Title
Drug diffusion in viscoelastic media: analysis, numerics and applications

Instructor
José Augusto Ferreira (University of Coimbra)
Abstract
It is well known that the use of the classical diffusion equation to describe drug diffusion in viscoelastic materials leads to inaccurate results. This fact motivates the inclusion of the viscoelastic properties of the material in the diffusion equation. Consequently integro-differential equations of Volterra type arise in the description of such phenomena. In this course we present an overview on mathematical models of non-fickian type, their analysis and numerical simulation in different contexts.