Applications of Dual Centrifugation Technology in Pharmaceutics
A special issue of Pharmaceuticals (ISSN 1424-8247). This special issue belongs to the section "Pharmaceutical Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 3408
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Dual centrifugation (DC) is a new and innovative in-vial homogenization and in-vial milling technique for preparing liposomes and other lipid nanoparticles, including emulsions, solid lipid nanoparticles, as well as polymersomes and nanocrystals. Significant improvements in equipment technology have been achieved during the last decade, so that DC is now on its way to becoming the quasi-standard for the simple, fast, and sterile production of lipid nanoparticles and nanocrystals in small- and medium-batch sizes, including the possibility of conducting simple and fast formulation screening or bed-side preparations of therapeutic nanoparticles.
In light of this, we have noticed a strong increase in interest in dual centrifugation in recent years. Thus, the journal Pharmaceuticals invites both reviews and original articles that highlight the challenges and opportunities of using this new method in drug formulation development. Potential topics include dual centrifugation (general aspects), the DC preparation of liposomes, solid lipid nanoparticles, emulsions, polymersomes, and nanocrystals, including their characterization, biophysical properties, and use in biological in vivo and in vitro studies. The collection of manuscripts will be published in a Special Issue of the journal.
Dr. Ulrich Massing
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- dual centrifugation
- in-vial homogenization
- in-vial nanomilling
- liposomes
- bedside preparation
- solid lipid nanoparticles
- emulsions
- polymersomes
- nanocrystals
