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Preface T h e molecular engineering design and application of polymeric materials for use in delivery systems has evolved into one of the most promising advanced technology areas of polymers as well as contemporary medical, agricultural, and pharmaceutical sciences. This book examines a range of polymer materials that facilitate the controlled delivery of active moieties for medical, dental, agricultural, and industrial applications. The symposium was designed to address a broad spectrum of topics, covering both fundamental and applied research. This was to stimulate cross-discipline interactions, while maintaining a strong polymer science and engineering focus. To compliment the chapters derived from the symposium, selected authors were invited to contribute critical reviews and contemporary updates of fast growing areas. We feel that this has offered a unique and exciting perspective. Although the book covers a wide range of applications, those pertinent to pharmaceuticals are clearly dominant. Collectively the book offers chapters with a review perspective, as well as new, innovative research, with a very high quality of contributing articles. It emphasizes the role of molecular architecture and associated design and synthesis of new chain molecules, as well as assembling strategies for modulation of release profiles. This entailed discussions of nanospheres, micelles, microspheres, solid implants, and injectable liquid gelformers. Concise accounts of key administration routes and clinical applications are provided. This book will be particularly valuable for those in the pharmaceutical and allied industries who seek specific chemistry, polymer science, and engineering information pertinent to the development of advanced delivery systems. IAIN MCCULLOCH
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In Tailored Polymeric Materials for Controlled Delivery Systems; McCulloch, I., et al.; ACS Symposium Series; American Chemical Society: Washington, DC, 1998.
