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JOURNAL OF SOL-GEL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 37, Issue 3, Pages 195-199Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10971-005-6628-8
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Menger sponge; drug release; fractal dimension; random walk dimension; Monte Carlo simulation; anomalous diffusion
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How fast can drug molecules escape from a controlled matrix-type release system? This important question is of both scientific and practical importance, as increasing emphasis is placed on design considerations that can be addressed only if the physical chemistry of drug release is better understood. In this work, this problem is studied via Monte Carlo computer Simulations. The drug release is simulated as a diffusion-control led process. Six types of Menger sponges (all having the same fractal dimension, d(f) = 2.727, but with different values of random walk dimension, d(w) is an element of [2.028, 2.998]) are employed as models of drug delivery devices with the aim of studying the consequences of matrix structural properties (characterized by d(f) and d(w)) on drug release performance. The results obtained show that, in all cases, drug release from Menger sponges follows an anomalous behavior. Finally, the influence of the matrix structural properties on the drug release profile is quantified.
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