Advances in the Development of Nanogels/Microgels for Drug Delivery
A special issue of Gels (ISSN 2310-2861). This special issue belongs to the section "Gel Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 267
Special Issue Editors
Interests: drug delivery; dosage forms; nanotechnology; formulation
Interests: isosteric drug design; design of small molecular kinase inhibitors (SMKIs); synthetic medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry; anticancer drug discovery; melanoma; in silico molecular modeling; early drug discovery
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: polymer chemistry; colloid and interfacial chemistry; molecular recognition chemistry; nanogel; drug delivery systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A new era of pharmaceutical research is focused on novel drug delivery systems. Conventional dosage forms are mostly associated with problems such as poor bioavailability, frequent administration, adverse effects, and patient incompliance, so researchers are seeking novel carriers for drug delivery as alternatives to the traditional ones depicted in the literature. Particle size reduction is one of the successful strategies. Microgels/nanogels can offer many advantages including high water content, functionality, porosity, flexibility, versatility, tunable size, large surface area, and 3D network, allowing for the incorporation of different therapeutic agents. These unique properties present excellent opportunities for their pharmaceutical application. This Special Issue will cover all aspects related to the synthesis, development, preparation, characterization, in vitro/in vivo evaluation, and optimization of various types of microgels/nanogels for drug delivery purposes using different routes of administration (oral, dermal, transdermal, ocular, nasal, vaginal, rectal, parenteral, implantable, etc.).
Dr. Rabab Kamel
Dr. Usama Ammar
Dr. Yukiya Kitayama
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- polymers
- biopolymers
- micro/nanogels
- drug delivery
- nanotechnology
- pharmaceutical formulation
