Overview
- Covers 200 bio-polymers with the most recent and advanced nanotechnology applications
- Explores natural polymers in form of conjugates as well as other forms for bio-medical uses
- Discusses both polymeric science and nanotechnology in relation to each other
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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This book describes 200 bio-polymers, including the most recent and advanced nanotechnology applications. The applications of various bio-medical and other future potential uses are covered and examined in depth. Systematic discussion of current leading natural polymers is also included.
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Saurabh Bhatia, PhD, is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the School of Medical and Allied sciences, GD Goenka University, Gurgaon, Haryana, India. He has several years of academic experience, teaching such specialized subjects as Natural product science, nanotechnology, biotechnology, parasitology, polymeric sciences, biomaterials. He has promoted several marine algae and their derived polymers throughout India. He has written more than 30 international publications in these areas and has been an active participant of more than 35 national and international conferences. So far he has successfully finished nine books in pharma and its allied sciences. His published books include Modern Applications of Plant Biotechnology in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Academic press, Elsevier, 2015; Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery: Fundamentals, Design, and Applications, Apple Academic Press 2016; Leishmaniasis: Biology, Control and New Approaches for Its Treatment, Apple Academic Press 2016; Natural polymer drug delivery systems: Nanoparticles, plants and algae, Springer, 2016, Natural polymer drug delivery systems: Nanoparticles, Mammals and microbes, Springer, 2016. Dr. Bhatia has graduated from Kurushetra University followed by M Pharm from Bharati Vidyapeeth University, Pune, India. He has received his PhD degree from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Natural Polymer Drug Delivery Systems
Book Subtitle: Nanoparticles, Plants, and Algae
Authors: Saurabh Bhatia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41129-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-41128-6Published: 04 October 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-82274-7Published: 22 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-41129-3Published: 23 September 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 225
Number of Illustrations: 28 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour
Topics: Polymer Sciences, Nanotechnology, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences/Technology