Applications of Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery and Therapeutics is an authoritative review on nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems. This comprehensive volume focuses on the transformative role of nanoparticles in enhancing drug delivery systems and advancing therapeutic applications. By bridging the gap between laboratory research and clinical practice, this book offers a thorough exploration of how nanotechnology is revolutionizing the pharmaceutical industry.The book is struc...

Nanotechnology: A Quick Guide to Materials and Technologies invites readers to explore the cutting-edge world of nanotechnology, offering a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to this rapidly evolving field. The content provides a foundation for understanding the field and details the properties of significant nanomaterials. Readers will also gain insights into innovative processes while receiving a balanced perspective on the social and regulatory aspects of nanotechnology.K...

Nanotechnology: A Quick Guide to Materials and Technologies invites readers to explore the cutting-edge world of nanotechnology, offering a comprehensive yet accessible introduction to this rapidly evolving field. The content provides a foundation for understanding the field and details the properties of significant nanomaterials. Readers will also gain insights into innovative processes while receiving a balanced perspective on the social and regulatory aspects of nanotechnology. Key Feat...

Applications of Nanoparticles in Drug Delivery and Therapeutics is an authoritative review on nanoparticle-based drug delivery systems. This comprehensive volume focuses on the transformative role of nanoparticles in enhancing drug delivery systems and advancing therapeutic applications. By bridging the gap between laboratory research and clinical practice, this book offers a thorough exploration of how nanotechnology is revolutionizing the pharmaceutical industry.The book is structured in...

Offshore platforms face many risks, including a hostile ocean environment, extreme temperatures, overpressure loads, fire risks, and hydrocarbon explosions, all of which pose unique challenges in designing their topside platforms. The topside design also involves the selection of appropriate materials to reduce fire risk without compromising the functional requirements. These platforms serve valuable, utility, production, and processing purposes, and can also provide living quarters for pe...

This comprehensive book is essential for anyone looking to deepen their understanding of advanced materials and their transformative impact across multiple disciplines, from cutting-edge technologies to innovative solutions in engineering and biology.Multifunctional Materials: Engineering and Biological Applications is a comprehensive guide on advanced materials, a class of materials that exhibit novel properties, high performance, and unique functionaliti...

OILS AND FATS AS RAW MATERIALS FOR INDUSTRYThis new volume emphasizes the sources, structure, chemistry, treatment, modification, and potential applications for oils and fats as raw materials in industry.Oils and fats can be used as raw materials in many industries including food and agriculture, as surfactants in laundry detergents and cosmetics, as well as in pharmaceuticals. Moreover, unsaturated vegetable oils are also suitable to form ...

Surfactants are often completely invisible to us and yet they are present in almost every chemical that we use in our daily life. They are found in toothpastes, cosmetics, sunscreens, mayonnaise, detergents, and an array of cleaning products. Traditional surfactants are known to have adverse environmental impacts spurring research into eco-friendly and cost-effective surfactants from renewable resources. Surfactants from Renewable Raw Materials examines the class ...

The integration of nanotechnology with biomaterials, diagnostic tools, analytical equipment, physiotherapy kits, and drug delivery agents has resulted in nanotherapeutics illustrated as a class of medicine with potential of research and development. This book illustrates synthesis, properties, and applications of nanotherapeutics in various healthcare-related issues including treatment of cancer, Alzheimer’s disease, targeted drug delivery, anti-HIV-1 nanotherapeutics, antibacterial/antivi...