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Nanogels: Fundamentals to Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Applications

  • 1st Edition - June 2, 2025
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Anurag Kumar Singh, Vivek Chaturvedi, Santosh Kumar Singh, Jay Singh
  • Language: English

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Description

Nanogels: Fundamentals to Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Applications provides a comprehensive overview of nanogels, focusing on design principles, crosslinking methods, and therapeutic agent delivery. It covers nanogels' thermal properties, stabilization, chemical modifications, and biocompatibility. The book details biomedical applications, including bioimaging, sensing, drug delivery, and tissue engineering. It also explores in-vivo assessments, responsive therapies, and safety considerations, including toxicity, clearance mechanisms, and immunological responses, offering new insights into nanogel technology.

Nanogels: Fundamentals to Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Applications offers an exciting look into this emerging area and is of particular interest to healthcare professionals and researchers working on nanocarrier-based drug delivery, focusing on porous nanogel nanocarriers.

Key features

  • Describes the current and future prospective of biomedical applications of nanogels, emphasizing their role in drug delivery, targeted therapy, imaging, diagnostics, and tissue engineering. Explores their potential to address critical healthcare challenges, serving as a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners
  • Delivers a fully updated and complete overview of the range of biomedical applications for nanogels
  • Explores cutting-edge nanogel research and emerging trends, offering future insights while addressing toxicity assessment, clearance mechanisms, and long-term effects to ensure safe biomedical applications of these innovative materials

Readership

Researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of materials science, nanotechnology, pharmaceutical science and translational sciences with an interest in nanogels for biomedical applications.

Table of contents

1. Introduction to Nanogels: Exploring the Frontier of Nanoscale Technology

2. Nanogel: Design fabrication and Characterization

3. Controlling the Size, Shape, and Composition of Nanogels

4. Nanogels in Drug Delivery for Enhanced Therapeutic Efficacy

5. Stimuli-Responsive Nanogels: Smart Systems for Controlled drug Release

6. Nanogels in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

7. Nanogels in Diagnostics: Sensing and Imaging Applications

8. Biomedical Applications of Nanogels: From Cancer Therapy to Wound Healing

9. Magnetic Nanogels: Pioneering Image-Guided Therapy for Enhanced Treatment

10. Recent Advances in Nanogel Technology for Biomedical applications

11. Polymeric Nanogels for drug delivery and pharmaceutical science

12. Role of Nano-Hydrogels in bio-ink Formulations for 3D Bioprinting

13. Regulatory Aspects and Commercialization of Nanogel-Based Products in Pharmaceutical Applications

14. Safety and Biocompatibility of Nanogels: Addressing Current Concerns

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: June 2, 2025
  • Language: English

About the editors

AS

Anurag Kumar Singh

Anurag Kumar Singh, PhD, is a Research Associate in the Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology at the Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, India. His research focuses on developing nanoparticulate systems for chronic pain, neurodegenerative disorders, brain-targeted drug delivery, diagnostics, and therapy. His work includes dendrimers, nanoporous silica and silicon materials, and polymeric nanoparticles for controlled drug delivery, with broader interests in nanomedicines for biomedical and healthcare applications and in integrating engineering, pharmaceutical, and medical research. He previously held postdoctoral research positions in cancer biology at Alabama State University, USA, and in nanotechnology and advanced materials at Bar-Ilan University, Israel.
Affiliations and expertise
Research Associate, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi, India

VC

Vivek Chaturvedi

Vivek Kumar Chaturvedi, PhD, is a researcher supported by the Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, at the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. His research focuses on drug delivery, tissue engineering, and the synthesis, functionalisation, and fabrication of bio-nanomaterials for biosensor development. He previously conducted postdoctoral research in the Department of Gastroenterology at the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University. He also contributes to scholarly publishing through peer review and the preparation of academic articles, books, and book chapters.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India

SS

Santosh Kumar Singh

Santosh Kumar Singh, PhD, is a Senior Scientist at the Centre of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He has more than 25 years of research experience and has led projects supported by the Department of Science and Technology, Department of Biotechnology, and Science and Engineering Research Board. His academic activities include supervising doctoral and postdoctoral researchers and medical trainees across MD, MS, DM, and MCh programmes. He previously conducted postdoctoral research at Banaras Hindu University and served as a Visiting Scientist at the Institute of Physical Biology, University of South Bohemia, Czech Republic. He also contributes to scholarly publishing through service on the editorial boards of scientific journals.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Scientist, Centre of Experimental Medicine and Surgery (CEMS), Faculty of Medicine, Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, India

JS

Jay Singh

Jay, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, India. His research focuses on the chemical and biological synthesis of nanomaterials and the development of nanobiocomposites, conducting polymers, and self-assembled monolayers for sensor and biosensor applications. He develops enzyme-, antibody-, and DNA-based platforms for detecting clinically relevant bioanalytes, pathogens, pesticides, toxins, and gases. His current work includes sustainable metal oxide-based biosensors for clinical diagnostics, food packaging, drug delivery, and tissue engineering, as well as investigations of interfacial charge-transfer and sensing mechanisms in metal nanoparticles. He has conducted research projects supported by multiple funding agencies and has undertaken postdoctoral research at institutions in India and South Korea.

Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, India

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