Lipid Nanocarriers for Drug Targeting presents recent advances in the area of lipid nanocarriers. The book focuses on cationic lipid nanocarriers, solid lipid nanocarriers, liposomes, thermosensitive vesicles, and cubosomes, with applications in phototherapy, cosmetic and others. As the first book related to lipid nanocarriers and their direct implication in pharmaceutical nanotechnology, this important reference resource is ideal for biomaterials scientists and those working in the medical and pharmaceutical industries that want to learn more on how lipids can be used to create more effective drug delivery systems.

1. Nanostructured lipid carriers2. Cationic Solid Lipid Nano Particles3. Solid Lipid Nanoparticles (SLN): Fabrication methods, Characterization Techniques and in vitro- in vivo study4. Lipid nanocarriers: Preparation, characterization, absorption mechanism and applications to improve oral bioavailability of poorly water-soluble drugs5. Phytotherapic Nanotechnology: Current challenges of lipid based nanocarriers for the delivery of natural products6. Innovative vesicles for dermal and transdermal drug delivery7. A Critical Review on Oral Delivery of Liposomes8. Using bacterial outer membrane nanovesicles in vaccine design9. Lipid nanocarriers as skin drug delivery systems10. Thermosensitive Vesicles in Controlled Drug Delivery11. Cubosomes as a lipid nanocarrier for delivery of anticancer agents12. Plasmid-DNA Lipid Nanovaccines: An Innovative Approach for a Better World Health13. Ocular delivery of solid lipid nanoparticles14. Self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery systems (SNEDDS) and self-microemulsifying drug delivery systems (SMEDDS) as lipid nanocarriers for improving dissolution rate and bioavailability of poorly soluble drugs15. Cosmetic lipid nanocarriers16. Lipid based nanocarriers: A Translational Perspective17. Lipid nanocarriers as innovative drug delivery applied to noninvasive administration routes18. Lipid nanoparticles for topical and transdermal delivery of pharmaceuticals and cosmeceuticals: A glorious victory