1st Edition

Functional Materials in Biomedical Applications

478 Pages 35 Color & 58 B/W Illustrations
by Jenny Stanford Publishing

478 Pages 35 Color & 58 B/W Illustrations
by Jenny Stanford Publishing

This book presents modern trends that regard the utilization of advanced functional materials for the development of innovative pharmaceuticals. Such materials include classes of lipids, polymers, proteins, and peptides, as well as inorganic materials, which find application in nanomedicinal products, drug delivery systems, medical devices, biotechnological products, and several other... Read more

1. Functional Bio-Based Chitosan Films: From Material Design to Biological Properties

2. Cyclodextrins in Drug Development: Challenging Multifunctional Excipients

3. Block Copolymer-Protein/Peptide Nanostructures for Biomedical Applications

4. Polymeric Stimuli Responsive Theranostic Agents

5. Protein- and Peptide-Inorganic Nanoparticles as Theranostic Vehicles

6. Conjugated Polymer Nanoparticles as Emerging Nanomaterials for Cancer Theranostic Applications

7. Chemically Functionalized Carbon Nanohorns for Drug Delivery Applications

8. Nanodispersions: A Tool for Efficient Dermal Drug Delivery

9. Functional Peptides for Skin Disorders

10. Investigations of Complex Functional Bionanoformulations by Small Angle Neutron Scattering

Biography

Costas Demetzos is professor of pharmaceutical nanotechnology in the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Since 2008, he serves as president of the Hellenic Pharmaceutical Society. In 2021, he was elected an ordinary member in Class IV-Natural Sciences of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Natassa Pippa is assistant professor in Section of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Her research is focused on pharmaceutical technology and drug delivery. She is a recipient of the prestigious International Association of Advanced Materials Scientist Medal (2016) for her contribution in the field of advanced materials science and technology and the L’Oréal-UNESCO for Women in Science award in 2021.

Nikolaos Naziris is a graduate in pharmacy and holds an MSc in industrial pharmacy and a PhD in pharmacy, with expertise on pharmaceutical nanotechnology. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Section of Pharmaceutical Technolofy, Faculty of Pharmacy, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. He was adjunct professor at the University of Lodz in Poland from 2021 to 2022.