Nanoparticles and Hydrogels for Drug Delivery Systems: Design and Synthesis
A special issue of Journal of Functional Biomaterials (ISSN 2079-4983). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials for Drug Delivery".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 10
Special Issue Editors
Interests: drug delivery; biomaterials; tissue engineering; ultrasound therapy; silica particles
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Interests: reactor/membrane reactor engineering; computational fluid dynamic
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Delivery systems based on nanoparticles and hydrogels can leverage therapeutically beneficial outcomes in drug delivery and have found clinical use. These drug carriers can provide spatial and temporal control over the release of various therapeutic agents, including small-molecule drugs, macromolecular drugs, and cells. Owing to their tunable physical properties, controllable degradability, and capability to protect labile drugs from degradation, hydrogels serve as a platform for various physiochemical interactions with encapsulated drugs to control their release.
The Special Issue on “Nanoparticles and Hydrogels for Drug Delivery Systems: Design and Synthesis” is dedicated to recent developments in the synthesis, characterization, materials properties, and applications of different kinds of nanoparticles and gels in the design and fabrication of smart delivery systems. We welcome papers from multiple research fields, including novel composite synthetic routes and their applications in the medical and health industry.
Dr. Samira Malekmohammadi
Dr. Rashid Jamshidi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- nanoparticles
- hydrogel
- drug delivery
- design and synthesis
- ultrasound drug delivery
- microgels
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