
Stimuli Responsive Polymeric Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery Applications
Volume 1: Types and triggers
Description
Key Features
- Offers an in-depth look at the basic and fundamental aspects of alternative stimuli-responsive polymers, mechanisms, structure, synthesis and properties
- Provides a well-defined categorization for stimuli-responsive polymers for drug delivery based on different triggering mechanisms
- Discusses novel approaches and challenges for scaling up and commercialization of stimuli-responsive polymers
Readership
Materials scientists, pharmaceutical scientists and biomedical engineers based at universities, national labs, and medical device companies
Table of Contents
Part One: Introduction
1. Historical development of drug delivery systems: From conventional macroscale to controlled, targeted, and responsive nanoscale systems
2. Stimuli-responsive polymers as smart drug delivery systems: Classifications based on carrier type and triggered-release mechanismPart Two: Endogenous and exogenous stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems
3 The smart chemistry of stimuli-responsive polymeric carriers for target drug delivery applications
4. Enzyme-responsive polymers for drug delivery and molecular imaging
5. pH-responsive polymers for drug delivery applications
6. Magnetically responsive polymers for drug delivery applicationsPart Three: Polymeric nanocarriers for stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems
7. Responsive block copolymers for drug delivery applications. Part 1: Endogenous stimuli-responsive drug-release systems
8. Responsive block copolymers for drug delivery applications. Part 2: Exogenous stimuli-responsive drug-release systems
9. Responsive polyelectrolyte multilayer nanofilms for drug delivery applications
10. Responsive polyelectrolyte complexes based on natural polysaccharides for drug delivery applications
11. Responsive polymer nanoparticles for drug delivery applications
12. Stimulus-responsive nanogels for drug delivery
13. Stimuli-responsive polymeric hydrogels and nanogels for drug delivery applicationsPart Four: Biopolymer and biodegradable nanocarriers for stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems
14. Bioinspired polymeric carriers for drug delivery applications
15. Stimuli-responsive biopolymer nanocarriers for drug delivery applications
16. Responsive polymer-biomacromolecule conjugates for drug delivery
17. Responsive biopolymer-based microgels/nanogels for drug delivery applications
18. Stimuli-responsive poly(ε-caprolactone)s for drug delivery applications
19. Responsive polysaccharides and polysaccharides-based nanoparticles for drug delivery
20. Responsive cyclodextrins as polymeric carriers for drug delivery applications
21. Chitosan as responsive polymer for drug delivery applications
22. Biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoates nanocarriers for drug delivery applications
23. Biodegradable polymeric micelles for drug delivery applications
Product details
- No. of pages: 692
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Woodhead Publishing 2018
- Published: June 14, 2018
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Hardcover ISBN: 9780081019979
- eBook ISBN: 9780081019986
About the Editors
Abdel Salam Hamdy Makhlouf
Affiliations and Expertise
Nedal Y. Abu-Thabit
Affiliations and Expertise
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