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1.6 BUCCAL ADHESIVE POLYMERS ......................................................................................... 27<br />

1.6.1 Chitosan ................................................................................................................... 29<br />

1.6.2 Pharmaceutical and medicinal uses <strong>of</strong> chitosan ..................................................... 30<br />

1.6.3 Chitosan derivatives ................................................................................................ 31<br />

1.6.3.1 Thiolated chitosans ........................................................................................... 31<br />

1.6.4 Functional properties <strong>of</strong> thiolated chitosan ............................................................ 32<br />

1.6.4.1 Mucoadhesion ................................................................................................... 32<br />

1.6.4.2 Permeation enhancement .................................................................................. 33<br />

1.6.6.3 Thiolated chitosans as matrices <strong>for</strong> controlled drug release ............................. 35<br />

1.7 FORMULATION TECHNIQUES ............................................................................................ 35<br />

1.7.1 Lyophilisation .......................................................................................................... 35<br />

1.7.1.1 Lyophilisation principles .................................................................................. 35<br />

1.7.1.2 Critical lyophilisation parameters ..................................................................... 36<br />

1.7.1.3 Lyophilisation cycle ......................................................................................... 37<br />

1.7.1.4 Freezing ............................................................................................................ 37<br />

1.7.1.5 Primary drying .................................................................................................. 38<br />

1.7.1.6 Secondary drying .............................................................................................. 38<br />

1.7.2 The Freeze-drier machine ....................................................................................... 39<br />

1.7.3 Gel <strong>for</strong>mation ........................................................................................................... 40<br />

1.7.4.1 Polymeric films <strong>for</strong> drug <strong>delivery</strong> ......................................................................... 40<br />

1.7.4.2 Lyophilised xerogels (wafers) as drug <strong>delivery</strong> systems ...................................... 41<br />

1.8 ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES ............................................................................................... 42<br />

1.8.1 Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy ................................................. 42<br />

1.8.2 Gel permeation chromatography (GPC)................................................................. 43<br />

1.8.3 Fourier trans<strong>for</strong>m infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy................................................... 44<br />

1.8.3.1 Attenuated total reflection (ATR-FT-IR) spectroscopy ................................... 44<br />

1.8.4 X-ray powder diffractometry (XRPD) ..................................................................... 46<br />

1.8.4.1 X-ray generation and properties ....................................................................... 46<br />

1.8.4.2 Powder diffraction ............................................................................................ 47<br />

1.8.5 Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) ................................................................ 48<br />

1.8.5.1 Interpreting DSC thermogram in lyophilisation ............................................... 49<br />

1.8.6 Circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy ................................................................... 50<br />

1.8.7 Thermogravimetry (TG) ........................................................................................ 51<br />

1.8.8 Scanning electron microscope (SEM) ..................................................................... 52<br />

1.9 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES ..................................................................................................... 54

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