**Meet the editors**

Prof. Rosario Pignatello is a Full Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology and Legislation at the Department of Drug Sciences, University of Catania (Italy). He is a scientific coordinator of NANO-*i* (Research Centre on Ocular Nanotechnology) at the University of Catania. He is the Coauthor of about 140 papers in peer-reviewed journals and about 150 oral and poster commu-

nications to international symposia. His research activity in the area of innovative pharmaceutical technology focuses on: polymer micro- and nanoparticles for the controlled drug delivery and drug targeting, synthesis and technological investigation on chemically engineered (bio)polymers for drug delivery, liposomes, lipid-based nanocarriers, and micelles, advanced ocular drug delivery systems, prodrugs and conjugates for drug lipidization, drug-membrane interaction studies using calorimetry on biomembrane models.

Teresa Musumeci is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Drug Sciences of the University of Catania. She received her PhD degree in Pharmaceutical Technology from the University of Palermo in 2007. She is the co-author of 32 papers in peer-reviewed journals and 2 book chapters. She teaches "Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology" and "Quality Assurance

System." Her scientific activity focuses on design and characterization of nanocarriers for controlled and targeted drug delivery.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Long-Term Storage 1**

Chapter 2 **Spray Drying: An Overview 9**

Simpson

Jonathan Lakey

**Applications 87**

Cavalcanti da Silva Filho

**Treated Biomaterial 75**

Maurício David Martins das Neves

Chapter 6 **Tuned Hydroxyapatite Materials for Biomedical**

Chapter 1 **Introductory Chapter: Reduce the Gap from Bench to Bedside for Nanomedicines Increasing the Stability to**

> Daniel Santos, Ana Colette Maurício, Vitor Sencadas, José Domingos Santos, Maria H. Fernandes and Pedro S. Gomes

Chapter 4 **Physical Protection of Pancreatic Islets for Transplantation 61** Sarah Lee, Mayilone Sathialingam, Michael Alexander and

Chapter 5 **Electrochemical Characterization of an Optical Fiber Laser-**

Jenna Mosier, Nancy Nguyen, Kadie Parker and Chartrisa LaShan

Eurico Felix Pieretti, Olandir Vercíno Corrêa, Marina Fuser Pillis and

Ewerton Gomes Vieira, Thátila Wanessa da Silva Vieira, Marcos Pereira da Silva, Marcus Vinicius Beserra dos Santos, Carla Adriana Rodrigues de Sousa Brito, Roosevelt Delano de Sousa Bezerra, Ana Cristina Vasconcelos Fialho, Josy Anteveli Osajima and Edson

Teresa Musumeci and Rosario Pignatello

Chapter 3 **Calcification of Biomaterials and Diseased States 37**
