Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • Nanoengineered Biomaterials for Advanced Drug Delivery
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgment
  • Part One Principles of nanotechnology-based drug delivery
  • 1 Principles of nanosized drug delivery systems
  • 1.1 Introduction
  • 1.2 What are nanosized drug delivery systems and why they are useful?
  • 1.3 Different types of nanodelivery systems
  • 1.3.1 Polymeric nanoparticles
  • 1.3.2 Liposomes
  • 1.3.3 Niosomes
  • 1.3.4 Solid lipid nanoparticles
  • 1.3.5 Micro- and nanoemulsions
  • 1.3.6 Polymeric micelles
  • 1.3.7 Dendrimers
  • 1.3.8 Inorganic nanoparticles and quantum dots
  • 1.3.9 Nanocrystals
  • 1.3.10 Protein-based and natural biopolymer-based nanoparticles
  • 1.4 Particle properties and related biobarrier interactions of nanosystems
  • 1.4.1 Opsonization and phagocytosis
  • 1.4.2 Particle size
  • 1.4.3 Shape
  • 1.4.4 Surface charge
  • 1.4.5 Hydrophilic/hydrophobic character
  • 1.4.6 Other factors
  • 1.5 Nanoparticles in medicines
  • 1.5.1 Lipid nanotechnology
  • 1.5.2 Nanoparticle nanotechnology
  • 1.6 Conclusions
  • References
  • 2 Controlled/localized release and nanotechnology
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 The evolution of drug delivery systems
  • 2.3 Nanostructures from dimension viewpoint
  • 2.3.1 Zero-dimensional nanostructures
  • 2.3.2 One-dimensional nanostructures
  • 2.3.3 Two-dimensional nanostructures
  • 2.3.4 Three-dimensional nanostructures
  • 2.4 Bionanostructures
  • 2.5 Micro- and nanomotors
  • 2.6 Conclusion
  • References
  • 3 Stimuli-sensitive drug delivery systems
  • 3.1 Introduction
  • 3.2 pH-sensitive drug delivery systems
  • 3.3 Redox-sensitive drug delivery systems
  • 3.4 Thermosensitive drug delivery systems
  • 3.5 Magnetically sensitive drug delivery systems
  • 3.6 Ultrasound-sensitive drug delivery systems
  • 3.7 Photosensitive drug delivery systems
  • 3.8 Electrosensitive drug delivery systems
  • 3.8.1 Intrinsically conducting polymers
  • 3.8.2 Hydrogels
  • 3.9 Enzyme-sensitive drug delivery systems
  • 3.10 Dual- and multisensitive drug delivery systems
  • 3.11 Conclusions
  • References
  • 4 Sustainable drug delivery systems through green nanotechnology
  • 4.1 Nanotechnology
  • 4.2 Green nanotechnology
  • 4.3 Green nanotechnology in drug delivery
  • 4.4 Classification of nanoparticles
  • 4.4.1 Liposomes
  • 4.4.2 Polymeric nanoparticles
  • 4.4.3 Dendrimer
  • 4.4.4 Quantum dots
  • 4.4.5 Silica nanoparticles
  • 4.4.6 Magnetic nanoparticles
  • 4.5 Metal-organic frameworks
  • 4.6 Green methods for synthesis of MOFs
  • 4.6.1 Mechanochemistry
  • 4.6.2 Sonochemistry
  • 4.6.3 Microwave
  • 4.7 Synthesis of MOFs by using bioactive molecules
  • 4.8 Summary
  • References
  • Further reading
  • 5 Recent advances in multifunctional nanoengineered biomaterials
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Recent advances in imaging techniques
  • 5.2.1 Optical imaging
  • 5.2.2 Photoacoustic imaging
  • 5.2.3 Multimodality imaging