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Kinetics and the Theoretical Aspects of Drug Release from PLA/HAp Thin Films

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dc.creator Macha, Innocent J
dc.creator Ben-Nissan, Besim
dc.creator Muller, Wolfgang
dc.date 2019-02-16T09:26:40Z
dc.date 2019-02-16T09:26:40Z
dc.date 2017-09
dc.date.accessioned 2021-05-07T08:00:12Z
dc.date.available 2021-05-07T08:00:12Z
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5065
dc.identifier 10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.758.113
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/5065
dc.description The theory of dissolution kinetics of gentamicin from polylactic acid-hydroxyapatite thin film composites is spotlighted with the combination of diffusion and polymer degradation modeling. The use of various mathematical models, characterizing diffusion, dissolution or/and erosion prevalence as well as a mix of dissolution-diffusion rate processes were employed in order to compare theory with experimental data. A number of factors influence the release kinetics of gentamicin from medical drug release systems and devices. It is difficult to have a single mathematical model that takes all these factors into account. It is shown that the degradation of the polymer matrix plays the biggest role in the release kinetics of polymer-ceramics thin film composites. It was also observed that multistage drug release form these devices depends also on the degradation kinetics of the polymer matrix. The effect of pH and device sizes were not studied but could also be of interest in future studies.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Trans Tech Publications Inc
dc.subject kinetics, drug dissolution, thin films, coral-derived hydroxyapatite, antibiotic, drug delivery.
dc.title Kinetics and the Theoretical Aspects of Drug Release from PLA/HAp Thin Films
dc.type Journal Article, Peer Reviewed


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