High-resolution two-photon polymerization: The most versatile technique for the fabrication of microneedle arrays

Z Faraji Rad, PD Prewett, GJ Davies - Microsystems & nanoengineering, 2021 - nature.com
Microneedle patches have received much interest in the last two decades as drug/vaccine
delivery or fluid sampling systems for diagnostic and monitoring purposes. Microneedles are …

Engineering microneedle patches for improved penetration: analysis, skin models and factors affecting needle insertion

P Makvandi, M Kirkby, ARJ Hutton, M Shabani… - Nano-Micro Letters, 2021 - Springer
Transdermal microneedle (MN) patches are a promising tool used to transport a wide variety
of active compounds into the skin. To serve as a substitute for common hypodermic needles …

[HTML][HTML] Going below and beyond the surface: Microneedle structure, materials, drugs, fabrication, and applications for wound healing and tissue regeneration

S Lyu, Z Dong, X Xu, HP Bei, HY Yuen, CWJ Cheung… - Bioactive materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Microneedle, as a novel drug delivery system, has attracted widespread attention due to its
non-invasiveness, painless and simple administration, controllable drug delivery, and …

Two‐photon polymerization: fundamentals, materials, and chemical modification strategies

S O'Halloran, A Pandit, A Heise, A Kellett - Advanced Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Two‐photon polymerization (TPP) has become a premier state‐of‐the‐art method for
microscale fabrication of bespoke polymeric devices and surfaces. With applications ranging …

The role of 3D printing technology in microengineering of microneedles

U Detamornrat, E McAlister, ARJ Hutton, E Larrañeta… - Small, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Microneedles (MNs) are minimally invasive devices, which have gained extensive interest
over the past decades in various fields including drug delivery, disease diagnosis …

The upcoming 3D-printing revolution in microfluidics

N Bhattacharjee, A Urrios, S Kang, A Folch - Lab on a Chip, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
In the last two decades, the vast majority of microfluidic systems have been built in poly
(dimethylsiloxane)(PDMS) by soft lithography, a technique based on PDMS micromolding. A …

3D-printing technologies for electrochemical applications

A Ambrosi, M Pumera - Chemical society reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
Since its conception during the 80s, 3D-printing, also known as additive manufacturing, has
been receiving unprecedented levels of attention and interest from industry and research …

A review of recent advances in microneedle technology for transdermal drug delivery

R Nagarkar, M Singh, HX Nguyen… - Journal of Drug Delivery …, 2020 - Elsevier
Transdermal devices are used to deliver drugs through the skin. However, limitations such
as molecular weight and hydrophilicity of the molecules prevent its wider use. Microneedle …

Multiphoton lithography as a promising tool for biomedical applications

C Greant, B Van Durme, J Van Hoorick… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Multiphoton lithography (MPL) is a powerful and useful structuring tool capable of
generating 2D and 3D arbitrary micro‐and nanometer features of various materials with high …

Microneedles for drug and vaccine delivery

YC Kim, JH Park, MR Prausnitz - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Microneedles were first conceptualized for drug delivery many decades ago, but only
became the subject of significant research starting in the mid-1990's when microfabrication …