Microneedle Technology
Advances and Biomedical Applications
- 1st Edition - August 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Chuanbin Wu, Xin Pan, Guilan Quan, Tingting Peng
- Language: English
Microneedle Technology: Advances and Biomedical Applications provides a detailed overview of advances in microneedle structure, materials, fabrication, and the strategies to improv… Read more
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Description
Description
Microneedle Technology: Advances and Biomedical Applications provides a detailed overview of advances in microneedle structure, materials, fabrication, and the strategies to improve drug delivery efficiency. In addition, it focuses on the application of microneedles for the treatment of diverse diseases, including diabetes, tumors, infectious disease, inflammatory diseases, skin infections, and wound healings. The book also summarize the application of microneedles for cosmetic purposes and biological monitoring and diagnosis.
Key features
Key features
- Provides an overview of microneedles and their design and operation
- Includes an analysis of detailed strategies that can be used to improve the key properties of microneedles, such as mechanical strength and drug delivery efficiency
- The broad application of microneedles in a variety of diseases (e.g., metabolic diseases, infectious diseases, autoimmune diseases, tumor) and medical cosmetics are described in order to provide reference points for the clinical application of microneedles
- Discusses the combination of microneedles with advanced technologies such as biosensing and medical devices, thereby showing how to achieve personalized precision medicine
Readership
Readership
Researchers in the fields of biomedical engineering, biotechnology, pharmaceutical sciences and material science; graduate and postgraduate students (MSc, PhD) in related programs
Table of contents
Table of contents
1. Classification and Development History of Microneedles
2. Materials and Fabrication Methods of Microneedles
3. Technologies for Characterization of Microneedles
4. Drug Loading and Release Properties of Microneedles
5. Strategies to Enhance Mechanical Properties of Microneedles
6. Strategies to Enhance Drug Permeation of Microneedles
7. Microneedle Technology for Diabetes Therapy
8. Microneedle Technology for Anti-tumor Therapy
9. Microneedle Technology for Infectious Disease Therapy
10. Microneedle Technology for Immunological and Inflammatory Disease Therapy
11. Microneedle Technology for Skin Infection and Wound Healing Therapy
12. Microneedle Technology for Cosmetic Applications
13. Microneedle Technology for Biological Monitoring and Diagnosis
2. Materials and Fabrication Methods of Microneedles
3. Technologies for Characterization of Microneedles
4. Drug Loading and Release Properties of Microneedles
5. Strategies to Enhance Mechanical Properties of Microneedles
6. Strategies to Enhance Drug Permeation of Microneedles
7. Microneedle Technology for Diabetes Therapy
8. Microneedle Technology for Anti-tumor Therapy
9. Microneedle Technology for Infectious Disease Therapy
10. Microneedle Technology for Immunological and Inflammatory Disease Therapy
11. Microneedle Technology for Skin Infection and Wound Healing Therapy
12. Microneedle Technology for Cosmetic Applications
13. Microneedle Technology for Biological Monitoring and Diagnosis
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: August 1, 2026
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
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Chuanbin Wu
Chuanbin Wu is a Professor in Pharmaceutics at Jinan University. He was elected as an American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientist Fellow (AAPS) in 2019 and the Royal Society of Chemistry Fellow (RSC Fellow) in 2023. Dr. Wu’s research interest focuses on novel pharmaceutical technology. Professor Wu has over ten years of industrial experience in the USA, including working for Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Actavis, and Watson Nutriceuticals
Affiliations and expertise
Professor in Pharmaceutics, Jinan University, ChinaXP
Xin Pan
Xin Pan is a Professor at the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences of Sun Yat-sen University. Professor Pan received her Ph.D. degree from Sun Yat-sen University in 2011. Dr. Pan is a visiting scholar at The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. She has been awarded the Major Young Talent Program of the Ministry of Education and Outstanding Young Talent Program of Guangdong Province. Her main research interests are novel pharmaceutical formulations and drug delivery systems
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, ChinaGQ
Guilan Quan
Guilan Quan received a PhD degree from Sun Yat-Sen University, majoring in Pharmaceutics. Dr Quan is currently an Associate Professor of the College of Pharmacy, Jinan University, China, with research interests on: novel pharmaceutical technology, especially on dissolving microneedles for transdermal drug delivery and porous materials for drug delivery
Affiliations and expertise
Sun Yat-Sen University, ChinaTP
Tingting Peng
Tingting Peng received a Ph.D. degree (2019) from Sun Yat-Sen University and joined the college of Pharmacy, Jinan University as an associate professor in 2019. Her main research interests include microneedle transdermal delivery, solid sustained and controlled delivery system, and micro-nanoparticulate delivery systems
Affiliations and expertise
Jinan University, China