New Advances in Nanoparticles-Based Drug Delivery
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Biology and Medicines".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 November 2023) | Viewed by 2216
Special Issue Editor
2. CICS-UBI—Health Sciences Research Centre, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde da Universidade da Beira Interior, Av. Infante D. Henrique, 6201-506 Covilhã, Portugal
Interests: nanomaterials; nanomedicine; photothermal therapy; drug delivery; theragnostic nanomaterials; gold-based nanostructures; stimuli-responsive nanoparticles
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Since Richard Feynman’s talk “There’s plenty of room at the bottom”, several researchers have been exploring the application of nanotechnology to several areas such as materials engineering, electronics, and medicine. Particularly in drug delivery applications, nanoparticles can enhance the drug's aqueous solubility, avoid premature degradation and clearance from the body, reduce off-target interaction, as well as increase the drug bioavailability, leading to an enhanced therapeutic effect. Moreover, the utilization of “smart materials” can be important for developing stimuli-responsive drug delivery nanoparticles, enabling the recognition of target sites, and overcoming different biological barriers. Therefore, nanoparticles open the way for the development of novel and more effective therapies with tailored pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. Such advantages can also play an important role in the pharmaceutical industry for drug repurposing.
Therefore, this Special Issue aims to cover the application of nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems, both organic and inorganic nanostructures, in the biomedical field. We welcome the submission of works reporting the development and application of cutting-edge nanomaterials, as well as review articles that offer a balanced view of the current state-of-the-art nanoparticles-based drug delivery systems.
Potential topics include but are not limited to:
- Polymeric, lipidic, and inorganic-based nanoparticles as drug delivery systems;
- Targeted drug delivery using nanoparticles;
- Stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems;
- Combinatorial drug delivery mediated by nanomaterials;
- Nanoparticle drug delivery to the brain;
- Nanoparticle drug delivery to cancer;
- Nanoparticle application as theragnostic systems.
Dr. André Ferreira Moreira
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- inorganic nanomaterials
- organic nanoparticles
- targeted drug delivery
- surface functionalization
- stimuli-responsive release
- drug release kinetics
- oral drug delivery
- intravenous administration
- nanomedicines
- smart nanomaterials
