Fundamentals of Bioadhesion
Definitions, Mechanisms, and Theories of Bioadhesion
Donald E. Chickering III and Edith Mathiowitz
The Role of Water Movement and Polymer Hydration in Mucoadhesion
John D. Smart
A Rheological Approach to Explain the Mucoadhesive Behavior of Polymer Hydrogels
Carla Marcella Caramella, Silvia Rossi, and Maria Cristina Bonferoni
Functional Histology of Epithelia Relevant for Drug Delivery: Respiratory Tract, Digestive Tract, Eye, Skin, and Vagina
Udo Schumacher and Dietlind Schumacher
Biochemical and Functional Aspects of Mucus and Mucin-Type Glycoproteins
Barry James Campbell
Methods of Evaluating Bioadhesive Interactions
Adaptation of a Microbalance to Measure Bioadhesive Properties of Microspheres
Donald E. Chickering III, Camilla A. Santos, and Edith Mathiowitz
Novel Magnetic Technique to Measure Bioadhesion
Benjamin A. Hertzog and Edith Mathiowitz
Principles of Skin Adhesion and Methods for Measuring Adhesion of Transdermal Systems
Michael Horstmann, Walte...r Mueller, and Bodo Asmussen
Force Microscopy of Cells to Measure Bioadhesion
E. zur Muehlen, P. Koschinski, S. Gehring, Robert Ros, Louis Tiefenhauer, Eleonore Haltner, Claus-Michael Lehr, Uwe Hartmann, Falk Schwesinger, and A. Plueckthun
Direct Measurement of Molecular-Level Forces and Adhesion in Biological Systems
James Schneider and Matthew Tirrell
A Centrifugation Method for Measurement of Two-Dimensional Binding Characteristics of Receptor-Ligand Interaction
Cheng Zhu, James W. Piper, and Robert A. Swerlick
Novel Concepts and Strategies for Bioadhesive Drug Delivery Systems
Multifunctional Polymers for the Peroral Delivery of Peptide Drugs
Henrik L. Luessen, J. Coos Verhoef, A. (Bert) G. de Boer, H. E. Junginger, Bas J. de Leeuw, Gerrit Borchard, and Claus-Michael Lehr
Chitosan and Chitosan Derivatives as Absorption Enhancers for Peptide Drugs Across Mucosal Epithelia
A. F. Kotze, Henrik L. Luessen,