With the start of 2020, the wrath of pandemic challenged the scientific community to develop more advanced drug delivery approaches for biomedical applications, endowing conventional drugs with additional therapeutic benefits and minimum side effects. Although significant advancements have been done in the field of drug delivery, there is a need to focus towards strategizing novel and improved drug delivery systems that should be convenient and cost-effective to the patients, and simultaneously they should also provide financial benefits to pharmaceutical companies. Controlled drug delivery technology offers ample opportunities and scope for improvising the therapeutic efficacy of drugs via optimizing thedrug release rate and time. For this endeavour, smart nanomaterials have served as remarkable candidates for biomedical applications, owing to their ground-breaking properties and design. The development of such nanomaterials requires a broad knowledge related to their physio-chemical properties, molecular structure, mechanisms by which the nanomaterials interact with the cells, and methods by which drugs are released at the site of action. This knowledge must also be allied with the knowledge of signaling crosstalk mechanisms that are modulated by the nanomaterial-drugs composite. It can be anticipated that these emerging drug delivery technologies can facilitate the world to successfully encounter such pandemic outbursts in the future in a cost-effective and time-effective manner. The chapters in this book deal with the advanced technologies and approaches that can benefit advanced students, researchers, and industry experts in developing smart and intelligent nanomaterials for future biomedical applications, and development, manufacturing, and commercialization for controlled and targeted drug delivery.

Foreword

Preface
Introduction to active smart nanomaterials for biomedical applications
Cancer cell sensing and therapy using affinity tag-conjugated gold nanoparticles
Gold nanoparticles enlighten the future of cancer theranostics
Recent advances in hydrogels smart drug delivery systems
Carbon-based nanomaterials for biomedical applications
A new era of cancer treatment: carbon nanotubes as drug delivery tools
pH- and ion-sensitive materials for control drug delivery
Thermo-responsive polymers and their application as smart biomaterias
Redox-responsive polymers and their application in drug delivery systems
Recent strategies to explore the biomedical applications of nanocellulose
Tissue engineering using cellulose nanofibrils as Scaffold material
Use of solidlipid nanoparticles to improve the oral bioavailability of poor soluble drugs
Applications of dendrimers in drug delivery systems
Liposomes for drug delivery: progress and problems
Cubosome nanoparticles for enhanced delivery of anticancer drug
Layer-by-Layer assemblies for cancer diagnosis and treatment
Polymeric micelles for drug delivery
Role of plant-based materials/gums in developing drug delivery systems
Ethosomes: A novel tool for drug delivery through the skin
Niosomes as nanoparticular drug carriers: fundamentals and recent applications
Graphene oxide nanosheets used in photothermal therapy
Metal doped carbon dots used in bio-imaging and cancer therapy
Bibliography
Glossary
Index.