the improvement of their residence time on the skin surface can be achieved.
This Special Issue aims to highlight and capture the current progress in solving the challenges faced in the development of safe and effective microemulsion formulations for topical drug delivery. We invite original research and review articles addressing recent advances in topical microemulsion-based drug delivery systems.
Dr. Vicenţiu Vlaia
Dr. Ioana Viorica Olariu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- microemulsion
- drug delivery
- topical dosage form
- skin
- penetration
- gel
