Microencapsulation for the Therapeutic Delivery of Drugs, Live Mammalian and Bacterial Cells, and Other Biopharmaceutics: Current Status and Future Directions

Table 1

Methods for microencapsulation.

Chemical methods
Solvent evaporation
Interfacial cross-linking
Interfacial polycondensation/interfacial condensation polymerization
𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑢 polymerization
Matrix polymerization
Physical methods
Spray drying
Pan coating
Fluid-bed coating
Centrifugal extrusion
Vibrating nozzle/vibrating-jet
Spinning disk/rotational suspension separation
Physicochemical methods
Ionotropic gelation
Polyelectrolyte complexation
Phase separation/coacervation (simple and complex)
Supercritical fluid technology