Emerging Nanomaterials in Drug Delivery and Therapy

Abstract

Medical science has been influenced in a number of ways by the development of new tools for manipulating materials at the nanoscale. Physicochemical advantages like the greater surface area to mass ratio, ultra-small size, and high level of reactivity have set the nanomaterials apart from bulk materials with the same composition. Due to these unique characteristics, nanomaterials are massively used to get over the drawbacks of traditional medicinal and diagnostic drugs and offer outstanding panoramas. In this chapter, we will focus on the developments of nanomaterials in the fields of drug delivery and disease therapy, with their enormous potential and future prospects.