Applications of Nanotechnology in Diagnosis and Therapy

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue provides a comprehensive platform for researchers and professionals engaged in the design, synthesis, characterization, and application of nanomaterials for targeted drug delivery systems. It encompasses a wide range of topics including the development of nanomaterial-based drug carriers such as nanoparticles, liposomes, dendrimers, and micelles, with a focus on their functionalization and surface modification to achieve enhanced stability, solubility, and bioavailability. This issue also explores the utilization of nanotechnology approaches for targeted drug delivery, encompassing active targeting strategies, ligand–receptor interactions, computer-aided drug delivery, and nanomaterials for drug delivery to specific cells, tissues, organs, or disease sites. It covers the investigation of nano–bio interactions, including cellular uptake, intracellular trafficking, and biodistribution of nanocarriers, the release kinetics and mechanisms of drugs from nanomaterial-based systems, as well as the application of nanomaterials in therapeutics, spanning areas such as cancer treatment, central nervous system drug delivery, infectious disease management, and regenerative and personalized medicine. Finally, it explores novel drug delivery approaches enabled by nanomaterials, for instance combination therapies, gene delivery, photothermal therapy, theranostics, and nanoscale imaging agents, while also considering their regulation, commercialization, and safety.

Dr. Venkatesan Perumal
Dr. Shanmuga Sundari I
Guest Editors

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• nanomaterials
• targeted drug delivery design
• active targeting strategies
• computer-aided drug delivery
• nano–bio interactions
• infectious disease management