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Intro -- Nanoengineered Biomaterials for Advanced Drug Delivery -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Part One Principles of nanotechnology-based drug delivery -- 1 Principles of nanosized drug delivery systems -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 What are nanosized drug delivery systems and why they are useful? -- 1.3 Different types of nanodelivery systems -- 1.3.1 Polymeric nanoparticles -- 1.3.2 Liposomes -- 1.3.3 Niosomes -- 1.3.4 Solid lipid nanoparticles -- 1.3.5 Micro- and nanoemulsions -- 1.3.6 Polymeric micelles -- 1.3.7 Dendrimers

1.3.8 Inorganic nanoparticles and quantum dots -- 1.3.9 Nanocrystals -- 1.3.10 Protein-based and natural biopolymer-based nanoparticles -- 1.4 Particle properties and related biobarrier interactions of nanosystems -- 1.4.1 Opsonization and phagocytosis -- 1.4.2 Particle size -- 1.4.3 Shape -- 1.4.4 Surface charge -- 1.4.5 Hydrophilic/hydrophobic character -- 1.4.6 Other factors -- 1.5 Nanoparticles in medicines -- 1.5.1 Lipid nanotechnology -- 1.5.2 Nanoparticle nanotechnology -- 1.6 Conclusions -- References -- 2 Controlled/localized release and nanotechnology -- 2.1 Introduction

2.2 The evolution of drug delivery systems -- 2.3 Nanostructures from dimension viewpoint -- 2.3.1 Zero-dimensional nanostructures -- 2.3.2 One-dimensional nanostructures -- 2.3.3 Two-dimensional nanostructures -- 2.3.4 Three-dimensional nanostructures -- 2.4 Bionanostructures -- 2.5 Micro- and nanomotors -- 2.6 Conclusion -- References -- 3 Stimuli-sensitive drug delivery systems -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 pH-sensitive drug delivery systems -- 3.3 Redox-sensitive drug delivery systems -- 3.4 Thermosensitive drug delivery systems -- 3.5 Magnetically sensitive drug delivery systems

3.6 Ultrasound-sensitive drug delivery systems -- 3.7 Photosensitive drug delivery systems -- 3.8 Electrosensitive drug delivery systems -- 3.8.1 Intrinsically conducting polymers -- 3.8.2 Hydrogels -- 3.9 Enzyme-sensitive drug delivery systems -- 3.10 Dual- and multisensitive drug delivery systems -- 3.11 Conclusions -- References -- 4 Sustainable drug delivery systems through green nanotechnology -- 4.1 Nanotechnology -- 4.2 Green nanotechnology -- 4.3 Green nanotechnology in drug delivery -- 4.4 Classification of nanoparticles -- 4.4.1 Liposomes -- 4.4.2 Polymeric nanoparticles

4.4.3 Dendrimer -- 4.4.4 Quantum dots -- 4.4.5 Silica nanoparticles -- 4.4.6 Magnetic nanoparticles -- 4.5 Metal-organic frameworks -- 4.6 Green methods for synthesis of MOFs -- 4.6.1 Mechanochemistry -- 4.6.2 Sonochemistry -- 4.6.3 Microwave -- 4.7 Synthesis of MOFs by using bioactive molecules -- 4.8 Summary -- References -- Further reading -- 5 Recent advances in multifunctional nanoengineered biomaterials -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Recent advances in imaging techniques -- 5.2.1 Optical imaging -- 5.2.2 Photoacoustic imaging -- 5.2.3 Multimodality imaging

5.3 Recent advances in biomedical applications

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