Metal Nanoparticles in Therapeutics: Pioneering Drug Delivery Systems and Tissue Engineering
A special issue of Pharmaceutics (ISSN 1999-4923). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanomedicine and Nanotechnology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 February 2025 | Viewed by 31
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biocomposites; metals; calcium phosphates; nanoparticles; cancer; drug release; bone tissue engineering; microbiology
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: biocomposites; metals; calcium phosphates; nanoparticles; cancer; drug release; tissue engineering
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metal nanoparticles (MNPs) have become a transformative medical science element, driven by their distinctive physicochemical properties. These include a high surface area-to-volume ratio, unique surface reactivity, exceptional optical and electronic characteristics, thermal conductivity, superparamagnetic qualities, and customizable surface functionalities. Together, these features unlock extraordinary capabilities. MNPs can be controlled remotely, manipulate light at the nanoscale, and be activated thermally. These properties make them particularly well-suited for targeted therapeutic applications, leading to significant breakthroughs in drug delivery systems, tissue engineering, and cancer treatment.
This Special Issue aims to gather and highlight significant research contributions that demonstrate the use of metal nanoparticles in advancing drug delivery systems, improving tissue engineering approaches, and providing novel cancer therapy solutions. This collection aligns with the journal's scope of enhancing drug delivery and pharmaceutical formulations, focusing on how MNPs can overcome current medical challenges.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: biocompatible metal nanoparticles for nanomedicine, applied to drug release systems for different diseases, tissue engineering applications, and specifically for cancer diagnosis and treatment.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Prof. Dr. Fernando Jorge Monteiro
Dr. Marta Laranjeira
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- metal nanoparticles
- drug delivery systems
- tissue engineering
- cancer therapy
- nanomedicine
