Surfactants and Polymers in Drug Delivery (eBook)

This indispensable reference features the latest findings surrounding the physicochemical aspects of surfactant and polymer systems to facilitate the design and understanding of novel and advanced drug delivery formulations-highlighting the basics of surfactant and polymer surface activity and self-assembly, the various types of structures formed by such compounds, and how they may be used in drug delivery.

Surfactants and Polymers in Drug Delivery discussessolubilization of drugs in micellar systemsliquid crystalline phases formed by PEO-PPO-PEO block copolymers and other copolymers and surfactantstriggered drug-release from liposome formulationsmicroemulsions formed by ionic and nonionic surfactantsmicroemulsions in oral and topical administrationemulsions in parenteral, oral, and dermal drug deliverygels formed by polysaccharides, block copolymers, and polymer-surfactant mixtureschemically cross-linked gelsresponsive polymer systems in drug deliveryexperimental techniques for studying drug delivery systemsdrying of aqueous protein solutions, polymeric two-phase systems, emulsions, and liposomesbioadhesionWith nearly 500 references, tables and figures, Surfactants and Polymers in Drug Delivery will benefit surface, pharmaceutical, colloid, polymer, and medicinal chemists, chemical, formulation, and application engineers, and pharmacists, and upper-level undergraduate and graduate students in these disciplines.

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This reference features the latest findings surrounding the physicochemical aspects of surfactant and polymer systems to facilitate the design and understanding of novel and advanced drug delivery formulations. It covers the basics of surfactant and polymer surface activity and self-assembly, the various types of structures formed by such compounds