Introduction to New Materials and Manufacturing Techniques

New materials and manufacturing techniques are evolving with the potential to address the challenges associated with the manufacture of medicinal products that will teach new tricks to old drugs.

Nano- and Microfabrication Techniques

Nano- and microfabrication techniques include manufacturing methods such as additive manufacturing, lithography, micro-moulding, spray drying, and supercritical fluids among many others. The increasing resolution of new techniques allows researchers to produce objects with micrometric resolutions.

Book Structure and Content

This book follows a consecutive order, beginning with a background in the current field and limitations in the manufacturing of different pharmaceutical products, moving on to the classification of each method by providing recent examples, and future prospects on a variety of traditional and new Nano and microfabrication techniques.

Materials and Applications

A focus on the materials used to prepare these systems and their biocompatibility, including applied topics such as clinical applications and regulatory aspects, is also covered, offering the reader a holistic view of this rapidly growing field.