Applications of Materials in Drug Delivery
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2020) | Viewed by 37029
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomaterials; tissue regeneration; biomimetic materials; calcium phosphate bone cement; drug delivery systems; gelatin scaffolds for osteochondral tissue engineering
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Dear Colleagues,
Due to the need to improve human health, the discovery of new drugs and the development of new formulations occurs almost daily. At the same time, research efforts are addressed to the development of new strategies that are able to enhance drug bioavailability and solubility and cellular uptake, and to modulate drug release kinetics to the targeting site or organ, thus maximizing the therapeutic activity and limiting negative side effects. Drug delivery systems can be suitably designed with controlled composition, shape, size, morphology, and proper surface engineering. Promising results have been obtained by applying biomaterials science knowledge to the formulation of tissue-repairing smart-materials that are able to deliver active molecules and drugs directly on the site of implantation. Smart and stimuli-responsive materials, changing their properties when subjected to external stimuli, can be of high interest for targeted drug delivery to a specific site in the correct amount.
At the same time, the development of nanotechnology has highlighted new opportunities in discovering systems for controlled drug delivery. This research topic involves scientists from various interdisciplinary areas with different approaches to problem solving.
You are invited to contribute original articles as well as survey articles related (but not limited) to the following topics:
- Design of biomaterial-based drug delivery systems;
- Relationships between material, structure, and biopharmaceutical properties;
- Micro- and nano particles for drug encapsulation and controlled release;
- Elettrospinning as a tool for controlled drug release;
- Outilne of the mechanisms involved in targeted drug delivery.
Dr. Silvia Panzavolta
Dr. Luisa Stella Dolci
Guest Editors
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