Issue 8, 2023

Microfluidic synthesis of multilayered lipid–polymer hybrid nanoparticles for the formulation of low solubility drugs

Abstract

Hybrid phospholipid/block copolymer membranes where polymers and lipids are molecularly mixed or phase-separated into polymer-rich and lipid-rich domains are promising drug delivery materials. Harnessing the chemical diversity of polymers and the biocompatability of lipids is a compelling approach to design the next generation of drug carriers. Here, we report on the development of a microfluidics-based strategy analogous to produce lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) for the nanomanufacturing of multilayered hybrid nanoparticles (HNPs). Using X-ray scattering, Cryo-electron, and polarized microscopy we show that phosphatidylcholine (PC) and PBD-b-PEO (poly(butadiene-block-ethylene oxide)) hybrid membranes can be nanomanufactured by microfluidics into HNPs with dense and multilayered cores which are ideal carriers of low-solubility drugs of the Biopharmaceutical Classification System (BCS) II and IV such as antimalarial DSM265 and Paclitaxel, respectively.

Graphical abstract: Microfluidic synthesis of multilayered lipid–polymer hybrid nanoparticles for the formulation of low solubility drugs

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Nov 2022
Accepted
24 Jan 2023
First published
25 Jan 2023

Soft Matter, 2023,19, 1596-1605

Author version available

Microfluidic synthesis of multilayered lipid–polymer hybrid nanoparticles for the formulation of low solubility drugs

N. Kambar and C. Leal, Soft Matter, 2023, 19, 1596 DOI: 10.1039/D2SM01443B

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