Stimuli Responsive Polymeric Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery Applications : Volume 1: Types and triggers (Hardcover)

Part I: Introduction 1. Historical perspective on advanced drug delivery: from conventional macroscale systems 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 II: 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 applications 5. Ionic-strength responsive polymers for drug delivery applications 6. pH responsive polymers for drug delivery applications 7. Thermo-responsive polymers for drug delivery applications 8. Magnetically responsive polymers for drug delivery applications

Part III: Polymeric Nanocarriers for Stimuli-Responsive Drug Delivery Systems 9. Responsive block copolymers for drug delivery applications. Part 1: Endogenous stimuli-responsive drug release systems 10. Responsive block copolymers for drug delivery applications. Part 2: Exogenous stimuli-responsive drug release systems 11. Responsive polymer conjugates for drug delivery applications 12. Stimuli-Responsive polymersomes for Drug Delivery Applications 13. Responsive polyelectrolyte multilayer nanofilms for drug delivery applications 14. Responsive polyelectrolyte complexes for drug delivery applications 15. Responsive polymer nanoparticles for drug delivery applications 16. Stimulus responsive nanogels for drug delivery 17. Stimulus responsive polymeric hydrogels/ nanogels for drug delivery applications

Part IV: Biopolymer and Biodegradable Nanocarriers for Stimuli-Responsive Drug Delivery Systems 18. Bioinspired polymeric carriers for drug delivery applications 19. Responsive biopolymer carriers for drug delivery applications 20. Responsive polymer-biomacromolecules conjugates for drug delivery 21. Responsive Biopolymer-based microgels/nanogels for drug delivery applications 22. Stimuli-responsive poly(e-caprolactone)s for drug delivery applications 23. Responsive polysaccharides and polysaccharides-based nanoparticles for drug delivery 24. Responsive cyclodextrins as polymeric carriers for drug delivery applications 25. Chitosan as responsive polymer for drug delivery application 26. Biodegradable Polyhydroxyalkanoates for stimuli-responsive drug delivery applications 27. Biodegradable polymeric micelles for targeted and controlled drug delivery