Polymer Micelles/Vesicles for Drug Delivery

The aim of this work is as a complete reference for researchers, engineers and graduate students who are engaged in R&D of biomaterials. The book facilitates the newcomers to grasp the most updated status in all the related topics in biomaterial's fields with a comprehensive, self-contained, and authoritative knowledge. The unique feature of the book will be the combination of a collection of standard/advanced experimental protocols in preparing and fabricating biomaterials and related bioassays. This book is a step-by-step guide for newcomers, who may not be equipped with appropriate hands-on laboratory skills and experiences, to follow and repeat those important works in the field. This style is particularly important in this interdisciplinary field. This reference work comprises 14 volumes and covers the most popular topics of biomaterials from drug delivery to gene and protein delivery, from biomedical biodetection to diagnosis, from cardiovascular diseases to tissue engineering. The content is created by the leading scientists in each field and will evolve constantly, thus it presents both high-quality and up-to-date scientific and technical information.

Contains the most comprehensive knowledge and tools on all aspects of biomaterials science and acts as an everyday reference for scientists, practitioners and students

Presents concisely the information necessary to evaluate most problems which are involved in the application of materials in medicine

Employs a consistent and systematic approach offering readers an user friendly reference ideal for frequent consultation

Includes a collection of golden experimental procedures to illustrate the different fundamental concepts

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Youqing Shen received his Ph.D from McMaster University, Canada, in 2001. He was appointed as research scientist at Akzol Nobel Inc., Canada, in 2001. From 2002 to 2007, SHEN joined Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering at the University of Wyoming, USA, first as an assistant professor, then as a tenured associate professor. Shen is now the NSFC Distinguished Young Scholar and Director of Center for Bionanoengineering (CBNE) at Zhejiang University, China and adjunct Professor, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University of Wyoming, USA. Youqing Shen's main field of interests is rational design and synthesis of novel polymers that may have applications in biomaterials, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, focusing mainly in biodelivery and catalytic polymerization. He has published over 140 papers with H index 41 and granted with more than 10 patents. He is the author, co-author, and editor of 2 books in English. He is the associate editor of the journal Current Nanoscience and as an editorial board member of Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering (English version). He served as reviewers for US NSF, NSF, NSERC (Canada).