TY  - JOUR
AU  - Milosević, Miljan
AU  - Stojanović, Dušica
AU  - Simić, Vladimir
AU  - Milicević, Bogdan
AU  - Radisavljević, Anđela
AU  - Uskoković, Petar
AU  - Kojić, Miloš
PY  - 2018
UR  - http://TechnoRep.tmf.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3912
AB  - Due to the relative ease of producing nanofibers with a core-shell structure, emulsion electrospinning has been investigated intensively in making nanofibrous drug delivery systems for controlled and sustained release. Predictions of drug release rates from the poly (D, L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) produced via emulsion electrospinning can be a very difficult task due to the complexity of the system. A computational finite element methodology was used to calculate the diffusion mass transport of Rhodamine B (fluorescent drug model). Degradation effects and hydrophobicity (partitioning phenomenon) at the fiber/surrounding interface were included in the models. The results are validated by experiments where electrospun PLGA nanofiber mats with different contents were used. A new approach to three-dimensional (3D) modeling of nanofibers is presented in this work. The authors have introduced two original models for diffusive drug release from nanofibers to the 3D surrounding medium discretized by continuum 3D finite elements: (1) A model with simple radial one-dimensional (1D) finite elements, and (2) a model consisting of composite smeared finite elements (CSFEs). Numerical solutions, compared to experiments, demonstrate that both computational models provide accurate predictions of the diffusion process and can therefore serve as efficient tools for describing transport inside a polymer fiber network and drug release to the surrounding porous medium.
PB  - MDPI, Basel
T2  - Materials
T1  - A Computational Model for Drug Release from PLGA Implant
IS  - 12
VL  - 11
DO  - 10.3390/ma11122416
ER  - 

@article{
author = "Milosević, Miljan and Stojanović, Dušica and Simić, Vladimir and Milicević, Bogdan and Radisavljević, Anđela and Uskoković, Petar and Kojić, Miloš",
year = "2018",
abstract = "Due to the relative ease of producing nanofibers with a core-shell structure, emulsion electrospinning has been investigated intensively in making nanofibrous drug delivery systems for controlled and sustained release. Predictions of drug release rates from the poly (D, L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) produced via emulsion electrospinning can be a very difficult task due to the complexity of the system. A computational finite element methodology was used to calculate the diffusion mass transport of Rhodamine B (fluorescent drug model). Degradation effects and hydrophobicity (partitioning phenomenon) at the fiber/surrounding interface were included in the models. The results are validated by experiments where electrospun PLGA nanofiber mats with different contents were used. A new approach to three-dimensional (3D) modeling of nanofibers is presented in this work. The authors have introduced two original models for diffusive drug release from nanofibers to the 3D surrounding medium discretized by continuum 3D finite elements: (1) A model with simple radial one-dimensional (1D) finite elements, and (2) a model consisting of composite smeared finite elements (CSFEs). Numerical solutions, compared to experiments, demonstrate that both computational models provide accurate predictions of the diffusion process and can therefore serve as efficient tools for describing transport inside a polymer fiber network and drug release to the surrounding porous medium.",
publisher = "MDPI, Basel",
journal = "Materials",
title = "A Computational Model for Drug Release from PLGA Implant",
number = "12",
volume = "11",
doi = "10.3390/ma11122416"
}

Milosević, M., Stojanović, D., Simić, V., Milicević, B., Radisavljević, A., Uskoković, P.,& Kojić, M.. (2018). A Computational Model for Drug Release from PLGA Implant. in Materials
MDPI, Basel., 11(12).
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11122416

Milosević M, Stojanović D, Simić V, Milicević B, Radisavljević A, Uskoković P, Kojić M. A Computational Model for Drug Release from PLGA Implant. in Materials. 2018;11(12).
doi:10.3390/ma11122416 .

Milosević, Miljan, Stojanović, Dušica, Simić, Vladimir, Milicević, Bogdan, Radisavljević, Anđela, Uskoković, Petar, Kojić, Miloš, "A Computational Model for Drug Release from PLGA Implant" in Materials, 11, no. 12 (2018),
https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11122416 . .