Description
Polymeric materials are dominant to be exploited as drug delivery vehicles due to their specific features and properties. These polymeric materials are compulsory to have biocompatible and biodegradable properties due to their intended implementation in the physiological environment. Yet, there are abundant types of polymers and polymeric structures that require careful selection in addressing different targets of biomedical applications. A deficient match of choices may affect inefficient drug delivery, which forwardly causes post-complications at the physiological target. Therefore, this book is mainly designed to highlight the usage of polymeric materials in delivering therapeutic drugs/materials. Few structures of polymeric material, such as nanofibers, hydrogels, capsules, and polymeric immobilisation, are emphasised in detail to give insight on its utilisation for biomedical applications. Specific methods and procedural techniques are also documented in this book to guide the initial step of the sample’s fabrication. Among biomedical applications that are actively being explored for the utilisation of polymeric materials to deliver therapeutic drugs/materials are wound healing, transdermal delivery, cancer therapy, antibiotic therapy, and bone remodelling.
