Micro/Nano Devices for Drug Delivery
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "B5: Drug Delivery System".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 2860
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hydrogels; contrast agents; micelles; drug delivery; nanomedicine; block co-polymers
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Interests: biopolymers; polymeric hydrogels; nanocomposites
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With the understanding of disease pathology, various strategies have been gradually established for guiding the preparation of novel drug formulations. In order to maximize the therapeutic effects of drugs and minimize the side effects, drug delivery vehicles/careers have been developed in past decades. Micro/nano device-based careers are one of the most versatile techniques in recent years because of their ability to solve the challenges associated with delivering poor solubility of therapeutic compounds. The process of encapsulating an active principle in a micro or nanosystem surrounding the action is itself an enormous scientific advancement in pharmaceutical science. Micro and nanoencapsulation of actives require a great effort in establishing the best experimental conditions to preserve the drug from premature degradation, assess the best components of the micro/nanosystem, provide the most suitable processing conditions, and guarantee the desired therapeutic effect.
Considering your prominent contribution in this research area, I would like to invite you to submit a high-quality original communication/full-length research article for this Special Issue that primarily exploits the micro/nano devices for drug delivery towards the enrichment of knowledge pertaining to it. Furthermore, this Special Issue intends to cover review articles that are focused on state- of-the-art for the design and synthesis of nano/micro devices, and strategies to facilitate the drug loading and release followed by assessment of toxicity in a physiological environment.
Dr. Kalyan Ramesh
Dr. Tippabattini Jayaramudu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- polymeric materials
- inorganic nano particles
- drug delivery
- block copolymers
- metal nano particles
- biomaterials
- organic nano particles
- biocompatible and biodegradable
- targeted drug delivery
- nanomedicines
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