Microfluidic assembly of multistage porous silicon-lipid vesicles for controlled drug release

Lab Chip. 2014 Mar 21;14(6):1083-6. doi: 10.1039/c3lc51260f.

Abstract

A reliable microfluidic platform for the generation of stable and monodisperse multistage drug delivery systems is reported. A glass-capillary flow-focusing droplet generation device was used to encapsulate thermally hydrocarbonized porous silicon (PSi) microparticles into the aqueous cores of double emulsion drops, yielding the formation of a multistage PSi-lipid vesicle. This composite system enables a large loading capacity for hydrophobic drugs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Light*
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques* / instrumentation
  • Microfluidic Analytical Techniques* / methods
  • Photochemical Processes*
  • Portraits as Topic
  • Water Purification* / instrumentation
  • Water Purification* / methods