Biomedical Applications of Nanoparticles. Micro and Nano Technologies

Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Nanotherapeutics
2. Mathematical models of drug release from degradable and non-degradable hydrogels
3. Lipid nanocarriers: Preparation, characterization, absorption mechanism and applications to improve oral bioavailability of poorly water-soluble drugs
4. Liposomes as Topical Drug Delivery systems: state of the arts
5. Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology: Brief Perspective on Application of Lipid Nanocarriers and Its Future Scope
6. Carbon nanocrystals as controlled drug delivery systems and combined imaging probes
7. Biomedical applications of graphenes
8. Chitosan-Based Nanocomposites: Promising Materials for Drug Delivery Applications
9. Synthesis of Hydrogels and their Emerging Role in Pharmaceutics
10. Targeting aspects of hydrogels in drug delivery or biomedical applications
11. Nanostructured Organic-Organic Bio-Hybrid Delivery Systems
12. Metal oxide nanoparticles in removing residual pharmaceutical products from water and wastewater
13. Synthesis, Characterization, Properties and Applications of Metal Oxides and their future aspects
14. Advanced Experience in the Use of Biodegradable and ZnO Nanoparticles in the Treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
15. Antibacterial and antifungal properties of new a-Ag2WO4 micro- and nanocrystals
16. Targeting metastatic cancer through nanoconjugated quercetin: recent development
17. Nanotherapeutics for oral cavity

Authors

Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu Assistant Professor, Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania. Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu is Assistant Professor at the Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry and Letters in Applied NanoBioScience and Co-Editor in Chief of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Bulletin. He is also a member of the Editoral Board for several other journals, including American Journal of Nanomaterials, Journal of Nanotechnology in Diagnosis and Treatment and Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research. In addition, he has served as Guest Editor for several other established journals, including Elsevier's International Journal of Pharmaceutics. He has published 17 books previously with Elsevier as well as over 150 peer reviewed papers and 20 book chapters.