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Pharmaceutical applications of aerogels
Publikationstyp
Book Part
Date Issued
2023-10-01
Sprache
English
Volume
Part F1485
Start Page
1489
End Page
1504
Citation
in: Aegerter, M., Leventis, N., Koebel, M., Steiner, S. (eds) Handbook of Aerogels (2023)
Publisher DOI
Scopus ID
Publisher
Springer
At present, an interest has grown in the field of biocompatible aerogels and composite aerogel materials in life sciences, especially in biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. Due to their large surface area, open pore structure, and biocompatibility, aerogels are very promising candidates for drug delivery systems. The use of inorganic, organic, and composite (hybrid) aerogels as carriers for bioactive compounds is discussed in this chapter. Both the stability and the release kinetics of the drugs can be significantly tuned by loading them into aerogels under different strategies. First attempts have been made to incorporate aerogels in pharmaceutical formulations for different administration routes, and a number of promising pharmaceutical applications can be expected in the future.
Subjects
Drug carriers
Drug loading
Drug release
Oral drug delivery
Particle engineering
Pharmaceutical technology
Pulmonary drug delivery
Skin drug delivery
DDC Class
620: Engineering