Advances in nanomaterials for drug delivery : polymeric, nanocarbon and bio-inspired /

Nanomedicine is a developing field that includes different disciplines such as material science, chemistry, and engineering and medicine devoted to the design, synthesis and construction of high-tech nanostructures. The ability of these structures to have their chemical and physical properties tuned...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Karimi, Mahdi (Assistant professor) (Author), Mansouri, Maryam Rad (Author), Rabiee, Navid (Author), Hamblin, Michael R. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: San Rafael [California] (40 Oak Drive, San Rafael, CA, 94903, USA) : Morgan & Claypool Publishers, [2018]
Series:IOP (Series). Release 5.
IOP concise physics.
Subjects:
Drug delivery systems.
Nanomedicine.
Drug Carriers > therapeutic use.
Nanostructures > therapeutic use.
Medical physics.
SCIENCE / Physics / General.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Drug delivery approaches
  • 2.1. Review of the chemical and physical properties of nanomaterials
  • 2.2. Critical advances in nanomaterials for drug delivery
  • 3. Polymeric and hyper-branched nanoparticles and dendrimers
  • 3.1. Polymeric nanomaterials
  • 3.2. Dendrimer nanostructures
  • 4. Advances in nature-inspired nanomaterials
  • 4.1. Polysaccharide-based nanomaterials
  • 4.2. Cellulose-based nanostructures
  • 4.3. Hyaluronic acid-decorated structures
  • 4.4. Chitosan-based nanoparticles
  • 5. Carbon-based nanomaterials
  • 5.1. Multi-walled/single-walled carbon nanotubes
  • 5.2. Quantum dot-based approaches
  • 6. Aptamers and pathogen-based carriers
  • 6.1. Aptamers
  • 6.2. Virus-based approaches
  • 6.3. Bacterial-based approaches.

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