Stimuli responsive polymeric nanocarriers for drug delivery applications. Types and triggers / Volume 1, (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Types and triggers
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Abdel Salam Hamdy Makhlouf, Nedal Y. Abu-Thabit.
• Editors: Makhlouf, Abdel Salam Hamdy; Abu-Thabit, Nedal Y
• 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 mechanism Part 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 applications Part 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 applications Part 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
• Publisher Details: Oxford : Woodhead Publishing
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 610.28; Polymers in medicine; Drug delivery systems; Nanocomposites (Materials); Smart materials
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780081019986
• Related ISBNs: 9780081019979
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