Stimuli Responsive Polymeric Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery Applications. Volume 1: Types and triggers. Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials

Table of Contents

Part One: Introduction 1. Historical development of drug delivery systems: From conventional macroscale to controlled, targeted, and responsive nanoscale systems 2. Stimuli-responsive polymers as smart drug delivery systems: Classifications based on carrier type and triggered-release mechanism

Part Two: Endogenous and exogenous stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems 3 The smart chemistry of stimuli-responsive polymeric carriers for target drug delivery applications 4. Enzyme-responsive polymers for drug delivery and molecular imaging 5. pH-responsive polymers for drug delivery applications 6. Magnetically responsive polymers for drug delivery applications

Part Three: Polymeric nanocarriers for stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems 7. Responsive block copolymers for drug delivery applications. Part 1: Endogenous stimuli-responsive drug-release systems 8. Responsive block copolymers for drug delivery applications. Part 2: Exogenous stimuli-responsive drug-release systems 9. Responsive polyelectrolyte multilayer nanofilms for drug delivery applications 10. Responsive polyelectrolyte complexes based on natural polysaccharides for drug delivery applications 11. Responsive polymer nanoparticles for drug delivery applications 12. Stimulus-responsive nanogels for drug delivery 13. Stimuli-responsive polymeric hydrogels and nanogels for drug delivery applications

Part Four: Biopolymer and biodegradable nanocarriers for stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems 14. Bioinspired polymeric carriers for drug delivery applications 15. Stimuli-responsive biopolymer nanocarriers for drug delivery applications 16. Responsive polymer-biomacromolecule conjugates for drug delivery 17. Responsive biopolymer-based microgels/nanogels for drug delivery applications 18. Stimuli-responsive poly(e-caprolactone)s for drug delivery applications 19. Responsive polysaccharides and polysaccharides-based nanoparticles for drug delivery 20. Responsive cyclodextrins as polymeric carriers for drug delivery applications 21. Chitosan as responsive polymer for drug delivery applications 22. Biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoates nanocarriers for drug delivery applications 23. Biodegradable polymeric micelles for drug delivery applications

Authors

Abdel Salam Hamdy Makhlouf Professor of Materials Science and Technology, Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute, and International Metallurgical Consultant and Expert. Dr. Abdel Salam Hamdy Makhlouf is a Professor of Materials Science and Technology in the Central Metallurgical Research and Development Institute, and a Consultant and Expert Reviewer for several international companies, funding agencies and universities, and Advisor Editor for Elsevier, USA. He has won numerous national and international prestigious awards including Humboldt Research Award for Experienced Scientists at Max Planck Institute, Germany, Fulbright Visiting Scholar, NSF Fellow, and Dept. of Energy Fellow, USA, Belgian Federal Science Research Fellowship, Arab Youth Excellence Award in Innovation, Shoman Award in Engineering Science, National Prize of Egypt in Advanced Science and Technology, Egyptian Prize of Excellence in Surface Technology and Corrosion, Egyptian Prize of Excellence and Innovation in Materials Science and their Applications 2009, and An-Najah Prize for Research. Dr. Makhlouf is the editor of 13 books, 20 book chapters and over 180 articles. He is Senior Editor of Insciences Journal, Nanotechnology Section. He supervised and graduated 10 PhD and Master's students, and 3 postdoctoral fellows. He is also a member of the European Science Foundation College of Expert Reviewers, an Expert Evaluator for the EU's FP7, expert for the German Ministry of Education and Research, reviewer for the German Academic Exchange Service, and expert for the German Aerospace Center. He is a reviewer and panelist for the NSF programs: MME, MEP, and CREST, and a reviewer for the US Fulbright Commission, the Qatar Foundation, the Kuwait Foundation, and the National Centre of Science and Technology Evaluation, Kazakhstan. Nedal Yusuf Abu-Thabit Associate Professor and Course Director of the Polymer Division, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering Technology, Jubail Industrial College, Saudi Arabia. Dr. Nedal Abu-Thabit holds a Ph.D. in chemistry with specialization in polymer chemistry. Currently, Dr. Nedal is an associate professor in the Chemical & Process Engineering Technology department at Jubail Industrial College. Since 2013, he holds the position of the Program Director for Polymer Engineering Technology major. Dr. Nedal has published more than 20 research articles and reviews in refereed journals, 5 book chapters and 2 patents. His research interests in the areas of polymer synthesis, polymer post-functionalization, synthesis of functional polyelectrolytes for fuel cells applications, water sterilization using nanomaterials, synthesis of electrically conducting polymers for sensing applications, preparation of conductive hydrogels and conductive textiles; and isolation of biopolymers from natural sources. In addition, Dr. Nedal has contributed with many articles in the area of educational polymer chemistry.