Electroactive controlled release thin films.

Post metalation of solvothermally grown electroactive porphyrin metal-organic framework thin films.

Uniform thin films of a metal-organic framework, which is constructed from free-base porphyrin linkers and hexa-zirconium nodes (MOF-525), are solvothermally grown on conducting substrates. Subsequently, solvothermal post metalations are employed to prepare the Zn-MOF-525 and Co-MOF-525 thin films. All the thin films are electroactive in aqueous media.

Synthesis and Study of Lidocaine Hydrochloride from Polymeric Film as a Wound Dressing

Introduction: Among various carrier materials capable of drug controlled-release, silica xerogels have been found to be noteworthy for loading and sustaining drug release. These silica xerogels were synthesized through sol-gel technology using Tetraethylortosilicate (TEOS) as a silica precursor. Methods: This study was an experimental basic research, which aimed to characterize the effect of a...

Artificial Muscle Project: Process Development of Polydimethyl Siloxane Thin Films for Use in Dielectric Electroactive Polymer Artificial Muscle Actuators

Tunable drug release from hydrolytically degradable layer-by-layer thin films.

The development of new thin film fabrication techniques that allow for precise control of degradation and drug release properties could represent an important advance in the fields of drug delivery and biomedicine. Polyelectrolyte layer-by-layer (LBL) thin films can be assembled with nanometer scale control over spatial architecture and morphology, yet very little work has focused on the decons...

Acoustically Triggered Disassembly of Multilayered Polyelectrolyte Thin Films through Gigahertz Resonators for Controlled Drug Release Applications

Controlled drug release has a high priority for the development of modern medicine and biochemistry. To develop a versatile method for controlled release, a miniaturized acoustic gigahertz (GHz) resonator is designed and fabricated which can transfer electric supply to mechanical vibrations. By contacting with liquid, the GHz resonator directly excites streaming flows and induces physical shear...