Table of Contents

1. Nanostructures and their associated challenges for drug delivery
2. Characterization techniques of hybrid drug delivery systems
3. Hybrid drug nanocrystals for drug delivery
4. Hybrid nanogel systems for drug delivery
5. Polymer-lipid hybrid nanostructures for drug delivery
6. Hybrid chitosan-based drug delivery systems for drug delivery
7. Hybrid polymer–metal composites for drug delivery
8. Hybrid protein-inorganic nanoparticles for drug delivery
9. Silica based hybrid systems for drug delivery
10. Dendrimer nanohybrid systems for drug delivery
11. Bioactive hybrid nanowires for drug delivery
12. Hybrid carbon-based materials for drug delivery
13. Quantum dots hybrid systems for drug delivery
14. Strengths, limitations and regulatory aspects of hybrid drug delivery systems
15. Recent advances and future prospective of hybrid drug delivery systems

About the Author

Dr. Prashant Kesharwani is assistant professor of Pharmaceutics at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India. He has more than 12 years of teaching, research, and industrial experience at international levels from various countries, including the United States, Malaysia, and India. An overarching goal of his current research is the development of nanoengineered drug delivery systems for various diseases. He has more than 350 international publications in well-reputed journals and more than 25 international books (Elsevier). He is a recipient of many research grants from various funding bodies. He is also the recipient of several internationally acclaimed awards, such as “USERN Laureate award”, most prestigious “SERB-Ramanujan Fellowship Award”. He actively participates in outreach and scientific dissemination for the service of the wider community. His Number of citations is = 26779; h-index = 85; i-10 index = 370 (According to google scholar on March 2025). He has more than 30 international publications published in very high impact factor journals (Progress in Polymer Sciences IF 32.063, Molecular Sciences IF 41.444, Progress in Material Sciences IF 48.580, Advanced Materials IF 29.4, Drug Resistance Update IF 22.841 and Material Todays IF 32.072). He has presented many invited talks and oral presentations at prestigious scientific peer-conferences, received international acclaims and awards for research contribution, supervised students/junior researchers and actively participated in outreach and scientific dissemination for the service of the wider community.

Prof. N.K. Jain is an internationally renowned academician and researcher and a senior professor in India who superannuated in June 2014 after rendering more than 40 years of dedicated and distinguished service as a teacher and 25 years as full professor. Prof. Jain is the author of two dozen celebrated books in pharmaceutical sciences in India and has contributed several chapters in national and international books. He has to his credit over 480 publications in reputed pharmaceutical Journals and has supervised 55 PhD and 141 M. Pharm. candidates. He has been a reviewer for several international and national research journals. Professor Jain’s current research interests include various aspects of controlled, novel and targeted drug delivery; nanotechnology and nanomedicine and he is globally known for his excellent research in the field of hydrotropic solubilization, resealed erythrocytes-based drug delivery and dendrimer drug delivery. Currently he is exploring the pharmaceutical potential of Carbon Nanotubes and Quantum Dots. Recently he has also contributed two chapters on international books.