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Stimuli Responsive Polymeric Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery Applications

Volume 2: Advanced Nanocarriers for Therapeutics

  • 1st Edition - October 24, 2018
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Nedal Yusuf Abu-Thabit, Abdel Salam Hamdy Makhlouf
  • Language: English

Stimuli Responsive Polymeric Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery Applications: Volume Two: Advanced Nanocarriers for Therapeutics discusses, in detail, the recent trends in design… Read more

Description

Stimuli Responsive Polymeric Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery Applications: Volume Two: Advanced Nanocarriers for Therapeutics discusses, in detail, the recent trends in designing dual and multi-responsive polymers and nanoparticles for safe drug delivery. Chapters cover dual-responsive polymeric nanocarriers for drug delivery and their different stimuli, multi-responsive polymeric nanocarriers, and the therapeutic applications of stimuli-responsive polymers. With an emphasis on advanced medical applications and synergistic operational and technological methodologies for the improvement of polymers systems for the production of stimuli-responsive polymers, this book is essential reading for materials scientists and researchers working in the drug delivery and pharmaceutical industries.

As innovation and development in the area of stimuli responsive polymer-based nanomaterials for drug delivery is moving fast and there is an increased global demand for biodegradable and biocompatible responsive polymers and nanoparticles for safe drug delivery, users will find this to be a timely resource.

Key features

  • Focusses on the most advanced technologies, recent evaluation methods, technical aspects, and advanced synthesis techniques stimuli-responsive polymers
  • Examines advanced medical applications of stimuli responsive polymers
  • Analyzes synergistic operational and technological methodologies for the improvement of polymer systems for the production of stimuli-responsive polymers in drug delivery

Readership

Materials scientists, pharmaceutical scientists and biomedical engineers based at universities, national labs, and medical device companies

Table of contents

Part I - Dual-Stimuli Responsive Polymers

1. Redox and pH-responsive polymeric nanocarriers

2. Magnetic and pH-responsive polymeric nanocarriers

3. Temperature and pH dual-stimuli responsivepolymeric carriers for drug delivery

4. Dual-nanosystems with thermal and magnetic stimuli-responses: In vivo current advances

Part II - Multi-Stimuli Responsive Polymers

5. Multi-responsive polymeric carriers

6. Multi-stimuli-responsive magnetic assemblies

Part III - Stimuli Responsive Polymers for Theranostic Applications

7. Smart Internal and External Stimulus-Responsive Nanocarriers for Image-guided Therapy and Drug Delivery Applications

8. Stimuli-responsive polymers for image-guided therapeutic applications

9. Polymeric nanoblends as biomedical nanocarriers: current developments and preclinical investigations

Part IV - Stimuli Responsive Drug Delivery Systems

10. Ionic-strength responsive polymers for drug delivery applications

11. Dual and multi-stimuli responsive block copolymers for drug delivery applications

12. Stimuli-responsive polymeric micelles for intracellular and extracellular drug delivery

13. Stimuli-responsive polymer-modified liposomes and their application to DDS

14. Thermo-responsive polymers for drug delivery applications

15. Carbon nanotubes for drug delivery

16. Stimuli-Responsive polymersomes for Drug Delivery Applications

Part V - Stimuli Responsive Polymers for Cancer Therapy

17. Stimuli-responsive polymersomes for cancer therapy

18. Responsive Polymeric micelles for Drug Delivery Applications/ Cancer Therapy

Part VI - Stimuli Responsive Polymers for Therapeutic Applications

19. Stimuli-responsive polymers for oral drug delivery applications

20. Stimuli-responsive polymers for ocular therapy

21. Stimuli-responsive polymers for treatment of Diabetes Mellitus

22. Stimuli-responsive polymers for oral insulin delivery

23. Stimuli-responsive Polysaccharides for Colon Targeted Drug Delivery

Part VII - Future Trends and Challenges

24. Future trends, challenges and opportunities with responsive polymer-based drug delivery systems

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: October 29, 2018
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Nedal Yusuf Abu-Thabit

Dr. Nedal Abu-Thabit holds a Ph.D. in chemistry with specialization in polymer chemistry. Currently, Dr. Nedal is an associate professor in the Chemical & Process Engineering Technology department at Jubail Industrial College. Since 2013, he holds the position of the Program Director for Polymer Engineering Technology major. Dr. Nedal has published more than 20 research articles and reviews in refereed journals, 5 book chapters and 2 patents. His research interests in the areas of polymer synthesis, polymer post-functionalization, synthesis of functional polyelectrolytes for fuel cells applications, water sterilization using nanomaterials, synthesis of electrically conducting polymers for sensing applications, preparation of conductive hydrogels and conductive textiles; and isolation of biopolymers from natural sources. In addition, Dr. Nedal has contributed with many articles in the area of educational polymer chemistry.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor and Course Director of the Polymer Division, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering Technology, Jubail Industrial College, Saudi Arabia

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Abdel Salam Hamdy Makhlouf

Professor Abdel Salam Hamdy Makhlouf is the Vice President of Integrated Mechanical Material Corrosion Consulting (IM2C), Texas, USA, and a Full professor at Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute. He has 26 years of experience working in R&D with a blend of both industrial and academic leadership as a Professor of Materials Science, and Advanced “nano-bio” Manufacturing Engineering, and Materials Engineering Consultant. He is the recipient of numerous national and international prizes and awards including the Humboldt Research Award for Experienced Scientists, at Max Planck Institute, Germany; Fulbright, NSF, and Dept. of Energy Fellowships, USA; Shoman Award in Engineering Science; and the State Prize of Egypt in Advanced Science and Technology. His research has focused on five critical areas: Energy, Health, Environment, Advanced manufacturing, Advanced materials. Dr. Makhlouf has published over 200 journal articles, as well as 17 books and handbooks for Springer and Elsevier on a broad range of cross‐disciplinary research fields including advanced multifunctional materials, nanotechnology, smart coatings, corrosion, biomaterials, waste/water treatment, and materials for energy applications. Dr. Makhlouf has served as both a Senior Editor and board member of many international journals, as well as reviewer for several international funding agencies in USA, Germany, UK, Qatar, Belgium, EU, Kazakhstan. He is a Consultant/Reviewer for several universities worldwide.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor of Materials Science and Technology, Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute, and International Metallurgical Consultant and Expert

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