Special Issue "Materials for Ophthalmic Drug Delivery"

Guest Editor
Dr. Anuj Chauhan
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida Gainesville, FL 32611, USA
Website: http://www.che.ufl.edu/faculty/chauhan/index.html
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Dear Colleagues,

Ophthalmic drug delivery is fast becoming a very important area of research due to a continuous aging of the world population. There is an incredible range of drug types in terms of both physical properties and sizes which need to be delivered for treating diseases both in the anterior and the posterior segments of the eye. This presents materials researchers with unique opportunities to develop new approaches, devices, materials for targeted and controlled delivery of drugs to various ophthalmic tissues. We invite papers focusing directly on ophthalmic applications as well as papers that focus on approaches or materials that are currently utilized in other parts of the body, but could be adapted for ocular applications.

Dr. Anuj Chauhan
Guest Editor

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