Magnetic Nanoparticles in Theranostic and Health Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Magnetic micro and nanoparticles have garnered significant interest in the pharmaceutical area. Inorganic and hybrid magnetic materials offer numerous advantages for theranostic applications, including the non-invasive, controlled, tuned, and targeted release of therapeutic agents using external stimuli and sensing capabilities for the early detection and monitoring of diseases.

This Special Issue aims to present scientific publications exploring material processing routes for the development of new systems with theranostic capabilities and their process intensification. Besides colloidal systems, we welcome reports on sensing, targeting, therapeutic, and drug delivery strategies implemented for the development of hybrid and composite smart materials. The focus encompasses strategies for non-invasive and biocompatible treatments and sensing using multifunctional magnetic materials as promising alternatives for improving current treatments across a spectrum of diseases, including metabolic, neural, and tumoral affections.

We invite the submission of high-quality contributions for this Special Issue. Reviews and original research articles are welcome. Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. Innovative manufacturing routes;
2. Multifunctional hybrid material processing;
3. New properties and capabilities for theranostics;
4. Device implementation;
5. Challenges in synthesis and industrial scale-up;
6. Reactive Oxygen Species detection and generation;
7. New approaches in targeted drug delivery;
8. Smart drug release;
9. Localized heating and hyperthermia;
10. Magnetically triggered responses.

Dr. Jesús A. Fuentes-García
Prof. Dr. J. A. Pescador-Rojas
Prof. Dr. Jaime Santoyo-Salazar
Guest Editors

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• process intensification, tailored surficial modification, and synergistic effects
• biomedicine
• magnetic materials
• magnetic composites
• multifunctional micro and nano systems
• drug delivery systems
• process intensification