Controllable coating of microneedles for transdermal drug delivery

Coated microneedles have been paid much attention recently, and several coating strategies have been developed to address the problems during coating process. However, there are still some unresolved issues, such as, precise control requirements, microneedle substrate contamination and high processing temperature. The purpose of this study was to develop a simple and controllable method to make uniform coatings on microneedles at room temperature. This novel method avoids the contamination of microneedle substrate by providing both the adsorption force of thickener and micro-scale coating film produced by a newly design device. Thickeners were screened to enhance the mass of coatings. The parameters that influence the coatings were tested systematically, which made coating process controllable. Finally, three model drugs were coated onto microneedles to prove the method is applicable more broadly. In addition, insertion experiments were carried out to test the drug delivery feasibility of the coated microneedles. In conclusion, this study presents a simple and controllable method to coat microneedles with small molecular chemical drugs or large proteins for rapid skin drug delivery.     

TiO_2-海藻酸钙复合膜的表征、对染料的光催化降解及TiO_2回收

为了解决TiO2纳米粒子难分离,负载的催化剂难回收等问题,首先,将TiO2与海藻酸钠充分混合制成铸膜液,在玻璃板上刮膜,经钙离子交联制备了TiO2-海藻酸钙(T-CA)复合膜。然后,对T-CA复合膜进行了SEM和XRD表征,并研究了T-CA复合膜对染料的光催化降解性能。最后,将T-CA复合膜从染料降解液中取出,浸泡在柠檬酸钠水溶液中,柠檬酸根对钙离子的结合力较强,可使海藻酸盐水凝胶溶解,离心分离TiO2纳米粒子并清洗干燥后,得到了回收TiO2;利用SEM、TEM、FTIR和XRD对回收TiO2进行了表征。结果表明:T-CA复合膜对甲基橙的光催化降解率可达82.37%。回收TiO2与初始的TiO2几乎完全一样,可重新使用且催化能力不变。该方法是一种绿色环保、方便快速的从载体中回收TiO2纳米粒子的方法。     

ICPCVD-SiN_x对GaN/AlGaN基紫外探测器的钝化效果的研究

采用ICPCVD-SiNx薄膜对GaN/A1GaN基紫外探测器进行钝化,从薄膜绝缘特性、钝化效果两方面,对ICPCVD-SiNx、磁控溅射-SiOx、PECVD-SiOx和PECVD-SiNx四种钝化膜进行对比.制作了钝化膜/GaN MIS器件,通过测试MIS器件漏电流密度和薄膜击穿电场的大小表征薄膜绝缘性能,结果表明ICPCVD-SiNx对应的MIS器件的漏电特性最好,外加偏压为100 V时,其漏电流密度保持在1×10-7 A/cm2以下,薄膜击穿电场大于3.3 MV/cm.采用不同钝化方法制作了p-i-n型AlGaN基紫外探测器,通过计算钝化前后器件暗电流的变化,表征不同钝化方法的钝化效果.结果表明ICPCVD-SiNx钝化的器件,其暗电流比其他钝化方法的器件小近两个数量级,在-5V偏压下暗电流密度为7.52 A/cm2.     

薄膜铝空气电池阴极复合催化剂性能研究

采用棒状alpha-MnO2作为阴极主催化剂,并掺杂La2O3和CeO2制成复合型催化剂,使用1 mm厚碱性凝胶聚合物电解质膜,组装成薄膜聚合物电解质铝空气电池。在0.5×10–3 A·cm–2电流密度下恒流放电考察不同阴极催化剂的性能,Mn-La和Mn-Ce型电化学性能均低于Mn-La-Ce型催化剂。随后的实验中,分别测试了薄膜铝空气电池在0.8×10–3和1.1×10–3 A·cm–2电流密度下的放电性能,并在1.1×10–3 A·cm–2电流密度下得到其容量密度为8.91×10–3 Ah·cm–2,能量密度为11.46×10–3 Wh·cm–2,以及功率密度为1.42×10–3 W·cm–2。     

纳米二氧化钒薄膜的制备及其特性研究

采用原子层沉积(ALD)方法,分别以VO(OC3H7)3和H2 O2为钒源和氧源,在载玻片基底上沉积钒氧化物薄膜;在还原气氛的管式炉中,对钒氧化物薄膜进行还原退火结晶,进而得到VO2薄膜晶体.通过扫描电镜(SEM)、X-射线衍射(XRD)及X-射线光电子能谱(XPS)研究所制备的钒氧化物薄膜表面形貌、晶体结构以及组分的变化;利用傅里叶红外光谱(FT-IR)对VO2薄膜的红外透射性进行测试分析.结果表明:ALD所制备的薄膜以非晶态V2O5、VO2和V2O3为主;在通以还原气氛(95％Ar,5％H2)并500℃热处理2h后得到以(011)择优取向的单斜金红石纳米VO2薄膜,VO2晶体薄膜相变前后红外透过率突变量较大.     

VO2/Al2O3复合膜系制备及其相变特性

钒的氧化物具有对温度敏感的半导体-金属可逆相变特性.在多种钒氧化合物中,VO2的相变温度点约为68℃,适用于很多应用领域.VO2长期暴露在空气中时,会被氧化.研究了通过制备VO2/Al2O3复合膜系来保持氧化钒薄膜的稳定性的方法.采用TFCalc薄膜设计软件,设计了VO2/Al2O3复合膜系.依据材料的折射率和消光系数,优化了膜系各膜层的厚度,分析了复合膜系的相变特性.采用磁控溅射方式制备了氧化钒薄膜,再通过氧氩混合气氛热处理得到VO2占主要成分的氧化钒薄膜.在氧化钒薄膜上采用射频磁控溅射方法封装了120 nm厚的Al2O3膜.利用分光光度计测量分析了膜系的相变特性,Al2O3膜对VO2膜的相变性能影响很小.Al2O3膜适于VO2薄膜的封装.