Microcapsules and Nanoparticles in Medicine and Pharmacy

1. Introduction and Overview
Max Donbrow
Part 1: Advances in Production Technology and Characterization Of Microcapsules, Microspheres, and Nanoparticles
2. Developments in Phase Separation Methods, Aggregation Control, and Mechanisms of Microencapsulation 
Max Donbrow
3.Formation of Degradable Drug-Loaded Microparticles by In-Liquid Drying Processes 
Curt Thies
4. Fluid-Bed Spray Coating 
K. Lehmann
5. Polyanhydride Microspheres as Drug Delivery Systems 
Edith Mathiowitz and Robert Langer
6. Nanoparticles - Preparation and Applications 
J. Kreuter
7. Recent Advances Using Microencapsulation for Taste Masking of Bitter Drugs 
J.A. Bakan et al.
Part 2: Biological Transit and Interactions, Release Kinetics, Pharmacokinetics And Bioavailability
8. Gastrointestinal Transit of Microcapsules 
John T. Fell
9. Interaction of Microcapsules with Blood Components 
Tamotsu Kondo
10. Recent Advances in Microencapsulation of Drugs to Obtain Reduced Gastric Irritation 
J.A. Bakan et al. 
11. In Vitro Release from Microcapsules and Microspheres 
Ivan Jalsenjak
12. The Relation of Release Profiles from Ensembles to Those of Individual Microcapsules and the Influence of Types of Batch Heterogeneity on Release Kinetics 
Max Donbrow
13. Pharmacokinetic Considerations Related to Bioavailability of Sustained-Release Microencapsulated Drugs for Oral Use - Assessment of Absorption Rates 
Shigeru Goto and Takahiro Uchida
Part 3: Clinical Applications, Targeting, and Living and Artificial Encapsulated Cells. 
14. Clinical Uses of Microcapsules and Microspheres 
Kazuhiko Juni and Masahiro Nakano
15. Chemo-Embolization and Passive Targeting with Degradable Starch Microspheres 
Peter Edman and Ingvar Sjöholm 
16. Active Targeting of Microcapsules and Microspheres to Specific Regions 
Julia J. Wright and Lisbeth Illum
17. Erythrocytes as Microvesicles 
David A. Lewis and H. Oya Alpar
18. Microencapsulation of Living Cells and Tissues. 
Anthony M. Sun, Ivan Vacek, and Isaballa Tai 
19. Recent Advances in Artificial Cells with Emphasis on Biotechnological Approaches Based on Microencapsulation 
Thomas Ming Swi Chang