**Meet the editor**

Dr. Sezer is Ph.D. of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology at the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Marmara (Turkey). He is a member of many Pharmaceutical Associations and acts as a reviewer of scientific journals and European projects under different research areas such as drug delivery systems, nanotechnology and pharmaceutical biotechnology. Dr. Sezer is the author of many

scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and poster communications. Focus of his research activity are drug delivery, physico-chemical characterization and biological evaluation of biopolymers micro and nanoparticles as modified drug delivery system, and colloidal drug carriers (liposomes, nanoparticles, etc.).

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Delivery 1**

**Microparticles 51**

**Infectious Diseases 155**

**New Aspects 237**

Mojtaba Salouti and Azam Ahangari

Chapter 1 **Liposomes as Potential Drug Carrier Systems for Drug**

Melis Çağdaş, Ali Demir Sezer and Seyda Bucak

Chapter 2 **Techniques for the Preparation of Solid Lipid Nano and**

Simona Sapino, Elena Peira and Daniela Chirio

**and Applications in Drug Delivery 77** S.A. Chime, F.C. Kenechukwu and A.A. Attama

Chapter 4 **Application of Nanotechnology in Drug Delivery 127**

Chapter 3 **Nanoemulsions — Advances in Formulation, Characterization**

Joana Silva, Alexandra R. Fernandes and Pedro V. Baptista

Chapter 5 **Nanoparticle based Drug Delivery Systems for Treatment of**

Chapter 6 **Nanoparticles for Dermal and Transdermal Drug Delivery 193** Okoro Uchechi, John D. N. Ogbonna and Anthony A. Attama

Chapter 7 **Nanoparticle Insulin Drug Delivery — Applications and**

Hatice Kübra Elçioğlu and Ali Demir Sezer

Chapter 8 **Polymer Nanoparticles for Smart Drug Delivery 257**

Devasier Bennet and Sanghyo Kim

Luigi Battaglia, Marina Gallarate, Pier Paolo Panciani, Elena Ugazio,
