**Hybrid Nano-carriers for Potential Drug Delivery**

**Hybrid Nano-carriers for Potential Drug Delivery**

Asadullah Madni, Nayab Tahir, Mubashar Rehman, Ahmed Raza, Muhammad Ahmad Mahmood, Muhammad Imran Khan and Prince Muhammad Kashif Rehman, Ahmed Raza, Muhammad Ahmad Mahmood, Muhammad Imran Khan and Prince Muhammad Kashif Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

Asadullah Madni, Nayab Tahir, Mubashar

http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/66466

#### **Abstract**

Nanocarriers have provided the versatile platform for the delivery of various therapeutic and diagnostic agents. Liposome, niosomes, polymeric and solid lipid nanoparticles are the most promising nanocarriers that have been entered in the clinical trials and become commercially available. However, each system has been associated with some problems that can be minimized by using the combinatorial approach of hybrid nanocarriers. These hybrid systems combine the benefits of different structural components to synergize the outcome of the therapy. In this chapter, the different types of hybrid nanocarriers have been described with particular emphasis on the brief rationale for the development of these hybrid nanocarriers along with different fabrication approaches with greater emphasize on the lipid polymer hybrid nanoparticles. A brief description factors governing the optimized response characteristics and their potential application of these hybrid nanoparticles are also presented.

**Keywords:** core shell hybrid nanoparticles, drug delivery, hybrid nanoparticles, nanoflowers
