IIT Guwahati researchers develop 'Time bomb' liquid marbles with Nanoclay for controlled drug delivery

IIT Guwahati researchers develop 'Time bomb' liquid marbles with Nanoclay for controlled drug delivery

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Category : Science and Tech Published on: April 27 2023

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A team of researchers at IIT Guwahati designed a non-sticking, non-wetting liquid marble that floats in water and releases its contents in a pre-programmed time.
The team has engineered liquid marbles to have a ‘time bomb’ type release effect and to conduct a spontaneous chemical reaction.
Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati have developed liquid marbles using nano clay that can be pre-programmed for drug delivery and cascade chemical reactions.
The nano clay marbles were made of a shell of nanoclay that holds the liquid. The researchers modified the nanoclay with either water-loving chemical groups (hydrophilic) or water-hating (hydrophobic) to programme the marbles for timed content release.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, the Science and Engineering Research Board, and the Department of Biotechnology all provided funding for this project.

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