Synthetic Polymers in Drug and Biotherapeutics Delivery

1st Edition - October 1, 2024
Editors: Rangasamy Jayakumar, Mar Masson, Deepagan Veerasikku Gopal
Language: English
Paperback ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 2 3 3 - 0
eBook ISBN:
9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 5 2 3 4 - 7

Synthetic Polymers in Drug and Biotherapeutics Delivery covers recent advances in the design, synthesis and application of engineered polymers in the delivery of drugs and other… Read more

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Synthetic Polymers in Drug and Biotherapeutics Delivery covers recent advances in the design, synthesis and application of engineered polymers in the delivery of drugs and other biotherapeutic agents. The book covers new polymers that are fast replacing obsolete polymers in the field of drug delivery. Each chapter focuses on a specific polymer, detailing its design, synthesis, fabrication techniques and applications in drug and biotherapeutics delivery. This thorough examination provides a review of the latest research in this rapidly-changing field. Hence, it will be of interest to materials scientists, pharmaceutical scientists, biomedical engineers, chemical engineers and clinicians with an interest in materials development.

Synthetic polymers provide a unique set of opportunities in drug and bio-therapeutic delivery due to their chemical versatility and tunable physicochemical properties. Such polymers can be formulated into nanoparticles, nanofibers, nanogels, microparticles, beads, hydrogels, and scaffolds to suit specific needs such as drug release rate and biodegradation with low toxicity.

Rangasamy Jayakumar

Professor, Polymeric Biomaterials Lab, School of Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Polymeric Biomaterials Lab, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi-682041, India. Prof. Jayakumar Rangasamy's research laboratory is mainly interested in the development of biopolymeric nanofibers, nanogels, nanoparticles, nanocomposite scaffolds and injectable hydrogels for Drug Delivery, Hemostasis, Infectious Diseases, Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine and Wound Healing applications. He received his Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry from Anna University, Chennai, India (2002). He was awarded the University Postdoctoral Fellowship from Chonbuk National University (2002-2003), South Korea. In Portugal, he was awarded FCT Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Government of Portugal (2003-2005). In addition, he was also awarded the prestigious JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship (2005-2007) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan. He has published 265 articles in SCI Journals, edited 7 books, 12 book chapters and 12 patents to his credit. He is also reviewer and editorial board member of many international journals. His publications have been cited more than 23000 times with h-index-80. He has received the “Best Paper Award” from Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine (Springer) and IET Nanobiotechnology Journal. He received “Faculty Researcher Award-2016” from Indian Chitin and Chitosan Society and “MRSI Medal-2017” from Materials Research Society of India (MRSI). He also received “India Research Excellence-Citation Awards 2017 (Health & Medical Science area)” from Clarivate Analytics, Web of Science. He was selected as a “World Top 2% Scientists from India” in “Polymers” field by Stanford University, USA in the year of 2020 & 2021. He recently received “Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award-2021” from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (University), India. He has also been listed in the “Top 10 Material Science Researchers from India”.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor, Polymeric Biomaterials Lab, School of Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Polymeric Biomaterials Lab, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi-682041, India.

Mar Masson

Prof. Mar Masson, Ph.D., is a Professor in Medicinal Chemistry at the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Iceland. He graduated as a Doctor of Engineering (Biotechnology) from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, in 1995 and with a Cand. Scient (MS) in organic chemistry, Copenhagen University, Denmark in 1990. His research group's work is mainly focused on the synthesis and investigation of chitosan derivatives for antimicrobial and drug delivery applications. The group developed TBDMS protection strategy for chitosan that be utilized for chemoselective and highly controlled synthesis chitosan derivatives and recently reported the synthesis of water-soluble chitotriazolans. Már Másson is the author of 102 ISI publications, 5 book chapters and co-inventor on 3 patent applications and one granted patent.

Affiliations and expertise

Professor, Faculty Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland

Deepagan Veerasikku Gopal

Dr. Deepagan Veerasikku Gopal, Ph.D., is currently working as a Research Fellow at Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Australia (since Mar 2018). He completed his Ph.D. in Polymer Science and Engineering at Sungkyunkwan University, Republic of Korea, and Masters in Nanomedicine at Amrita University, India. He is editorial board member on Biomaterials journal, and he is a recipient of DST fellowship from government of India and Basic research fellowship from Government of Korea. His research interest is on stimuli responsive nanoparticle, ROS imaging and non-invasive cancer therapy. He has co-authored 22 publications with 1668 citations with a h-index = 18 and co-invented 3 patents.

Affiliations and expertise

Research Fellow (Post-doc), Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Australia