Download or read book Advances in Polymeric Systems for Drug Delivery written by Raymond Bonnett and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2002-03-07 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title examines new drug delivery strategies utilizing intelligent polymeric materials that perform sensing, processing and response functions. The authors demonstrate the design of polymers with integrated intelligent functions to achieve site specific and temporally controlled drug delivery, specifically for pharmaceutical applications. Using stimuli-responsive polymers as molecular devices for self-regulation and externally modulated drug delivery systems are reviewed from multi-disciplinary perspectives, employing materials science and bio-engineering as an important foundation.