Biomedical Applications of Nanoparticles

Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu is Assistant Professor at the Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry and Letters in Applied NanoBioScience and Co-Editor in Chief of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Bulletin. He is also a member of the Editoral Board for several other journals, including American Journal of Nanomaterials, Journal of Nanotechnology in Diagnosis and Treatment and Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Research. In addition, he has served as Guest Editor for several other established journals, including Elsevier’s International Journal of Pharmaceutics. He has published 17 books previously with Elsevier as well as over 150 peer reviewed papers and 20 book chapters.

1. Introduction to Nanotherapeutics2. Mathematical models of drug release from degradable and non-degradable hydrogels3. Lipid nanocarriers: Preparation, characterization, absorption mechanism and applications to improve oral bioavailability of poorly water-soluble drugs4. Liposomes as Topical Drug Delivery systems: state of the arts5. Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology: Brief Perspective on Application of Lipid Nanocarriers and Its Future Scope6. Carbon nanocrystals as controlled drug delivery systems and combined imaging probes7. Biomedical applications of graphenes8. Chitosan-Based Nanocomposites: Promising Materials for Drug Delivery Applications9. Synthesis of Hydrogels and their Emerging Role in Pharmaceutics10. Targeting aspects of hydrogels in drug delivery or biomedical applications11. Nanostructured Organic-Organic Bio-Hybrid Delivery Systems12. Metal oxide nanoparticles in removing residual pharmaceutical products from water and wastewater13. Synthesis, Characterization, Properties and Applications of Metal Oxides and their future aspects14. Advanced Experience in the Use of Biodegradable and ZnO Nanoparticles in the Treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia15. Antibacterial and antifungal properties of new a-Ag2WO4 micro- and nanocrystals16. Targeting metastatic cancer through nanoconjugated quercetin: recent development17. Nanotherapeutics for oral cavity