Journal of Nanomaterials

Pharmaceutical Applications of Polymeric Nanomaterials


Publishing date
01 Nov 2010
Status
Published
Submission deadline
01 May 2010

Lead Editor
Guest Editors

1Pharmaceutical Development, MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Mountain View, California, USA

2Praxair, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, USA


Pharmaceutical Applications of Polymeric Nanomaterials

Description

With significant attention focused on nanoscience and nanotechnology in recent years, materials science has been propelled to the forefront by researchers from both academia and industry. Hard and soft nanostructured materials were produced and studied, such as nanoparticles, nanocapsules, micelles, microemulsions, liposomes, nanoporous materials, polymer multilayers, and so on.

The unique nanoscale structure of nanomaterials gives rise to vast ratio of surface area to volume so that the quantum mechanical effects are derived, which leads to a quite different behavior of nanomaterials compared with the traditional materials. Nanomaterials have therefore been used in a wide variety of applications such as automotive, environmental, energy, catalysis, biomedical, drug delivery, and polymeric industries. Among those fields, the application of nanomaterials with pharmaceutical science is an emerging and rapidly growing field and has drawn increasing attention recently. Research and development in this field is mainly focused on several aspects such as the discoveries of novel functional nanomaterials, exploration on nanoparticles with controlled and targeted drug delivery characteristics, investigation of biofunctionalized and diagnostic nanomaterials. With the help of nanoscience and nanotechnology, people were able to tackle the toughest pharmaceutical problems. For instance, reports on stimuli-responsive polymeric nanocarrier systems for drug and gene delivery have started attracting public focus.

This special issue of Journal of Nanomaterials aims to attract high-quality research articles related to the application of polymeric nanomaterials for pharmaceutical sciences and to bring together the latest work in this rapidly growing field. It intends to cover the research and development work ranged from the fundamental mechanism for the fabrication of polymeric nanomaterials to their advanced application in pharmaceutical science:

  • Toxicology of polymeric nanoparticles
  • Novel routes to fabricate polymeric nanomaterials
  • Targeted and controlled drug delivery with nanoparticles
  • Nanomaterials for medical diagnosis
  • Nanomaterials for tissue regeneration
  • Biocompatible and biodegradable nanoparticles
  • Liposomal drug delivery
  • Polymeric micelle/nanocapsule-based drug carriers
  • Microemulsion-based media for drug delivery
  • Nanoporous polymeric materials as drug carriers
  • Hydrogel nanocomposites for drug delivery
  • Theoretical and computational modeling of drug delivery using nanomaterials

Before submission authors should carefully read over the journal's Author Guidelines, which are located at http://www.hindawi.com/journals/jnm/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/ according to the following timetable:


Articles

  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 530874
  • - Editorial

Pharmaceutical Applications of Polymeric Nanomaterials

Libo Wu | Lu Sun
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 932719
  • - Research Article

Dynamic Probing of Nanoparticle Stability In Vivo: A Liposomal Model Assessed Using In Situ Microdialysis and Optical Imaging

Chien-Chung Jeng | Shih-Hsun Cheng | ... | Leu-Wei Lo
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 928728
  • - Research Article

Preparation and Characterization of Zein and Zein-Chitosan Microspheres with Great Prospective of Application in Controlled Drug Release

Vinícius Müller | Juliana Francis Piai | ... | Edvani Curti Muniz
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 941561
  • - Research Article

Biocompatible Metal-Oxide Nanoparticles: Nanotechnology Improvement of Conventional Prosthetic Acrylic Resins

Laura S. Acosta-Torres | Luz M. López-Marín | ... | Victor M. Castaño
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 952060
  • - Research Article

Characterization of Plasmid DNA Location within Chitosan/PLGA/pDNA Nanoparticle Complexes Designed for Gene Delivery

Hali Bordelon | Alexandru S. Biris | ... | W. Todd Monroe
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 408675
  • - Review Article

Emerging Technologies of Polymeric Nanoparticles in Cancer Drug Delivery

Erik Brewer | Jason Coleman | Anthony Lowman
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 527437
  • - Research Article

Application of Flow Focusing to the Break-Up of a Magnetite Suspension Jet for the Production of Paramagnetic Microparticles

Lucía Martín-Banderas | Román González-Prieto | ... | Alfonso M. Gañán-Calvo
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 860376
  • - Research Article

Preparation and Characterization of Self-Emulsified Docetaxel

Gyeong Hae Kim | Ju Young Lee | ... | Moon Suk Kim
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 768201
  • - Research Article

Nanoparticles of Conjugated Methotrexate-Human Serum Albumin: Preparation and Cytotoxicity Evaluations

Azade Taheri | Fatemeh Atyabi | ... | Rassoul Dinarvand
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2011
  • - Article ID 814606
  • - Research Article

Water-Soluble Chitosan Nanoparticles Inhibit Hypercholesterolemia Induced by Feeding a High-Fat Diet in Male Sprague-Dawley Rats

Yi Tao | Hongliang Zhang | ... | Zhengquan Su
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