Fundamentals and Design of Drug Delivery Systems: A Textbook with Lab Activities
Author:   Wujie Zhang (Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
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9780443235214


Pages:   390
Publication Date:   16 December 2025
Format:   Paperback
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Fundamentals and Design of Drug Delivery Systems: A Textbook with Lab Activities


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Author:   Wujie Zhang (Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE), USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9780443235214


ISBN 10:   044323521
Pages:   390
Publication Date:   16 December 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Historical Aspects of Pharmacy and Delivery of Drugs 3. Basics of Pharmacology, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics 4. Physiological and Biochemical Barriers to Drug Delivery 5. Prodrugs as Drug Delivery Systems 6. Engineered Carriers in Drug Delivery 7. Cell Encapsulation – A Living Drug Delivery Approach 8. Diffusion-Controlled Drug Delivery Systems 9. Erodible Drug Delivery Systems 10. Osmotic-Controlled Drug Delivery Systems 11. Targeted Drug Delivery Systems 12. Biomimetic Drug Delivery Systems 13. Site-Specific Drug Delivery 14. Stimuli-Responsive Drug Delivery Systems 15. Other Drug Delivery Systems 16. Commercialization of Controlled Release Products

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Dr. Wujie Zhang is a professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE). He received his Ph.D. degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of South Carolina. Dr. Zhang’s scholarly work and research span biomaterials, tissue engineering, drug delivery, and cancer treatment. Dr. Zhang’s recent drug delivery-related research focuses on novel micro/nano-scale drug delivery systems design. Dr. Zhang has published more than 40 peer-reviewed journal articles in ACS Nano, Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Development and Technology, and beyond. He recently authored the book Nanotechnology for Bioengineers. Dr. Zhang has taught the Engineering Controlled Drug Delivery course at MSOE for more than 10 years and developed numerous lab activities for the course. Dr. Zhang has been recognized by the ASEE's Prism magazine as one of 20 high-achieving researchers and educators under 40 (2018) and STEM Forward’s Young Engineer of the Year (2022).

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