Nanoarchitectonics for Smart Delivery and Drug Targeting

Alina-Maria Holban is a lecturer in Microbiology and Immunology, at the Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest; and associate researcher at the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania. Her primary area of research is the development of bionanomaterials with antimicrobial applications. Dr. Holban has published 75 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 42 conference/symposia proceedings, and has edited more than 21 edited books. Dr. Grumezescu is Assistant Professor at the Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, in the Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, with a second affiliation to the Faculty of Medical Engineering, at the Politehnica University of Bucharest in Romania. He is an experienced and oft-published researcher and editor in the field of nano and biomaterials, and he is the Editor-in-Chief of three journals: Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry, Letters and Applied NanoBioScience, and Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Bulletin. He also serves as editor or guest editor for several notable journals. Dr. Grumezescu has published 150 peer-reviewed papers, 20 book chapters, 6 co-authored books and 11 edited books.

• Part 1: Smart Delivery1: Therapeutic Nanostructures: Application of Mechanical Engineering in Drug Delivery2: Nanoarchitectured Biomaterials: Present Status and Future Prospects in Drug Delivery3: Smart Nanopolysaccharides for the Delivery of Bioactives4: Drug-Delivery Applications of Cellulose Nanofibrils5: Nanoarchitectured Polysaccharide-Based Drug Carrier for Ocular Therapeutics6: Current Polyesteric Systems for Advanced Drug Delivery7: Nanobiomaterials Architectured for Improved Delivery of Antimalaria Drugs8: Formulation of Innovative Hybrid Chitosan/TiO2- and Chitosan/SiO2-Based Drug-Delivery Systems9: Lanthanide Ions Doped Upconversion Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Surface Engineering, and Application in Drug Delivery10: Nanocomposite Drug Carriers11: Lipid Nanoparticle Formulations for Enhanced Antituberculosis Therapy12: Relevant Aspects on Peptide Delivery from Nanostructured Therapeutic Systems13: Nanoarchitectured Mesoporous Silica-Based Drug-Delivery Systems: Toward Perfect Nanomedicine14: Recent Advances in Self-Emulsifying Drug-Delivery Systems for Oral Delivery of Cancer Chemotherapeutics15: Scientometric Overview in NanobiodrugsPart 2: Drug Targeting16: Polymer: Lipid Hybrid Nanostructures in Cancer Drug Delivery: Successes and Limitations17: Carbon Nanotubes: A Promising Carrier for Drug Delivery and Targeting18: Polymeric Nanoparticles as siRNA Drug Delivery System for Cancer Therapy: The Long Road to Therapeutic Efficiency19: Polymeric Nanobiomaterials for Tumor Targeting20: Alginate Containing Nanoarchitectonics for Improved Cancer Therapy21: Multifunctional Magnetic Nanostructures for Cancer Hyperthermia Therapy22: Advances in Lasers and Nanoparticles in Treatment and Targeting of Epithelial Originated Cancers23: Gold Nanoparticles: Their Properties and Role as Therapeutic Anticancer Agents24: Iron Oxide Nanoparticles for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy25: Nanoparticle and Targeted Systems for Colon Cancer Therapy26: Nanohybrid Stimuli-Responsive Microgels: A New Approach in Cancer Therapy27: Multifunctional Magnetic Liposomes for Cancer Imaging and Therapeutic Applications28: The Chemotherapeutic Potential of Gold Nanoparticles Against Human Carcinomas: A Review29: Nanotherapeutic Platforms for Cancer Treatment: From Preclinical Development to Clinical Application30: The Scientometric Overview in Cancer Targeting