Publications

Bocchino A, Marquez-Grana C, Singh OP, Melnik E, Kurzhals S, Mutinati GC, Coulman S, Martin C, Ng KW, Vergilio MM, Birchall J, Donovan P, Galvin P, O’Mahony C. A multifunctional platform for the production and customization of polymer-based microneedle devices. Sens Actuators A Phys. 2025;388:116491.

Al Musaimi O, Ng KW, Gavva V, Mercado-Valenzo OM, Haroon HB, Williams DR. Elastin-derived peptide-based hydrogels as a potential drug delivery system. Gels. 2024;10(8):531.

Vukajlovic D, Timmons R, Macesic S, Sanderson J, Xie F, Abdelghany TM, Smith E, Lau WM, Ng KW, Novakovic K. Mathematical modelling of genipin-bovine serum albumin interaction using fluorescence intensity measurements. Int J Biol Macromol. 2024;276(Pt 1):133850.

Rimawe B, Lee JY, Ng KW, Goh CF. In vitro evaluation of microneedle strength: A comparison of test configurations and experimental insights. RSC Pharmaceutics. 2024;1:227-233.

Smith E, Lau WM, Abdelghany TM, Vukajlovic D, Novakovic K, Ng KW. Vac-and-fill: A micromoulding technique for fabricating microneedle arrays with vacuum-activated, hands-free mould-filling. Int J Pharm. 2024;650:123706.

Dixon RV, Lau WM, Ng KW. A microneedle-microplate platform to detect biomarkers in the skin. Br J Pharm. 2022;7(2):1164.

Dixon RV, Skaria E, Lau WM, Manning P, Birch-Machin MA, Moghimi SM, Ng KW. Microneedle-based devices for point-of-care infectious disease diagnostics. Acta Pharm Sin B. 2021;11(8):2344-2361.

M Ways TM, Ng KW, Lau WM, Khutoryanskiy VV. Silica nanoparticles in transmucosal drug delivery. Pharmaceutics. 2020;12(8):751.

Dixon RV, Lau WM, Moghimi SM, Ng KW. The diagnostic potential of microneedles in infectious diseases. Precis Nanomed. 2020;3(4):629-640.

Totti S, Ng KW, Dale L, Lian G, Chen T, Velliou EG. A novel versatile animal-free 3D tool for rapid low-cost assessment of immunodiagnostic microneedles. Sens Actuators B Chem. 2019;296:126652.

Skaria E, Patel BA, Flint MS, Ng KW. Poly(lactic acid)/carbon nanotube composite microneedle arrays for dermal biosensing. Anal Chem. 2019;91(7):4436-4443.

Obeid KA, Williams AC, Ng KW, Lau WM. The influence of oxygen and pressure on keratinocytes. Br J Pharm. 2019;4(1):S6-S7.

Ng KW, Moghimi SM. Skin biosensing and bioanalysis: what the future holds. Precis Nanomed. 2018;1(2):124-127.

Ways TMM, Lau WM, Ng KW, Khutoryanskiy VV. Synthesis of thiolated, PEGylated and POZylated silica nanoparticles and evaluation of their retention on rat intestinal mucosa in vitro. Eur J Pharm Sci. 2018;122:230-238.

Totti S, Ng KW, Lian G, Chen T, Velliou EG. A multifunctional versatile 3D melanoma model for rapid micro-needle based in situ detection of disease specific biomarkers. American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. October 2018. ISBN: 978-0-8169-1108-0

Alves DR, Booth SP, Scavone P, Schellenberger P, Salvage J, Dedi C, Thet NT, Jenkins ATA, Waters R, Ng KW, Overall ADJ, Metcalfe AD, Nzakizwanayo J, Jones BV. Development of a high-throughput ex-vivo burn wound model using porcine skin, and its application to evaluate new approaches to control wound infection. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2018;8:196.

Ng KW. Penetration enhancement of topical formulations. Pharmaceutics. 2018;10(2):51.

Lau WM, Ng KW. Finite and infinite dosing. In: Percutaneous Penetration Enhancers Drug Penetration Into/Through the Skin. Dragicevic N, Maibach HI (eds). Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2017, pp 35–44.

Ng KW, Lau WM, Williams AC. Towards pain-free diagnosis of skin diseases through multiplexed microneedles: biomarker extraction and detection using a highly sensitive blotting method. Drug Deliv Transl Res. 2015;5(4):387-96.

Ng KW, Lau WM, Williams AC. Synergy between chemical penetration enhancers. In: Percutaneous Penetration Enhancers Chemical Methods in Penetration Enhancement: Modification of the Stratum Corneum. Dragicevic N, Maibach HI (eds). Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2015, pp 373–385.

Ng KW, Lau WM. Skin deep: the basics of human skin structure and drug penetration. In: Percutaneous Penetration Enhancers Chemical Methods in Penetration Enhancement: Drug Manipulation Strategies and Vehicle Effects. Dragicevic N, Maibach HI (eds). Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2015, pp 3–11.

Correia GD, Wooi Ng K, Wijeyesekera A, Gala-Peralta S, Williams R, MacCarthy-Morrogh S, Jiménez B, Inwald D, Macrae D, Frost G, Holmes E, Pathan N. Metabolic profiling of children undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease. Crit Care Med. 2015;43(7):1467-76.

Lau WM, Ng KW, Sakenyte K, Heard CM. Distribution of esterase activity in porcine ear skin, and the effects of freezing and heat separation. Int J Pharm. 2012;433(1-2):10-5.