Functional polymer alloys as drug delivery vehicles

本研究项目探索聚合物合金作为药物输送系统的使用。药物化合物的持续长期递送是一项极具挑战性的任务，需要开发复杂的递送系统。这样的系统必须具有生物相容性、可生物降解性和微创性，以便在长时间内发挥作用。聚合物合金的使用似乎是解决这一技术问题的直接方法。它们在控制侵蚀速率和活性化合物释放以及无与伦比的生物相容性方面提供了前所未有的多功能性。拟议的研究将建立聚合物合金作为药物输送系统的基本特性，并将为工业合作伙伴提供其在生物医学设备（如植入物）中的潜在性能的强大知识。

This research project explores the use of polymer alloys as drug delivery systems. Sustained long term deliveryof pharmaceutical compounds is and extremely challenging tasks and requires the development of complexdelivery systems. Such systems must be biocompatible, biodegradable and minimally invasive in order toperform over long period of time. The use of polymer alloys appears to be a straightforward solution to thistechnological problem. They offer unprecedent versatility in terms of control of erosion rate and activecompound release as well as unmatched biocompatibility profile. The proposed study will establish thefundamental properties of polymer alloys as drug delivery systems and will provide the industrial partner with astrong knowledge of their potential performances in biomedical devices such as implants.