BookSougata Jana, Subrata Jana, editors.
Summary: The book focuses on novel interpenetrating polymer network (IPN)/semi-IPN technologies for drug delivery and biomedical applications. The dynamism of the design and development of interpenetrating network polymers is based on their ability to provide free volume for the easy encapsulation of drugs in the three-dimensional network structure obtained by cross-linking two or more polymer networks. Natural polymer-based IPNs can deliver drugs at a controlled rate over an extended period of time, while novel IPNs ensure better mechanical strength and sustained/ controlled drug-delivery properties. This book presents an overview of the use of this technology to fabricate nanomedicine, hydrogels, nanoparticles, and microparticles, thereby unlocking IPN's potential in the area of drug delivery and biomedical engineering. It also discusses applications of IPN systems in cancer therapy and tissue engineering, and describes the various IPN systems and their wide usage and applications in drug delivery.
Contents:
Chapter 1. Interpenetrating Polymer Network in Microparticulate Systems: Drug Delivery and Biomedical Application
Chapter 2. Interpenetrating Polymer Network (IPN) Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery Applications
Chapter 3. Fabrication Technology of Chitosan-Based IPN: Drug Delivery Application
Chapter 4. Alginate based Interpenetrating Network Carriers for Biomedical Applications
Chapter 5. pH Sensed Interpenetrating Polymeric Network: Application in drug delivery
Chapter 6. IPN Dendrimers in Drug Delivery
Chapter 7. BioproteinBased IPN Nanoparticles as Potential Vehicles for Anticancer Drug Delivery: Fabrication Technology
Chapter 8. Semi-IPN systems for drug delivery
Chapter 9. IPN Systems for Cancer Therapy
Chapter 10. Semi-interpenetrating networks based on (meth)acrylate, itaconic acid and poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) hydrogels for biomedical applications
Chapter 11. Biomedical Applications of Interpenetrating Polymer Network Gels
Chapter 12. Bio-Nanocomposite IPN for Biomedical Application.-.