Nanoparticle characterisation using the Zetasizer Nano from Malvern Instruments is providing information for researchers working on drug delivery systems at the UK’s newest School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences - at the University of Central Lancashire. It is developing a multi-disciplinary approach to research, focusing on important areas of pharmaceutical sciences and practice. One such is pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical analysis where research teams are working with a range of colloidal systems for drug delivery, including microspheres, aerosols and dendrimers. “As part of our work we are developing a range of nanocarriers for oral drug delivery,” said
Prof. D’Emanuele. “It is here that the Zetasizer Nano has proved especially
useful in allowing us to characterise surface engineered dendrimers intended for this purpose.”