Chapter 3 - Polymeric nanomaterials in drug delivery

Abstract

Nano-drug delivery systems are nanoscale materials such as dendrimers, polymeric nanoparticles, liposomes, niosomes, and nanocapsules that firmly entered the realm of drug delivery to improve drug loading and deliver therapeutic agents in a controlled manner to specific target sites thus achieving a precise targeting. This chapter presents some recent advancement made in the area of polymer nanostructures that are essential to understand for designing nano-drug delivery systems. The opportunities and challenges as well as perspectives in the clinical applications of nano-drug delivery carriers have also been discussed.