Core-Shell Nanostructures for Drug Delivery and Theranostics

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-0-08-102198-9
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Technology

Buch, Englisch, 466 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 726 g

Core-Shell Nanostructures for Drug Delivery and Theranostics: Challenges, Strategies and Prospects for Novel Carrier Systems contains valuable chapters that deal with the fundamentals of nanotechnology for drug delivery, recent developments and research in core-shell nanoparticles for drug-delivery and theranostic applications, and the potential and applications of core-shell nanofiber. This book is a highly valuable resource for scientists interested in the design and development of innovative drug delivery systems, researchers and graduate/postdoctoral students engaged in biomaterials for drug delivery, and R&D managers in the biomaterials and pharmaceutical industry.

Zielgruppe

<p>Researchers in biomaterials for drug delivery, materials science, polymer science, bioengineering, and biochemistry; graduate and postdoc students; R&D managers in the biomaterials and pharmaceutical industries.</p>

Autoren/Hrsg.

Focarete, Maria

Fachgebiete

• Technische Wissenschaften Maschinenbau | Werkstoffkunde Technische Mechanik | Werkstoffkunde

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Fundamentals on nanotechnology for drug delivery 1. Introduction to core-shell nanostructures for drug delivery 2. Physico-chemical properties of nanosized polymeric drug carrier systems 3. Biomineralization process generating hybrid nano-beads 4. Clinical applications of nanostructured drug delivery systems: from basic research to translational medicine

Part II: Core-shell nanoparticles 5. Core-shell nanoparticle technology 6. Core-shell nanoparticles for cancer therapy 7. Multifunctional hybrid Nanoparticles for Theranostics 8. Stimuli responsive core-shell nanoparticles 9. Magnetic core-shell nanoparticles: remote driving, hyperthermia and controlled drug release 10. Smart nano-systems for neurodegenerative diseases

Part III: Core-shell nanofiber 11. Coaxial electrospinning and emulsion electrospinning techniques 12. Drug release kinetics of electrospun fibrous systems 13. Applications of core-shell nanofibers: drug and biomolecules release and gene therapy 14. Core-shell nanofibers for multi-drug release

Über Autor(innen)

Focarete, Maria
Maria has authored more than 60 papers on international, peer-reviewed scientific journals and 3 book chapters.She is the inventor of 7 patents or patent applications. She has more than 100 contributions in national and international conferences in the fields of polymeric materials and electrospinning technology.
Maria coordinates the interdisciplinary Research Group on Electrospinning of the University of Bologna (RGE-UNIBO, that she founded in 2006) whose activities are mostly focused on extending basic current knowledge for better control and optimization of the electrospinning process and fabricating innovative engineered nanofiber assemblies from selected polymers. She also leads the Biomaterials Laboratory activities of the Health Sciences and Technologies - Interdepartmental Center for Industrial Research (HST-ICIR) at the University of Bologna. Technology transfer is also performed, and the electrospinning technology developed in the group are now the focus of a start-up company, where Maria is member of the Scientific Advisory Board.