Hydrogels in Drug Delivery: Advances in the Manufacture, Characterization, and Application of Hydrogels to Address Current Global Healthcare Challenges presents the latest advances in hydrogels, ranging from their basic chemistry to specific application of existing and novel hydrogels in controlled drug delivery and biomedicine. Hydrogels have been increasingly used in the development of novel formulations in a wide variety of therapeutic and monitoring applications. Multidisciplinary work carried out by researchers working in synthetic chemistry, drug delivery, biomedicine and other fields has led to the development of novel polymers, enabling the preparation of hydrogels with adjustable physicochemical properties. Accordingly, these materials offer multiple advantages over other drug delivery systems, including an increased patient compliance by reducing the required number of medication doses, reducing the healing time in injuries, and simplifying patient monitoring by reducing the invasiveness of current methods.
Hydrogels in Drug Delivery is an essential resource for graduate students and researchers working within drug delivery and synthetic chemistry, biomedicine, material science, pharmacology, and chemical engineering.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contributors - p. xiii 7. Chapter 1. Synthesis and chemistry of hydrogels - p. 1 8. Chapter 2. Characterization techniques of hydrogels in healthcare - p. 39 9. Chapter 3. Molecularly imprinted hydrogels in drug delivery - p. 85 10. Chapter 4. Peptide and protein-like hydrogels, synthesis, and applications in biomedicine - p. 113 11. Chapter 5. Stimuli responsive hydrogels in drug delivery and biomedicine - p. 135 12. Chapter 6. Hydrogel-forming microarray patches for drug delivery and diagnostic applications - p. 221 13. Chapter 7. Injectable depot-forming hydrogels for long-acting drug delivery - p. 241 14. Chapter 8. Hydrogels for vaginal drug delivery and other applications - p. 273 15. Chapter 9. In situ gel forming formulations for topical drug delivery - p. 307 16. Chapter 10. The use of hydrogels in oral drug delivery - p. 351 17. Chapter 11. 3D printed hydrogels: A promising material for biomedical applications - p. 379 18. Chapter 12. Hydrogels and their application in tissue regeneration - p. 413 19. Chapter 13. The role of hydrogels in wound healing - p. 443 20. Index - p. 477
Hydrogels in Drug Delivery: Advances in the Manufacture, Characterization, and Application of Hydrogels to Address Current Global Healthcare Challenges presents the latest advances in hydrogels, ranging from their basic chemistry to specific application of existing and novel hydrogels in controlled drug delivery and biomedicine. Hydrogels have been increasingly used in the development of novel formulations in a wide variety of therapeutic and monitoring applications. Multidisciplinary work carried out by researchers working in synthetic chemistry, drug delivery, biomedicine and other fields has led to the development of novel polymers, enabling the preparation of hydrogels with adjustable physicochemical properties. Accordingly, these materials offer multiple advantages over other drug delivery systems, including an increased patient compliance by reducing the required number of medication doses, reducing the healing time in injuries, and simplifying patient monitoring by reducing the invasiveness of current methods.
Hydrogels in Drug Delivery is an essential resource for graduate students and researchers working within drug delivery and synthetic chemistry, biomedicine, material science, pharmacology, and chemical engineering.
1. Title of Book - p. i 2. Cover image - p. i 3. Title page - p. ii 4. Table of Contents - p. iii 5. Copyright - p. iii 6. Contributors - p. xiii 7. Chapter 1. Synthesis and chemistry of hydrogels - p. 1 8. Chapter 2. Characterization techniques of hydrogels in healthcare - p. 39 9. Chapter 3. Molecularly imprinted hydrogels in drug delivery - p. 85 10. Chapter 4. Peptide and protein-like hydrogels, synthesis, and applications in biomedicine - p. 113 11. Chapter 5. Stimuli responsive hydrogels in drug delivery and biomedicine - p. 135 12. Chapter 6. Hydrogel-forming microarray patches for drug delivery and diagnostic applications - p. 221 13. Chapter 7. Injectable depot-forming hydrogels for long-acting drug delivery - p. 241 14. Chapter 8. Hydrogels for vaginal drug delivery and other applications - p. 273 15. Chapter 9. In situ gel forming formulations for topical drug delivery - p. 307 16. Chapter 10. The use of hydrogels in oral drug delivery - p. 351 17. Chapter 11. 3D printed hydrogels: A promising material for biomedical applications - p. 379 18. Chapter 12. Hydrogels and their application in tissue regeneration - p. 413 19. Chapter 13. The role of hydrogels in wound healing - p. 443 20. Index - p. 477
