controlling drug release from titania nanotube arrays using polymer nanocarriers and biopolymer coating控制药物释放的二氧化钛纳米管阵列使用聚合物人们和生物聚合物涂层.pdfVIP

Journal of Biomaterials and Nanobiotechnology, 2011, 2, 477-484 477 doi:10.4236/jbnb.2011.225058 Published Online December 2011 (/journal/jbnb) Controlling Drug Release from Titania Nanotube Arrays Using Polymer Nanocarriers and Biopolymer Coating * Moom Sinn Aw, Karan Gulati, Dusan Losic Ian Wark Research Institute, The University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia. * E-mail: Dusan.losic@.au Received September 9th, 2011; revised October 14th, 2011; accepted November 10th, 2011. ABSTRACT Titania nanotube arrays (TNT) prepared by self-ordering electrochemical anodization have attracted considerable at- tention for the development of new devices for local drug delivery applications. Two approaches to extend drug re- lease of water insoluble drugs by integrating TNTs with polymeric micelles and biopolymer coatings are presented in this work. The proposed strategies emphasized on remarkable properties of these materials and their unique combina- tion to design local drug delivery system with advanced performance. The first concept integrates TNTs with drug loaded polymeric micelles (Pluronic F 127) as drug nanocarrier, until the second concept includes polymer coating of drug loaded TNT with biodegradable polymer (chitosan). The water insoluble, anti-inflammatory drug, indomethacin was used as a model drug. Both approaches showed a significant improvement of the drug release characteristics, with reduced burst release (from 77% to 39%) and extended overall release from 9 days to more than 28 days. These results suggest the capability of TNT based systems to be applied for local drug delivery deliver over an extended period with predictable kinetics that is particularly important for bone implant therapies. Keywords : Drug Delivery, Titania Nan