title: "Off-the-shelf" microfluidic devices for the production of liposomes for drug delivery.
abstract: An "off-the-shelf" microfluidic chip approach, utilizing lowcost, commercially available components, for liposome production, is presented. Microfluidic devices with different geometries have been conveniently designed and assembled, allowing the production of narrowly dispersed unilamellar and very reproducible liposomes. The presented results indicate that off-the-shelf microfluidic devices can hold great promises for the efficient preparation of different lipid based colloidal systems for biomedical applications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bottaro
authors.affiliation: Department of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy. Electronic address: nas@unife.it.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nastruzzi
mesh_terms: D003102:Colloids; D056656:Lab-On-A-Chip Devices; D008081:Liposomes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D003102:Colloids; D008081:Liposomes
keywords: Ivermectin; Microfluidic; liposome