Approaches to the physico-chemical and mechanical characterisation of functional coatings, Part II.

Part 1 of this article demonstrated that knowledge of coating science is important in the formulation and early development of a functionally active coating for a medical device/combination product. Part II focuses on the testing challenges and verification of the finished coating on the product.

Wavelength dependent photo-controlled differential release of compounds from solid phase resin.

A method to effect photo-mediated differential release of bead-based compound libraries using a tuneable laser in combination with chromatically orthogonal photolabile linkers is described.