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Membranes in Drug Delivery
- Introduction
- Mass Transport
- Factors Affecting Drug Permeation
- Continuity Equation
- Diffusion Coefficient
- Modeling Examples: Swellable and Nonswellable Membranes
- Osmotic Systems
- Electrotransport
- Membranes: Useful Device for Drug Diffusion Coefficient Measurement
- Nonswellable Membrane Modeling: Effect of Stagnant Layers and Drug Dissolution
- Examples: Theophylline Permeation Through Calcium Alginate Membranes
- Oral Delivery Systems
- Membranes for Physically Coated Systems
- Membranes for Physicochemically Coated Systems
- Asymmetric Membranes
- Membranes for Colon Delivery
- Transdermal Delivery Systems
- Nanomedicine
- Conclusions
- References
Abstract
A membrane can be defined as a sheet of solid or semisolid material, insoluble in its surrounding medium, which separates phases that are usually (but not necessarily) fluid [1]. A transport system is realized when there is a passage of solute across the membrane.
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