JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD

Course Objectives

To develop expertise regarding suitability and evaluation of nanomaterials, able

to apply the properties to the fabrication of nanopharmaceutical, evaluate the intensity of dosage forms and availability for targeting and controlled delivery.

Course Outcomes

The students should be able to select the right kind of materials, able to develop

nano formulations with appropriate technologies, evaluate the product related test and for identified diseases

UNIT - I

Introduction to Nanotechnology

• a. Definition of nanotechnology
• b. History of nanotechnology
• c. Unique properties of nanomaterials
• d. Classification of nanomaterials .

UNIT - II

Synthesis of Nanomaterials Methods for synthesis of:

• a. Gold nanoparticles
• b. Magnetic nanoparticles
• c. Polymeric nanoparticles
• d. Self – assembly structures such as liposomes, Niosomes, micelles, aquasomes and nanoemulsions

UNIT - III

Biomedical applications of Nanotechnology

• a. Nanotechnology products used for in vitro diagnostics
• b. Applications in imaging and targeting.

UNIT - IV

Design of nanomaterials for drug delivery, pulmonary, nasal drug delivery, cardiovascular diseases and localized drug delivery systems.

UNIT - V

Characterization, drug release and stability studies of nanomaterials

Recommended Books (Latest Editions):

• 1. Nanomedicine and Nanoproducts: Applications, Disposition and Toxicology in the Human body, Eiki Igarashi, CRC press. 2015
• 2. Nanotechnology and Drug Delivery Volume one and two: Nanoplatforms in Drug Delivery, Jose L. Arias, CRC press
• 3. Nano: The Essentials: Understanding Nanosicence and Nanotechnology, T. Pradeep, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited, New Delhi, 2008.
• 4. Nanocrystals: Synthesis, Properties and Applications, C. N. R. Rao, P.J. Thomas and G.U. Kulakarni, Springer (2007)
• 5. Nanostructures and Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties and Application, Guozhong Gao, Imperial College Press (2004) R17 B. PHARMACY IV YEAR
• 6. Nano chemistry: A Classical Approach to Nanomaterials – Royal Society for Chemistry, Cambridge, UK (2005)
• 7. Nanocomposite science and technology, pulickel M. Ajayan, Linda S. Schadler, paul V. Braun, Wiley-VCH Verlag, Weiheim (2003)
• 8. Nanoscale materials in chemistry, Edited by Kenneth J. Klabunde, John Wiley & Sons, 2009
• 9. Nanoparticles as Drug carriers, Vladimir P Torchiling, Imperial College Press, USA, 2006
• 10. Introduction to Nano Science and Technologies, Ankaneyulu Yerramilli, BS Publications. 2016 R17 B. PHARMACY IV YEAR