Title
Tailoring size and release kinetics of κ/ι-hybrid carrageenan microgels via a surfactant-assisted technique
Date Issued
01 January 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Publisher(s)
Bellwether Publishing, Ltd.
Abstract
κ/ι-Hybrid carrageenan microgels were prepared to be used as drug delivery systems. A surfactant-assisted microemulsion technique was used. Tween® 80 was used as surfactant and enrofloxacin was used as a model drug. The results showed that the amount of surfactant used during processing determines the size of the microgels as well as the amount of enrofloxacin that can be loaded. At low surfactant content, the initial burst release effect is dominant whereas at high surfactant content the burst release effect is negligible and the Fickian diffusion mechanism is dominant.
Start page
338
End page
344
Volume
70
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Nano-materiales Ciencia de los polímeros
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85078495989
Source
International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials
ISSN of the container
00914037
Source funding
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas
Sponsor(s)
The Vice-Rectorate for Research (VRI-PUCP) of the Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru and the National Council of Science, Technology and Technological Innovation (CONCYTEC-FONDECYT) are greatly acknowledged for financial support. The Institute of Polymer Science and Technology of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (ICTP-CSIC, Madrid, Spain) is acknowledged for experimental assistance.
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