Institute of Pharmacy, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.
“Structuring polymers to create multifunctional drug carriers.”
Abstract:
Distinct structures of polymers created on the macroscopic, morphological and molecular levels are considered as a tool to implement functions in polymeric materials, i.e. an ability of the system to show a desired effect in a specific environment. Of particular interest is the link between such polymeric structures and drug release features of polymeric carrier systems as well as their fate in a biological setting. In this talk, a number of approaches will be presented for particulate carriers and implant systems, in which structures on different hierarchical levels have contributed to the respective functions of interest.