Handbook of Materials for Nanomedicine

by Torchilin; Vladimir

• ISBN13: 9789814267557
• ISBN10: 9814267554
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 2010-09-30
• Publisher: Pan Stanford Publishing

Summary

Written by experts in the field, this comprehensive reference explores all of the major information available about the various materials being used in to serve as delivery systems for drugs, genes, and diagnostic agents in nanomedicine. From materials still being experimented on to those already applied in patients, this account will interest academics and scientists alike.

Author Biography

Vladimir Torchilin is a professor and the chairman of the department of pharmaceutical sciences at Northeastern's Bouvé College of Health Sciences. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts. Mansoor M. Amiji is an associate professor in the department of pharmaceutical sciences at Northeastern University. He is a recipient of the Eurand Award for Outstanding Research in Oral Drug Delivery. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. v
Organic Nanostructures	p. 1
Polymeric Nanostructures	p. 1
Synthetic Polymer-Drug Conjugates for Human Therapy	p. 5
Polymeric Nanoparticles as Target-Specific Delivery Systems	p. 81
Layer by Layer Microencapsulate Technology as Basis for Fabrication of Drug Delivery Nanosystems with Remote controlling Properties	p. 131
Polymeric Micelles as Versatile Carriers for Drugs and Nucleic Acids Delivery	p. 169
Dendrimer-Based Nanomaterials	p. 235
Synthesis and Biodisposition of Dendrimer Composite Nanoparticles	p. 255
Combinatorial Polymer and Lipidoid Libraries for Nanomedicine	p. 291
Lipid-Based and Other Organic Structures	p. 313
Liposomal Nanomedicines	p. 315
Solid Lipid Nanoparticles (SLN) for Drug Delivery	p. 383
Lipid Nanoparticles Based on Liquid Crystalline Phases	p. 445
Nanomedicines from Polymeric Amphiphiles	p. 495
Materials for Nanoemulsions and their Influence on the Biofate	p. 515
smartCrystals-Review of the Second Generation of Drug Nanocrystals	p. 555
Inorganic Nanostructures	p. 581
Metal Structures	p. 583
Plasmon-Resonant Gold Nanorods as Multifunctional Agents for Diagnostics, Imaging, and Photothermal Therapy	p. 585
Biomedical Applications of Multifunctional Silica-Based Gold Nanoshells	p. 633
Metal Oxide Nanoarchitectures for Biotemplating Application	p. 663
Miscellaneous Inorganic Structures	p. 689
Fluorescent Quantum Dots for Biomedical Applications	p. 691
Progress and Road Blocks in the Development of Carbon Nanotubes as Cellular Carriers for Nucleic Acids	p. 723
Lipid Coated Microbubbles and Nanodroplets as Tools for Biomedical Nanotechnology	p. 749
Inorganic Nanoparticles as Non-Viral Vectors for Gene Delivery	p. 787
Biomimetic Applications in Regenerative Medicine: Scaffolds, Transplantation Modules, Tissue Homing Devices and Stem Cells	p. 821
Index	p. 851
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