Feasibility Studies of Using AC Electrospraying for Biomaterials Synthesis

预计拟议的跨学科研究将使学术界和工业界的工作人员以及临床医生和患者受益。鉴于对即时药物输送、微/纳米封装和生物材料合成的需求，该研究将有利于制药行业和对商业开发这些设备感兴趣的分拆/初创微流体企业。这项工作旨在通过推进生物材料技术和使医疗更容易获得、便携和更有效来改善生活质量。对于患者，所提出的药物输送装置可以帮助防止在给药期间突然的初始剂量爆发，这可能具有致命的后果。

The proposed interdisciplinary research is anticipated to benefit workers in academia and industry as well as clinicians and patients. Given the demand for point-of-care drug delivery, micro/nano-encapsulation and biomaterials synthesis, the research will be beneficial to the pharmaceutical industry and spin-off/start-up microfluidic businesses interested in commercially developing these devices. It is intended that the work will improve quality of life by advancing biomaterials technology and by making medical treatment more readily accessable, portable and more efficient. For patients, the proposed drug delivery device can help prevent sudden initial bursts of dose during administration, which could potentially have fatal consequences.