1st Edition
Controlled Release Systems Advances in Nanobottles and Active Nanoparticles
Responsive Polymer Nanoparticles
General Introduction and Definitions; van Herk
Responsive Polymers: Types and Properties; van Herk
Types of Responsive Polymeric Nanoparticles and Comparison with Responsive Macroscopic Materials; Forcada
Synthetic Strategies to Produce Responsive Polymer Nanoparticles; Forcada, van Herk
Approaches to Targeting of Nanoparticles towards Tissues/Organs; van Herk
Characterization of Responsiveness; van Herk
Selection of Nanoparticles for Treatment of Certain Diseases; Forcada, van Herk
State of the Art on Synthesis and Applications of Polymeric Nanoparticles
Nanogels; Hoare
Magnetic Latex; Elaissari
Nanocapsules, Liposomes, Bubble Liposomes, Layer-by-Layer Approach, Micelles; Estelrich, van Herk
Inorganic Nanoparticles/Capsules; Trindade
Carbon Nanotubes; Menard-Moyon, Da Ros
Dendrimers; Parekh
Cancer; Torchilin
Neurodegenerative Diseases (Alzheimer, Parkinson); Linazasoro, Estelrich
Nanocardiology; Buxton
Immunotherapy and Vaccines; Borchard
Biography
Jacqueline Forcada is associate professor in chemical engineering at the University of the Basque Country, Spain, and group leader at the Department of Applied Chemistry. Her research focuses on the synthesis, characterization, modeling, and biotechnological applications of functionalized polymeric and hybrid nanoparticles and nanogels.
Alex van Herk is team leader and senior researcher at the Institute of Chemical and Engineering Sciences, Singapore, since 2012 and visiting professor in Polymer Reaction Engineering at the Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands. His field of research is nanotechnology, water-based coatings, and emulsion polymerization. He has edited four books and authored more than 180 papers.
Giorgia Pastorin joined the Faculty of Science at the National University of Singapore in June 2006, as assistant professor in the Department of Pharmacy. She became associate professor in the same department in July 2011. Her research interests focus on drug delivery (through the development of functionalized nanomaterials for potential biomedical applications) and medicinal chemistry (through the synthesis of heterocyclic molecules, as potent and selective GPCR ligands and potential therapeutics for several pathological conditions, including Parkinson’s disease and cancer.
