Application of Ionic Liquids in Drug Delivery

Masahiro Goto is a professor in the Department of Applied Chemistry at the Graduate School of Engineering, Kyushu University, Japan, and is also the director of the Center for Transdermal Drug Delivery Systems (TDDS) at the same university. His current research interest is surfactant-based technology, and he has been working on pharmaceutical applications of ionic liquids, transdermal vaccines, and drug delivery systems using surfactant molecules. He has published 16 books, 116 review articles, and more than 500 papers in scientific journals. He is now the editor in chief of the Biochemical Engineering Journal.Muhammad Moniruzzaman is an associate professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS, Malaysia. His  current research interests cover the areas of utilizing  ionic liquids as potential  solvents and/or (co)solvents and/or reagents in a wide range of applications including  biocatalysis, bioactive compound separation, biopolymer processing, surfactant technology and pharmaceutics including drug delivery and formulations. He has published about 180 research articles and 20 review articles in various international scientific journals. He also published 15 book chapters with multiple well-known publishers.  Currently, he is the editorial board member of the Biochemical Engineering Journal.

• 1. Design Principles of Ionic Liquids for drug delivery systems.- 2. Ionic liquids as active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs).- 3. Ionic liquids for topical and transdermal drug delivery.- 4. Ionic liquids for enhanced solubility of sparingly soluble drug molecules.- 5. Ionic liquids for the preparation of biopolymer materials for drug delivery.- 6. Ionic liquid based oral drug delivery systems.- 7. Polymer-based drug delivery systems comprising ionic liquids.- 8. Ionic liquids as strategic tools to improve the performance of drug delivery systems.- 9. Ionic liquid surfactants for medical and pharmaceutical applications.- 10. Ionic liquids for transdermal cancer immune therapy.- 11. Ionic liquids as potential antimicrobial agents.- 12. Ionic liquid assisted emulsions for drug delivery.- 13. Design and selection of ionic liquids via COSMO-RS for pharmaceutics and medicine.