Smart Polymeric Nano-Constructs in Drug Delivery: Concept, Design and Therapeutic Applications

ISBN-13: 9780323912488 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Suresh P. Vyas; Udita Agrawal; Rajeev Sharma

Spis treści

1. Introduction to smart polymers and their applications
2. Thermoresponsive polymers: Phase behaviour, drug delivery and biomedical applications
3. pH-sensitive polymeric nanocarriers for enhanced intracellular drug delivery
4. Photo-responsive nanocarriers for delivery of bioactives
5. Magnetically responsive polymer gels and elastomers for drug delivery
6. Bioadhesive and phase-change polymers for drug delivery
7. Block copolymer micelles as long-circulating drug vehicles
8. Polymer-drug conjugates: origins, progress to date and future directions
9. Molecularly imprinted polymers for drug delivery
10. Dendritic polymer macromolecular carriers for drug delivery
11. Hydrogels: from controlled release to pH-responsive drug delivery
12. Stimuli-responsive protein fibres for advanced applications
13. Smart drug delivery systems and its clinical potential
14. Novel biomimetic polymersomes as polymer therapeutics for drug delivery
15. Bioinspired Platform Conjugated systems for Active Drug Delivery
16. Electrically conductive polymers for drug delivery
17. Polymeric nanomedicine: Principles, Properties, and Regulatory Issues
18. Smart drug delivery systems and their clinical potential
19. Polymer-matrix nanocomposites and its potential applications