TY - GEN
T1 - Finite element analysis of hollow HfO2 microneedles for transdermal drug delivery
AU - Zhang, Yong Hua
AU - Tian, Yinghong
AU - Campbell, Stephen A.
PY - 2018/2/22
Y1 - 2018/2/22
N2 - Microneedles are an important tool for promoting transdermal drug delivery, especially for macromolecular drugs. In this paper, the fabrication method of hollow hafnium oxide (HfO2) microneedles mainly based on deep reactive ion etching of silicon and atomic layer deposition of HfO2, and the finite element analysis of the microneedles based on ANSYS software are presented. The fabrication process is simplified by using only one mask. The finite element analysis of a single microneedle shows that the flexibility of the microneedles can be easily adjusted for various applications. The finite element analysis of a 3×3 HfO2 microneedle array applied on the skin explains the 'bed of nail' effect nicely, i.e., the skin is not liable to be pierced when the density of microneedles in array increases. The presented research work here provides useful information for design optimization of HfO2 microneedles.
AB - Microneedles are an important tool for promoting transdermal drug delivery, especially for macromolecular drugs. In this paper, the fabrication method of hollow hafnium oxide (HfO2) microneedles mainly based on deep reactive ion etching of silicon and atomic layer deposition of HfO2, and the finite element analysis of the microneedles based on ANSYS software are presented. The fabrication process is simplified by using only one mask. The finite element analysis of a single microneedle shows that the flexibility of the microneedles can be easily adjusted for various applications. The finite element analysis of a 3×3 HfO2 microneedle array applied on the skin explains the 'bed of nail' effect nicely, i.e., the skin is not liable to be pierced when the density of microneedles in array increases. The presented research work here provides useful information for design optimization of HfO2 microneedles.
KW - Finite element analysis
KW - HfO
KW - atomic layer deposition
KW - bed of nail effect
KW - micro-electro-mechanical systems
KW - microneedle
KW - transdermal drug delivery
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U2 - 10.1109/CISP-BMEI.2017.8302245
DO - 10.1109/CISP-BMEI.2017.8302245
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85047449340
T3 - Proceedings - 2017 10th International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, CISP-BMEI 2017
SP - 1
EP - 6
BT - Proceedings - 2017 10th International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, CISP-BMEI 2017
A2 - Qiu, Song
A2 - Liu, Hongying
A2 - Sun, Li
A2 - Wang, Lipo
A2 - Li, Qingli
A2 - Zhou, Mei
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 10th International Congress on Image and Signal Processing, BioMedical Engineering and Informatics, CISP-BMEI 2017
Y2 - 14 October 2017 through 16 October 2017
ER -