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ArticleMicromachines2021

Fabrication of Multi-Layered Microspheres Based on Phase Separation for Drug Delivery.

He Xia, Ang Li, Jia Man, Jianyong Li, Jianfeng Li

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Article in Micromachines, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

He XiaKey Laboratory of High Efficiency and Clean Mechanical Manufacture of MOE, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China.
Ang LiSchool of Intelligent Engineering, Shandong Management University, Changqing, Jinan 250357, China.
Jia ManKey Laboratory of High Efficiency and Clean Mechanical Manufacture of MOE, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China.
Jianyong LiKey Laboratory of High Efficiency and Clean Mechanical Manufacture of MOE, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1750-6406
Jianfeng LiKey Laboratory of High Efficiency and Clean Mechanical Manufacture of MOE, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China.
Shandong University · CNShandong Management University · CN

Funding

China Postdoctoral Science Foundation 2020M672051National Natural Science Foundation of China 51905312National Natural Science Foundation of China 52075304
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this work, we used a co-flow microfluidic device with an injection and a collection tube to generate droplets with different layers due to phase separation. The phase separation system consisted of poly(ethylene glycol) diacrylate 700 (PEGDA 700), PEGDA 250, and sodium alginate aqueous solution. When the mixture droplets formed in the outer phase, PEGDA 700 in the droplets would transfer into the outer aqueous solution, while PEGDA 250 still stayed in the initial droplet, breaking the miscibility equilibrium of the mixture and triggering the phase separation. As the phase separation proceeded, new cores emerged in the droplets, gradually forming the second and third layers. Emulsion droplets with different layers were polymerized under ultraviolet (UV) irradiation at different stages of phase separation to obtain microspheres. Microspheres with different layers showed various release behaviors in simulated gastric fluid (SGF) and simulated intestinal fluid (SIF). The release rate decreased with the increase in the number of layers, which showed a potential application in sustained drug release.

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drug deliverymicrofluidicmicrospherePEGDAphase separation

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PMID34205458
PMCPMC8235090
OpenAlexW3174055839

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