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(Siro and Plackett 2010). Valo et al. (2011) showed the use of NFC for the stabili-
zation of drug nanoparticles in suspension. These nanoparticles must be stabilized
properly in such way that they aggregate it. Thus, nanoparticles could be stored for
more than 10 months without major changes in their morphology.
Kolakovic et al. (2012) showed that NFC microparticles produced by a spray dry-
ing method can be used as llers in tablet production by direct compression, as well
as in wet granulation. In the spray drying process, NFC produces porous micropar-
ticles, and at the same time, produces encapsulated drugs inside the NFC carrier.
These particles become enveloped by the NFC ber network forming a ...