Quantum Dot Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery
- 1st Edition - June 12, 2025
- Latest edition
- Editors: Prashant Kesharwani, Surender Singh
- Language: English
Quantum Dot Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery compiles the latest advances in the development and application of QD nanocarriers for delivery of a range of therapeutic agents. Q… Read more
Description
Description
Quantum Dot Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery compiles the latest advances in the development and application of QD nanocarriers for delivery of a range of therapeutic agents. QDs are widely accepted because of their dominant striking characteristics including biocompatibility, photoluminescence, morphology, size, and stability. This book systematically reviews the benefits and challenges of using QDs in drug delivery applications, evaluating their toxicity, safety, preclinical and clinical aspects.
Quantum Dot Nanocarriers for Drug Delivery is of interest to a broad audience, including researchers and academics working in the fields of biomaterials, nanotechnology, pharmaceutical science and biomedical engineering.
Key features
Key features
- Covers a range of therapeutic targets, including neurodegenerative disorders, wound healing, photodynamic therapy, and more
- Reviews a core selection of QD types, from carbon and hybrid QDs, to functionalized and bioinspired QDs
- Explores the safety, preclinical, and clinical aspects of using QDs in drug delivery
Readership
Readership
Researchers and postgraduate students in the fields of materials science, nanotechnology, biomedical engineering, and pharmaceutical sciences, Clinical scientists and R&D groups developing novel materials for drug delivery applications.
Table of contents
Table of contents
2. Synthesis methods of quantum dots
3. Characterizations of quantum dots
4. Quantum dots for enhanced anticancer drug delivery
5. Quantum dots as an advanced nano system for cancer theranostics
6. Quantum dots in photodynamic therapy
7. Quantum dots for enhanced antibacterial performance
8. Quantum dots for enhanced wound healing
9. Quantum dots for anti-diabetic drugs delivery
10. Quantum dots for treatment of neurodegenerative disorders
11. Quantum dots in vaccination and immunization
12. Carbon quantum dots in drug delivery
13. Functionalized quantum dots in drug delivery
14. Hybrid quantum dots in drug delivery
15. Bioinspired quantum dots in drug delivery
16. Quantum dots in pharmaceutical and biomedical analysis
17. Safety, toxicity, pre-clinical and clinical aspects of quantum dots
18. Future prospects and concluding remarks of quantum dots
Product details
Product details
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: July 17, 2025
- Language: English
About the editors
About the editors
PK
Prashant Kesharwani
Dr. Prashant Kesharwani is an Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutics at Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya (A Central University), Sagar, India. He has over 12 years of teaching and research experience, specializing in translational nanomedicine, polymeric biomaterials, targeted drug delivery, and nanoengineered drug delivery systems. He has authored more than 400 peer-reviewed publications in reputed international journals and edited over 30 international books. His research has received widespread recognition, with an h-index exceeding 100. He has secured several competitive research grants from national funding agencies and received prestigious honors, including the USERN Laureate Award and the SERB–Ramanujan Fellowship. His research interests include nanomedicine, targeted and stimuli-responsive drug delivery, polymeric nanocarriers, and translational pharmaceutical research. He actively contributes to academic mentoring, scientific research, and scholarly publishing.
SS