Polymer nanoparticles for nanomedicines : a guide for their design, preparation and development /: a guide for their design, preparation and development. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Christine Vauthier, Gilles Ponchel, editors.
• Editors: Vauthier, Christine; Ponchel, Gilles
• Contents: Preface -- Introduction Part I: Polymer nanoparticles for in vivo applications: Progress on preparation methods and future challenges -- Nanoprecipitation process: From particlepreparation to in vivo applications -- Targeted Theragnostic Nanoparticles via Flash Nanoprecipitation: Principles of Materials Selection -- Preparation of polymer nanoparticles by the emulsification-solvent evaporation method: from Vanderhoff ́s pioneer approach to recent adaptations -- Methods for the preparation of nanoparticles by polymerization -- Shape-controlled nanoparticles for drug delivery and targeting applications -- Physicochemical characterization of polymer nanoparticles: Challenges and present limitations -- Imaging polymer nanoparticles by means of transmission and scanning electron microscopy techniques -- Evaluating the interactions between proteins and components of the immune system with polymer nanoparticles -- Investigating interactions between nanoparticles and cells: internalization and intracellular trafficking -- Characterization of mucoadhesive interactions between nanoparticles and epithelial membranes -- Designing polymer nanoparticle nanomedicines: potential applications and challenges -- Selecting and designing polymers suitable for nanoparticles manufacturing -- Associating Drugs with Polymer Nanoparticles: A Challenge -- Drug delivery by nanoparticles: The Challenge of Controlled Release and Evaluation -- Interaction between nanoparticles and plasma proteins: effects on nanoparticle biodistribution and toxicity -- Toxicological aspects of polymer nanoparticles -- Theranostics: In Vivo -- Nanomedicines?A scientific toy or an emerging market? -- Regulatory perspective on the development of polymeric nanomaterials.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 615.1/9; Nanoparticles; Polymers in medicine; MEDICAL -- Pharmacology; Nanoparticles; Polymers in medicine; Biomedicine; Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology; Drug Safety and Pharmacovigilance; Proteomics; Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology; Nanoparticles; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319414218; 3319414216; 3319414194; 9783319414195
• Related ISBNs: 9783319414195
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 6, 2017).
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