Ionotropic Cross-Linking of Biopolymers

Amit Kumar Nayak (M. Pharm, Ph.D) is currently working as Professor at School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,Siksha ‘O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be University), Odisha, India. He has earned his PhD from IFTM University, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has over 14 years of research experiences in the field of pharmaceutics, especially in the development and characterization of novel biopolymeric and nanostructured drug delivery systems. Till date, he has authored more than 138 research and review publications in various high-impact peer-reviewed journals and 135 book chapters. He has edited/authored 23 international books to his credit. Dr. Nayak has presented his research work at several conferences. He has received University Foundation Day Research Award, 2019 and 2022 by Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha. Dr. Nayak is a life member of the Association of Pharmaceutical Teachers of India (APTI) and a registered pharmacist.Md Saquib Hasnain (Ph.D) is currently working as the Professor and Dean, Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Health and Medical Sciences, Barasat, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. He has over 13 years of research experience in the field of drug delivery and pharmaceutical formulation analyses, especially systematic development and characterization of diverse nanostructured drug delivery systems, controlled release drug delivery systems, bioenhanced drug delivery systems, nanomaterials and nanocomposites employing Quality by Design approaches and many more. Till date he has authored over 100 publications in various high impact peer-reviewed journals, more than 100 book chapters and 30 books to his credit. He is also serving as the reviewer of several prestigious journals. Overall, he has earned a highly impressive publishing and cited record. He has also participated and presented his research work at over ten conferences in India, and abroad. He was also a member of scientific societies i.e., Royal Society of Chemistry, Great Britain, International Association of Environmental and Analytical Chemistry, Switzerland and Swiss Chemical Society, Switzerland.

• Section 1: Introduction and fundamentals1. Ionotropic cross-linking of biopolymers: Basics and mechanism2. Fundamentals and applications of ionic biopolymers 3. Ionic biopolysaccharides and their uses in ionotropically cross-linked hydrogels for controlled drug delivery 4. Ionotropic cross-linking methods of different types of biopolymeric hydrogels5. Ionotropic gelation in advanced drug delivery Section 2: Ionotropically cross-linked biopolymers6. Ionotropically cross-linked alginate-based systems in drug delivery7. Ionotropically cross-linked pectinate-based systems for drug delivery8. Ionotropically cross-linked carboxymethyl cellulose-based systems for drug delivery 9. Ionotropically cross-linked gellan gum-based matrices in drug delivery 10. Ionotropically cross-linked chitosan-based drug delivery systems11. Ionotropically cross-linked carboxymethylated gums-based systems in drug delivery 12. Plant polysaccharides-blended ionotropically cross-linked biopolymeric matrices for sustained drug release 13. Synthetic polymers-blended ionotropically cross-linked biopolymeric matrices for sustained drug release Section 3: Ionotropically cross-linked biopolymeric systems14. Ionotropically cross-linked polymeric nanoparticles for drug delivery15. Ionotropically cross-linked polymeric microparticles for drug delivery 16. Ionotropically cross-linked polymeric beads for drug delivery 17. Clay-reinforced ionotropically cross-linked biopolymeric matrices for drug release18. Ceramics-reinforced ionotropically cross-linked biopolymeric matrices for drug release19. Ionotropically cross-linked interpenetrated polymeric networks for drug delivery 20. Ionotropically cross-linked biopolymeric polyelectrolyte complex matrices for drug delivery21. Ionotropically cross-linked drug delivery carriers made of grafted biopolymersSection 4: Specific drug delivery applications22. Ionotropically cross-linked buoyant polymeric matrices for gastroretentive drug delivery23. Ionotropically cross-linked polymeric matrices for colon-specific drug delivery24. Ionotropically cross-linked polymeric particulates in mucoadhesive drug delivery25. Ionotropically cross-linked biopolymeric carriers for protein and peptide drug delivery 26. Applications of ionotropic cross-linking of biopolymers in cell delivery27. Ionotropic cross-linking of biopolymers for drug delivery in wound management 28. Ionotropic cross-linking of biopolymers for drug delivery in tissue engineering29. Future perspectives, challenges, and opportunities of ionotropic cross-linking of biopolymers in drug delivery