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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

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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

  • 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

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

1. History, introduction and types of quantum dots

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

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: July 17, 2025
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Prashant Kesharwani

Dr. Prashant Kesharwani is assistant professor of Pharmaceutics at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India. He has more than 12 years of teaching, research, and industrial experience across various countries. An overarching goal of his current research is the development of nanoengineered drug delivery systems for various diseases. He has more than 350 international publications in well-reputed journals and more than 25 international books (Elsevier). He is a recipient of many research grants from various funding bodies. He is also the recipient of several internationally acclaimed awards, such as “USERN Laureate award”, and “SERB-Ramanujan Fellowship Award”. He has presented many invited talks and oral presentations at prestigious scientific peer-conferences, received international acclaims and awards for research contribution, supervised students/junior researchers and actively participated in outreach and scientific dissemination for the service of the wider community.

Affiliations and expertise
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya University, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India

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Surender Singh

Dr. Surender Singh is a Professor at the Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India. He has been a faculty member of pharmacology for more than thirty-two years of which seventeen years he has worked at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He has authored ten books, and over 140 scientific papers in indexed journals; he has completed over 35 research projects funded by different research funding Government agencies e.g., JSPS, UCL, ICMR, DST, DBT, UGC, AIIMS, AYUSH. Dr Singh is the recipient of many awards, including the ICMR for Biomedical Research, 2017. He has made significant contributions in the field of pharmacotherapy of inflammatory disorders, as well as the application of nanotechnologies for use in drug delivery. He is a Fellow of National Academy of Medical Sciences (FAMS), India, Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), United Kingdom, Fellow of International Medical Science Academy, India (FIMSA) and Fellow of Institution of Chemists (FIC), India.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, India

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