Fiber and Textile Engineering in Drug Delivery Systems

Fiber and Textile Engineering in Drug Delivery Systems explains how innovative textile processing methods including rotary spinning, microfluidics, wet spinning and electrospinning can be used to produce novel drug delivery solutions. This topical book provides detailed descriptions of how to produce such new materials for this purpose, with foundational content to help readers from a range of backgrounds understand the context of material selection and design decisions. Emphasis is given to the engineering side of the manufacturing of the textile and its role in drug delivery, but this also acts as a guide to pharmaceutical applications of textile fibers for materials scientists.

Drug delivery research is rapidly expanding and experimenting with new materials to drive improved clinical outcomes as the efficacy of the therapeutic molecule is highly dependent on the right choice of carrier system. Recently, fiber based carriers at both nano and micro scales are gaining interest in the scientific community due to ease of manufacturing, high surface area to volume ratio, desirable drug release kinetics and high mechanical strength.

• Describes methods for material selection and design for drug delivery systems
• Provides case studies to explain how these techniques can be applied successfully
• Covers the regulatory and legal aspects of the use of the textiles and fibers in drug delivery

Dr. Navneet Sharma is an Assistant Professor at the Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University, India. He has an M.Pharm, Ph.D and PGDRA, and his expertise lies in the realm of biomaterials and applied R & D, especially needs-based product development. He has taken pivotal roles as an investigator in three projects supported by DST-India. He has won several awards, including eight national and international awards. The most prestigious among them are SCO and Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India Covid-19 best innovation award 2020, and Department of Science and Technology, Young Scientist Award for the year 2018 and 2022. He has more than 40 publications including four books, five book chapters, 10 patents and 4 technologies successfully transferred to the industry.

B. S. Butola is a Professor at the Department of Textiles & Fibre Engineering, IIT Delhi, India. His research interests include functionalization of textiles with metal oxides, use of shear thickening fluids for improving the impact performance of ballistic textiles, polymeric nanocomposites and smart colorants. He has edited 7 books.