Nanotechnology delivery

Some of their derivatives have been used as antiviral drugs. Due to their flexible chemistry, they can be exploited to design drug delivery systems and in molecular nanotechnology. In such systems, they can act as a central lipophilic core and different parts like targeting segments, linkers, spacers, or therapeutic agents can be attached to the said central nucleus. Their central core can be functionalized by peptidic and nucleic acid sequences and also by numerous important biomolecules. 

Recent advances in nanotechnology have shown that self-assembled cage structures of nanometer dimensions can be used as constrained environments for the encapsulation of guest molecules with potential applications in drug delivery,... 

Peek LJ, Middaugh CR, Berkland C (2008) Nanotechnology in vaccine delivery. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 60 915-928... 

Cai D, Doughty CA, Potocky TB, Dufort FJ, Huang Z, Blair D, Kempa K, Ren ZF, Chiles TC (2007) Carbon nanotube-mediated delivery of nucleic acids does not result in non-specific activation of B lymphocytes. Nanotechnology 18 Art. No. 365101. 

Fan XB, Tan J, Zhang GL, Zhang FB (2007) Isolation of carbon nanohom assemblies and their potential for intracellular delivery. Nanotechnology 18 Art. No. 195103. 

Labhasetwar V (2005) Nanotechnology for drug and gene therapy the importance of understanding molecular mechanisms of delivery. Curr Opin Biotechnol 16 674-680. 

Nanotechnology is a new technique that may result in more targeted delivery of drug molecules to the active sites, thus improving bioavailability and reducing adverse events. 

Nanotechnology promises to revolutionize a growing set of materials applications ranging from technology sectors such as semiconductor manufacturing, advanced sensors and coatings, to biomedical sectors such as drug delivery and implant... 

Kang HC, Lee M, Bae YH (2007) Polymeric gene delivery vectors. In Peppas NA, Hilt JZ, Thomas JB (ed) Nanotechnology in therapeutics Taylor and Francis, New York... 

In the past decades, it has become more and more obvious that students and scientists of chemistry and engineering should have some understanding of surface and colloid chemistry. The textbooks on physical chemistry tend to introduce this subject insufficiently. Modern nanotechnology is another area where the role of surface and chemistry is found of much importance. Medical diagnostics applications are also extensive, where both microscale and surface reactions are determined by different aspects of surface and colloid chemical principles. Drug delivery is much based on lipid vesicles (self-assembly structure) that are stabilized by various surface forces. 

Kono K. Apphcation of dendrimers to dmg delivery systems—from the view point of carrier design based on nanotechnology. Dmg Deliv Syst 2002 17 462-470. 

Bhardwaj, V., Hariharan, S., Bala, I., Lamprecht, A., Kumar, N., Panchagnula, R., Kumar, M.N.V.R. (2005). Pharmaceutical aspects of polymeric nanoparticles for oral delivery. Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 1, 235-258. 

In recent years, nanotechnologies have received a great deal of attention in solving delivery problems of water-insoluble compounds. NanoCif Slan Drug Delivery, Inc., King of Prussia,... 

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