Drug-Loaded Colloidal Systems in Nanomedicine II

Dear Colleagues,

Further to the success of the Special Issue of Polymers “Polymeric Colloidal Systems in Nanomedicine”, I am delighted to reopen this Special Issue, now entitled “Drug-Loaded Colloidal Systems in Nanomedicine II”.

This Special Issue will integrate fundamental research with the practical application of colloidal systems in the field of nanomedicine. Of practical interest are the drug-loaded colloidal systems, such as micelles, polymersomes, nanogels, liposomes, nanocapsules, polymeric, inorganic nanoparticles, etc., with diameters in the range of 10 nm to 400 nm. Another domain of interest is that of functionalized colloidal systems with specific ligands for active targeted drug delivery.

The authors will try to explain the correlations between the molecular characteristics of the starting polymers and colloidal characteristics, as well as the encapsulation efficiency and/or the drug release kinetics. In vitro biological analyses are welcome but not mandatory. Regular research articles and reviews will be accepted for publication in this Special Issue.

Prof. Dr. Leonard Atanase
Guest Editor

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