Research on New Crystal Forms of Antitumor Drugs: Development and Controlled Release
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Physical Pharmacy and Formulation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 332
Special Issue Editor
Interests: X-ray powder diffraction; crystal structure; Rietveld method; pair distribution function
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are currently inviting manuscripts to be published in a Special Issue of Pharmaceutics entitled “Research on New Crystal Forms of Antitumor Drugs: Development and Controlled Release”. This Special Issue is focusing on the synthesis, characterization, and methods to improve the drug delivery of antitumor drugs. Its primary focus is on the development of drugs using rational design approaches or even new and well-known applications of antitumor agents. Additionally, encapsulation strategies or ways of obtaining nanopolymeric micelles, polymeric nanoparticles, liposomes, solid lipidic nanoparticles, lipid–polymer hybrid nanoparticles, cyclodextrin nanosponges, nanoemulsions, poloxamer-based thermosensitive hydrogels, mesoporous silica nanoparticles, nanocrystals, hybrid nanomaterials based on iron oxide nanoparticles, and mesoporous silica nanoparticles are of interest, but are not the only topics that can be covered. Combining diffraction-based techniques (X-ray, neutron, electron, among others) and computational methods promotes a profound understanding of the structure relationship of drugs, which is of paramount importance for evaluating their physicochemical properties.
Prof. Dr. Fabio Furlan Ferreira
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- co-crystals
- screening
- X-ray powder diffraction
- single-crystal diffraction
- structure determination
- antitumor drugs
- controlled release
- drug delivery
- pharmaceuticals
