Cancer is the second cause of death worldwide, exceeded only by cardiovascular diseases.
The prevalent treatment currently used against metastatic cancer is chemotherapy. Among …

Liquid crystals (LCs) are an intermediate state of matter that exists between conventional
solids and liquids. They are vital to the existence of life as several critical components in …

Poor corneal penetration and short preocular retention of a clinical hydrophilic drug,
pilocarpine nitrate (PN), for the treatment of open-angle glaucoma and acute angle-closure …

The purpose of this study was to develop novel liquid crystalline nanoparticles (LCNPs) that
display improved pre-ocular residence time and ocular bioavailability and that can be used …

This book provides a broad perspective on recent developments and future possibilities in
surfactant science and technology. It contains chapters by leaders in surfactant-based …

Polar lipids and various surfactants exhibit rich phase behavior depending on the
composition of the lipids and the physicochemical conditions. Lamellar (Lα), hexagonal …

This study develops a novel transdermal delivery vehicle for the enhanced delivery of
sodium diclofenac (Na-DFC). The system utilizes the advantages of reversed hexagonal …

Brinzolamide (BLZ) is a drug used to treat glaucoma; however, its use is restricted due to
some unwanted adverse events. The goal of this study was to develop BLZ-loaded liquid …

In this paper we examined feasible correlations between the structure of different lyotropic
mesophases and transdermal administration of three diclofenac derivatives with varying …

Recently, self-assembled lyotropic liquid crystals (LLCs) of lipids and water have attracted
the attention of both scientific and applied research communities, due to their remarkable …