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AcknowledgmentsFirst of all I woukd like to thank my Professor Anna Maria Fadda for excellent scientificguidance, fruitful discussion, providing me with lab space and equipment and sending me to anumber of conferences.I want to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Donatella Valenti for all the support andguidance throughout my time as PhD student. I would also like to thank her for her enormousgenerosity when I need it.I would like to express my gratitude to all collegues at the Department Farmaco ChimicoTecnologico, in particular Chiara, Maria, Francesco, Carla, Simona, Francesca and Salvatore,for all unconditioned help given during my time in the instituteRiccardo Scateni, many thanks for helping in solving computer problems.My thanks go to Professor Sophia Antimisiaris for giving me the opportunity to spend onefruitfull year in her laboratory in Greece. In particular I would like to thank all collegues atthe University of Patras, Voula, Catalina and George for always having time for creating anenjoyable and stimulating atmosphere.Last but not least, no word can express my sincere gratefulness to my family. Thank you allfor your support during the time of this thesis work.European Union, Social Funds, PON 2000-2006, and Marie Curie Early Stage ScholarshipProgram (Project name: Towards a Euro-PhD in advances drug delivery, Contract No:MEST-CT-2004 – 504992) are gratefully acknoweledged for the financial support and thepersonal fellowship.3