17th International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Physical Chemistry (Proceedings, Volume I) (2024) [D-04-SL, pp. 139-141]
AUTHOR(S) / AUTOR(I): Katarina Novakovic 
, E. Hutchinson, Wing Man Lau , T. Abdelghany and Keng Wooi Ng
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DOI: 10.46793/Phys.Chem24I.139N
ABSTRACT / SAŽETAK:
Microneedle patches, with needles of sub-millimeter size, are non-invasive and pain free way of drug delivery. The needles penetrate skin, pass stratum corneum, but do not penetrate tissue which contains nerves and blood vessels. In this work, a new and unique chitosan-hydrogel based composite material was formulated to produce microneedle patches and their potency for extended drug delivery was validated using methylene blue as a model drug.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT / PROJEKAT:
This work was supported by the EPSRC IAA, Northern Accelerator, Newcastle University HEIF funding, and Innovate UK ICURe funding.
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