Emulsions, Polymers and Micelles for Drug Delivery Applications
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Drug Delivery and Controlled Release".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2025 | Viewed by 2893
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this new Special Issue, entitled “Emulsions, Polymers and Micelles for Drug Delivery Applications”. Many pharmaceutical active substances have low bioavailability, poor solubility in water and low biological degradation. Drug carriers are defined as systems that have the ability to transport active substances in order to improve their selectivity, bioavailability and efficiency. The development of drug delivery systems in order to achieve the therapeutic effects of drugs has contributed to the treatment of many diseases and has led to scientific progress in the field of drug therapy.
The scope of this Special Issue is new research on design of colloidal systems, such as emulsions, polymers and micelles, for the delivery of active compounds in pharmaceutical formulations. Topics including targeted and controlled drug delivery obtained with emulsions, polymers or micelles as drug carriers and possibilities to incorporate various active ingredients in these colloidal systems are welcome for submission to this Special Issue. Additionally, physicochemical characterization, stabilization mechanisms, rheological properties, microstructure and texture characteristics, interfacial properties of the systems, and the encapsulation and controlled release of active compounds are of interest.
Prof. Dr. Veljko Krstonošić
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- drug delivery system
- drug carriers
- emulsions
- polymers
- micelles
- physicochemical characterization
- stabilization
- rheological properties
- microstructure and texture characteristics
- interfacial properties
- encapsulation
- controlled release
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