Objective(s) Theophylline, a xanthenes derivative, is still widely used as an effective bronchodilator in the management of asthmatic patients. It is used both as a prophylactic drug and to prevent acute exacerbations of asthma. The aim of study was to formulate and evaluate effect of the microencapsulation of theophylline loaded nanoparticles on the reduction of burst release. Materials and Me...

Spherical microparticles, capable of responding to magnetic fields, were prepared by encapsulating dextran-coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles into chitosan poly(acrylic acid) (PAA) microspheres template. The obtained magnetic microspheres were characterized by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray powder diffra...

Based on the adsorption performance of composite microspheres with activated carbon (AC) and sodium alginate (SA), as well as the magnetic property of Fe₃O₄, we designed and explored an efficient strategy to prepare a unique, multifunctional Fe₃O₄/AC/SA composite absorbent (MSA-AC) that extracted dye from aqueous solution. The composite exhibited the following advantages: rapid and simple to pr...

In this study, we fabricated glial cell-line derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF)-loaded microspheres, then seeded the microspheres in gelatin-methacrylamide hydrogel, which was finally integrated with the commercial bilayer collagen membrane (Bio-Gide(®)). The novel composite of nerve conduit was employed to bridge a 10 mm long sciatic nerve defect in a rat. GDNF-loaded gelatin microspheres had ...

Microparticulate carriers are widely employed as drug controlled release system. In this work, the Supercritical Assisted Atomization (SAA) technique was used to produce microspheres of Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA), selected as carrier and gentamicin sulphate (GS) as a model drug. The processability of BSA and GS by SAA was studied using water as solvent and microspheres were successfully produce...

A novel composite of sulfur immobilized into porous N-doped carbon microspheres (NCMSs-S) was synthesized. This composite cathode for lithium-sulfur batteries delivers a high specific capacity and superior rate capability and cycle stability, with a reversible capacity of ~605 mA h g(-1) at 2 C and 85% capacity retention after 500 cycles.

Biodegradable poly(l-lactic acid) (PLLA) and PLLA/CoFe2O4 magnetic microspheres with average sizes ranging between 0.16-3.9μm and 0.8-2.2μm, respectively, were obtained by an oil-in-water emulsion method using poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVA) solution as the emulsifier agent. The separation of the microspheres in different size ranges was then performed by centrifugation and the colloidal stability as...

Li2TiO3 compound is one of the most important tritium breeding ceramics for industrial application in the nuclear fusion reactor. The use of the hydrothermal method for preparing ceramic composite materials is new trend. In this work, hybrid nanocomposite microspheres of the nanocrystallites Li2TiO3 were prepared at low temperature 400°C. Nanocomposite powders synthesized by the batch supercrit...

Well-defined olive-shaped Bi(2)S(3)/BiVO(4) microspheres were synthesized through a limited chemical conversion route (LCCR), where olive-shaped BiVO(4) microspheres and thioacetamide (TAA) were used as precursors and sulfur source, respectively. The as-synthesized products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), field emission scanning electron microscopy (FE-SEM), high-resolution trans...

Fe(3)O(4)@Fe(OH)(3) composite microspheres are highly active, environmentally friendly and easy to recycle catalysts for aldol reactions, which are catalyzed by a solid-liquid interfacial hydrogen bond catalyst at room temperature.