Paul Blackie

Principal Investigator

Paul Blackie joined Athlone Institute of Technology in 1979 as a lecturer in the Polymer Engineering Department. Prior to his appointment at the Institute he worked as a research technologist for Dunlop in the UK and as a process engineer for DRG. In 1984 Paul graduated with a Masters of Science from Trinity College Dublin and subsequently established a research focus in material modification and processing. Paul has maintained close linkages with the Irish Plastics Industry and has been involved in a significant number of research collaborations securing funding of approximately €900,000 to support these. In recent times Paul has focused his research in the area of recycling, an area which is experiencing renewed interest due to the escalating cost of material processing. Paul also has served on the committee of the Institute of Materials (Ireland) for the past 20 years. 

List of Publications

Journal Publications

John G. Lyons, Paul Blackie and Clement L. Higginbotham (2008)The significance of variation in extrusion speeds and temperatures on a PEO/PCL blend based matrix for oral drug deliveryInternational Journal of Pharmaceutics, 351 (1-2), 201-208

John G. Lyons, Harshad Holehonnur, Declan M. Devine, James E. Kennedy, Luke M. Geever, Paul Blackie, Clement L. Higginbotham (2007)The incorporation of an organically modified layered silicate in monolithic matrices produced using hot melt extrusionMaterials Chemistry and Physics, 103 (2-3), 15 June, 419-426

John G. Lyons, Mark P. Hallinan, James E. Kennedy, Declan M. Devine, Luke M. Geever, Paul Blackie, Clement L. Higginbotham (2007)Preparation of monolithic matrices for oral drug delivery using a supercritical fluid assisted hot melt extrusion process International Journal of Pharmaceutics, 329 (1-2), 62-71

Conference Publications

Mark Hallinan, John G. Lyons, Paul Blackie and Clement L. Higginbotham (2007)Supercritical fluid assisted hot melt extrusion in the preparation of novel monolithic matrices for oral drug deliveryProceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Frontiers in Biomedical polymers (FBPS 07), June 24 -27, Het Pand, Ghent, Belgium

John G. Lyons, Declan M. Devine, Paul Blackie and Clement L. Higginbotham (2007)Supercritical fluid assisted hot melt extrusion for the production of monolithic matrices for oral drug deliveryProceedings of the 7th International Symposium on Frontiers in Biomedical polymers (FBPS 07), June 24 -27, Het Pand, Ghent, Belgium

Mark Hallinan, John G. Lyons, Paul Blackie, and Clement L. Higginbotham (2006)Supercritical fluid assisted hot melt extrusion in the preparation of novel monolithic matrices for oral drug deliveryProceedings of the 20th European Conference on Biomaterials, September 27 – October 01, Cite des Congres, Nantes, France

Clement L. Higginbotham, Paul Blackie, Mark Hallinan, Sean Lyons and James Kennedy (2005)The use of supercritical fluid technology in the development of a novel oral matrix based drug delivery device formed using conventional plastics processing technologies Proceedings of the International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids, May 1-4, Rosen Centre Hotel, Orlando, Florida, USA