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Investigation of the Formation Factors Influencing the Size of Nanoparticles Prepared by Micro-Emulsification Method for Drug Delivery Systems

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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The approach of using micro-emulsions chemical method has demonstrated impressive success for the formation of nanoparticles specialized for drug delivery. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of manipulating five distinct formation factors during the micro-emulsion preparation method on the size of nanoparticles produced. These factors constituted the stirring speed, blending time, the type of surfactant, homogenization and the Poly (ethylene-co-vinyl acetate) (PEVA) concentration. Information on the particles sizes and their distribution were obtained and analyzed using ZetaSizerNanoZS. The results revealed that small sizes and narrow/uniform particle size distributions were obtained at lower polymer (0.2 % w/v) concentrations, a reduced stirring speed (2000rpm) and with the presence of polysorbate 80 surfactant. In contrast, higher polymer (1 % w/v) concentrations and stirring speed (6000rpm), in the absence of surfactant and homogenization, yielded larger particles with a multi-modal size distribution profile (PDI:0.749). These results also clearly revealed that the particle size was significantly affected by the combination of parameters here explored, and that on-demand nanoparticles may be produced using optimized micro-emulsion parameters to meet several potential applications.

DOI

10.21608/ejbbe.2023.250868.1067

Keywords

Micro-emulsion, Nanoparticles, Particle size, particle size distribution, nano-zetasizer

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Aboelnasr

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A.

Affiliation

Physics Department, Faculty of Science , Al-Azhar University, Nasr City 11884, Cairo, Egypt

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abomalk3939@gmail.com

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Cairo

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0000-0001-8239-4098

First Name

Mostafa

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Mabrouk

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Refractories, Ceramics and Building materials Department, (Biomaterials group), National Research Centre, 33El Bohouth st.(former EL Tahrir st.)- Dokki- Giza- Egypt

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mostafamabrouk.nrc@gmail.com

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Giza

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24

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1

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39408

Issue Date

2023-12-01

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2023-11-24

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2023-12-01

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73

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84

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1110-8525

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2357-0911

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109

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Egyptian Journal of Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics

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https://ejbbe.journals.ekb.eg/

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Investigation of the Formation Factors Influencing the Size of Nanoparticles Prepared by Micro-Emulsification Method for Drug Delivery Systems

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30 Dec 2024