Porous silicon in drug delivery devices and materials

EJ Anglin, L Cheng, WR Freeman, MJ Sailor - Advanced drug delivery …, 2008 - Elsevier
Porous Si exhibits a number of properties that make it an attractive material for controlled
drug delivery applications: The electrochemical synthesis allows construction of tailored …

Mesoporous silica formulation strategies for drug dissolution enhancement: a review

CA McCarthy, RJ Ahern, R Dontireddy… - Expert opinion on …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Silica materials, in particular mesoporous silicas, have demonstrated excellent
properties to enhance the oral bioavailability of poorly water-soluble drugs. Current research …

The biocompatibility of mesoporous silicates

SP Hudson, RF Padera, R Langer, DS Kohane - Biomaterials, 2008 - Elsevier
Micro-and nano-mesoporous silicate particles are considered potential drug delivery
systems because of their ordered pore structures, large surface areas and the ease with …

Biocompatibility of thermally hydrocarbonized porous silicon nanoparticles and their biodistribution in rats

LM Bimbo, M Sarparanta, HA Santos, AJ Airaksinen… - ACS …, 2010 - ACS Publications
Porous silicon (PSi) particles have been studied for the effects they elicit in Caco-2 and RAW
264.7 macrophage cells in terms of toxicity, oxidative stress, and inflammatory response …

Mesoporous systems for poorly soluble drugs

W Xu, J Riikonen, VP Lehto - International journal of pharmaceutics, 2013 - Elsevier
Utilization of inorganic mesoporous materials in formulations of poorly water-soluble drugs
to enhance their dissolution and permeation behavior is a rapidly growing area in …

Porous silicon nanoparticles for nanomedicine: preparation and biomedical applications

HA Santos, E Mäkilä, AJ Airaksinen, LM Bimbo… - …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The research on porous silicon (PSi) materials for biomedical applications has expanded
greatly since the early studies of Leigh Canham more than 25 years ago. Currently, PSi …

Drug delivery formulations of ordered and nonordered mesoporous silica: comparison of three drug loading methods

T Limnell, HA Santos, E Mäkilä, T Heikkilä… - Journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
ABSTRACT A poorly soluble model drug, indomethacin (IMC), was loaded into two types of
silica particles using three different loading methods. The loading efficiency and the …

Comparison of mesoporous silicon and non-ordered mesoporous silica materials as drug carriers for itraconazole

P Kinnari, E Mäkilä, T Heikkilä, J Salonen… - International journal of …, 2011 - Elsevier
Mesoporous materials have an ability to enhance dissolution properties of poorly soluble
drugs. In this study, different mesoporous silicon (thermally oxidized and thermally …

Fabrication and chemical surface modification of mesoporous silicon for biomedical applications

J Salonen, VP Lehto - Chemical Engineering Journal, 2008 - Elsevier
Mesoporous silicon (PSi) is an attractive choice when considering the utilization of
mesoporous materials in biomedical applications. The size of the pores, morphology and the …

Synthesis and surface modification of mesoporous silica nanoparticles and its application as carriers for sustained drug delivery

E Ahmadi, N Dehghannejad, S Hashemikia… - Drug …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
High drug loading is one of the important issues in the drug delivery research, especially the
drug delivery system by oral administration. If high drug loading carriers are utilized the …