Smart Micro- and Nanomaterials for Pharmaceutical Applications

Smart drug delivery refers to a targeted drug delivery or precision drug delivery system that allows drugs to be administered to a specific location in the body or at a specific time with enhanced precision and control. This book presents various stimuli-responsive micro- and nanomaterials for pharmaceutical industries.

Autorentext

Ajit Behera is Assistant Professor in the Metallurgical & Materials Department at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela. He earned his PhD from IIT Kharagpur.

Arpan Kumar Nayak is Research Professor in the Department of Energy Engineering, Konkuk University, Republic of Korea. He earned his PhD from IIT Kharagpur.

Ranjan Kumar Mohapatra is Assistant Professor in Chemistry at Government College of Engineering, India. He earned PhD from Sambalpur University.

Ali Ahmed Rabaan is Head of the Molecular Diagnostic Lab at Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, where he is also is a member of the Emerging Infectious Diseases task force. Dr. Rabaan is also adjunct Assistant Professor at the College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He earned his PhD in Molecular Microbiology from University of Sheffield, United Kingdom.

Inhalt

1. Micro- and Nanoscale Oral Drugs Delivery System. 2. A Perspective on the Global Market of Micro- and Nano- Smart Materials in Pharmaceutical Industries. 3. Micro- and Nanoscaled Smart Material Manufacturing for Pharmaceutical Applications. 4. Production of Smart Particles Using Microfluidic Technology. 5. Release Mechanism of Smart Drug Delivery. 6. Micro- and Nanoscale Technologies in Oral Drug Delivery. 7. Swellable Polymers for Drug Delivery Applications. 8. Diagnostic Sensing Systems. 9. Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels Micro-/Nano-Drug Delivery. 10. Magnetic Nanocarrier Mediated Site-Specific Delivery of Anticancer Agents as Promising Strategy for Targeted Treatment of Glioma: Insight into Present Status and Critical Challenges. 11. Material Release and Toxicity in Micro- and Nanoscale. 12. Smart Materials for Sustained and Controlled Drug Release. 13. Biodegradable Nanocarrier-Based Topical Drug Delivery for Effective Management of Vaginal Infections: Recent Progress and Challenges Ahead. 14. Smart Nano-Carriers and Their Advancements. 15. Self-Assembling Peptide-Based Nanostructures. 16. Nanoparticulate Enzymatic Mechanism in Anti-Tumor Drug Delivery. 17. Stimuli-Responsive Block Copolymers and Polymer Gel Nanocarriers for Drug and Gene Delivery Applications.