Research Interests
   Purdue University
      Biomedical Eng.
      Pharmaceutics
   J. Control. Release
   Akina

   Nanofabrication
   Polymer Micelles
   Smart Hydrogels
   Fast Dissolving Tablets
   Drug-Eluting Stents
   Extracellular Matrix
   Refereed Articles
   Books
   JCR Cover Stories



   Polymers
   Drug Delivery




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1. Nanofabrication of drug delivery vehicles (particles, capsules, and crystals) for pharmaceutical & biomedical applications (Relevant paper 11, 12)

2. Polymer micelles for delivery of poorly soluble drugs, and image-guided drug targeting (Relevant papers 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)

3. Smart hydrogels (enrionment-sensitive hydrogels and superporous hydrogels) (Relevant papers 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)

4. Fast dissolving tablets (formulation development and manufacturing) (Relevant papers 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)

5. Multiple drug loading onto drug-eluting stents for different drug release kinetics (Relevant papers 51, 52, 53)

6. Extracellular matrix (ECM) for tissue engineering and tissue regeneration (Relevant papaer 61)

(Details of other research topics will be posted soon).