title: Electrosprayed nanoparticles for drug delivery and pharmaceutical applications.
abstract: Nanotechnology based Pharma has emerged significantly and has influenced the Pharma industry up to a considerable extent. Nanoparticles technology holds a good share of the nanotech Pharma and is significant in comparison with the other domains. Electrospraying technology answers the potential needs of nanoparticle production such as scalability, reproducibility, effective encapsulation etc. Many drugs have been electrosprayed with and without polymer carriers. Drug release characteristics are improved with the incorporation of biodegradable polymer carriers which sustain the release of encapsulated drug. Electrospraying is acknowledged as an important technique for the preparation of nanoparticles with respect to pharmaceutical applications. Herein we attempted to consolidate the reports pertaining to electrospraying and their corresponding therapeutic application area.
authors.affiliation: Center for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology; National University of Singapore; Singapore, Singapore; Department of Mechanical Engineering; National University of Singapore; Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: Radhakrishnan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sridhar
authors.affiliation: Center for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology; National University of Singapore; Singapore, Singapore; Department of Mechanical Engineering; National University of Singapore; Singapore, Singapore; NUS Nanoscience & Nanotechnology Initiative; Singapore, Singapore.
authors.forename: Seeram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ramakrishna
mesh_terms: D004339:Drug Compounding / Q000379:methods; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems / Q000379:methods*; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000737:chemistry; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods; D013678:Technology, Pharmaceutical / Q000379:methods
keywords: drug delivery; electrospray; nanomedicine; nanoparticle; sustained release