Mathematical Modeling of Polymer-Based Drug Delivery Systems: Mechanisms and Applications
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Delivery and Controlled Release".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2025 | Viewed by 1729
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, a wide range of theoretical models have been developed to describe drug release mechanisms.
The first types of models are empirical and semi-empirical models. The most used ones are the zero-order model, Higuchi model, Hixson–Crowell model, Korsmeyer–Peppas model, first-order model, etc. There are also kinetic models, based on the usual conservation laws, developed on spaces with integer dimensions, or kinetic models, based on the conservation laws, developed on spaces with a non-integer dimension, explicitly written through fractional derivatives. Recently, a new generation of theoretical models has arisen, based on scale relativity, either with the monofractal dynamics, as in the case of Nottale, or with the multifractal dynamics, as is the case for the Multifractal Theory of Motion.
(1) Introduction, including scientific background and highlighting the importance of this research area.
We are pleased to invite you to submit your manuscript(s) to Pharmaceutics for a Special Issue entitled “Mathematical Modeling of Polymer-Based Drug Delivery Systems: Mechanisms and Applications” with open access.
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This Special Issue aims to present the main mathematical models employed in polymer-based drug delivery, in correlation with possible experimental approaches and applications.
(3) Suggested themes and article types for submissions.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not limited to) the following:
- Classical drug delivery models;
- Fractal drug delivery models;
- Fractional derivatives models;
- Holographic-type models;
- Deep learning models;
- Operational procedures employed in drug delivery models: invariance groups, differential geometries, embedding spaces, dimensions compactification, etc.
We look forward to receiving insightful contributions.
Prof. Dr. Maricel Agop
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymers
- drug delivery
- mathematical model
- experimental data
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