Silicon microneedle array with biodegradable tips for transdermal drug delivery

Microsystem Technologies

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1015-1019

  Chen, Bangtao ^a   Wei, Jiashen ^a   Tay, Francis E H ^b   Wong, Yee Ting ^b   Iliescu, Ciprian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOENGINEERING AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DELIVERY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; PHOTORESISTS; REACTIVE ION ETCHING;

ANODIZATION; BIODEGRADABLE TIPS;

NEEDLES;

EID: 44249091951     PISSN: 09467076     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00542-007-0530-y     Document Type: Conference Paper

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