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Polymer Matrices for Controlled and Targeted Drug Delivery
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Abstract
Polymer matrices have proven to be highly efficient drug carriers due to their customisable physicochemical characteristics, biocompatibility and potential to control therapeutic release. They allow loading of drugs into a biodegradable or non-biodegradable polymeric matrix for sustained, targeted and stimuli-controlled release. This chapter reviews controlled and targeted drug delivery by polymer matrices, fabrication technologies such as solvent casting, electrospinning, nanoparticle precipitation and gelation, smart matrices responsive to pH, temperature, enzymes, magnetic fields and electric potentials, and applications across oral, transdermal, ocular, injectable and implantable routes.
Polymer matricesControlled drug deliveryTargeted therapeuticsBiodegradable polymersStimuli-responsive systems
Author Affiliations
- 1 Pharmacy Academy, Faculty of Pharmacy, IFTM University, Moradabad-244102, Uttar Pradesh, India.
- 2 School of Biotechnology, IFTM University, Moradabad-244102, Uttar Pradesh, India.
- 3 Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (SPER), Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi-110062, India.
How to Cite this Chapter
Diksha, Kumar, P., Hasan, I., Hussain, Z., & Verma, N. (2026).
Polymer Matrices for Controlled and Targeted Drug Delivery. In A. P. Singh, A. Singh, P. Chahal, & P. Dhama (Eds.),
Biodegradable Polymers in Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering (pp. 83–105). WiseLeaf Scientific Ventures.
https://doi.org/10.66079/wiseleaf.biodegradable-polymers.2026