Porous Mineral Formulations for Controlled-Release Applications

控释应用的多孔矿物配方。从宿主材料中控制生物活性剂的释放是一种常规用于药物输送的过程，但在大规模、低成本的领域，如农用化学品工业，只受到有限的关注。在这里，我们确定了一些具有低成本控释潜力的稀有管状矿物相。这些很少被研究的矿物，在澳大利亚有高质量的矿床，由纳米级尺寸的空心管组成。该项目首次研究了从这些迷人的寄主中释放客体的动力学，并有望在农用化学品输送方面产生重要的新技术。

Porous Mineral Formulations for Controlled-Release Applications. The controlled release of biologically active agents from host materials is a process that is used routinely in pharmaceuticals delivery but has received only limited attention in large-scale, low-cost areas such as the agrochemicals industry. Here we identify a number of rare tubular mineral phases as having great potential for low-cost controlled release. These little-studied minerals, for which high quality deposits exist in Australia, consist of hollow tubules of nanoscale dimension. This project involves the first ever studies of the kinetics of guest release from these fascinating hosts, and promises to generate important new technologies in agrochemical delivery.