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A polymeric microcapsule that can house different drug-loaded particles using a simple emulsion packaging technique is presented. Compared to the neat microparticles, microcapsules simultaneously release multiple drugs in a sustained manner. These microcapsules could provide a means of controlling release of multiple drugs.

for the help given. I would also like to give thanks and credit to my FYP students, Sherwyn Tan, Dickson Tjipto, Kara Cooper, He Xinyan and Leong Wei Wei for their time spent on this project with the hard work they had put in to understand this work in depth further. Special thanks is given to Dr Effendi Wijaja from Institute of Chemical & Engineering Sciences (A*STAR), for his expertise help with the BTEM / Raman mapping to elucidate the core-shell particulate morphology. Also, my gratitude for the generosity of A/P Phan Anh Tuan, Chung Wan Jun; and Prof Richard Webster from the School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (NTU) for the use of the Jasco CD spectropolarimeter and the Nicolet Continµum FT-IR microscope. Also, all electron microscopy and X-ray microanalysis performed in this work was conducted in NTU Facility for Analysis, Characterisation, Testing and Simulation (FACTS) laboratory.