Section 1: Introduction and fundamentals 1. Ionotropic cross-linking of biopolymers: Basics and mechanism 2. Fundamentals and applications of ionic biopolymers 3. Ionic biopolysaccharides and their uses in ionotropically cross-linked hydrogels for controlled drug delivery 4. Ionotropic cross-linking methods of different types of biopolymeric hydrogels 5. Ionotropic gelation in advanced drug delivery Section 2: Ionotropically cross-linked biopolymers 6. Ionotropically cross-linked alginate-based systems in drug delivery 7. Ionotropically cross-linked pectinate-based systems for drug delivery 8.
Ionotropically cross-linked carboxymethyl cellulose-based systems for drug delivery 9. Ionotropically cross-linked gellan gum-based matrices in drug delivery 10. Ionotropically cross-linked chitosan-based drug delivery systems 11. Ionotropically cross-linked carboxymethylated gums-based systems in drug delivery 12. Plant polysaccharides-blended ionotropically cross-linked biopolymeric matrices for sustained drug release 13. Synthetic polymers-blended ionotropically cross-linked biopolymeric matrices for sustained drug release Section 3: Ionotropically cross-linked biopolymeric systems 14. Ionotropically cross-linked polymeric nanoparticles for drug delivery 15. Ionotropically cross-linked polymeric microparticles for drug delivery 16.
Ionotropically cross-linked polymeric beads for drug delivery 17. Clay-reinforced ionotropically cross-linked biopolymeric matrices for drug release 18. Ceramics-reinforced ionotropically cross-linked biopolymeric matrices for drug release 19. Ionotropically cross-linked interpenetrated polymeric networks for drug delivery 20. Ionotropically cross-linked biopolymeric polyelectrolyte complex matrices for drug delivery 21. Ionotropically cross-linked drug delivery carriers made of grafted biopolymers Section 4: Specific drug delivery applications 22. Ionotropically cross-linked buoyant polymeric matrices for gastroretentive drug delivery 23. Ionotropically cross-linked polymeric matrices for colon-specific drug delivery 24.
Ionotropically cross-linked polymeric particulates in mucoadhesive drug delivery 25. Ionotropically cross-linked biopolymeric carriers for protein and peptide drug delivery 26. Applications of ionotropic cross-linking of biopolymers in cell delivery 27. Ionotropic cross-linking of biopolymers for drug delivery in wound management 28. Ionotropic cross-linking of biopolymers for drug delivery in tissue engineering 29. Future perspectives, challenges, and opportunities of ionotropic cross-linking of biopolymers in drug delivery.