Chemical Sensor Nanotechnology in Pharmaceutical Drug Research
The increase in demand for pharmaceutical treatments due to pandemic-related illnesses has created a need for improved quality control in drug manufacturing. Understanding the physical, biological, and chemical properties of APIs is an important area of health-related research. As such, research int...
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| author | Lebogang Thobakgale Saturnin Ombinda-Lemboumba Patience Mthunzi-Kufa |
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| description | The increase in demand for pharmaceutical treatments due to pandemic-related illnesses has created a need for improved quality control in drug manufacturing. Understanding the physical, biological, and chemical properties of APIs is an important area of health-related research. As such, research into enhanced chemical sensing and analysis of pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for drug development, delivery and monitoring has become immensely popular in the nanotechnology space. Nanomaterial-based chemical sensors have been used to detect and analyze APIs related to the treatment of various illnesses pre and post administration. Furthermore, electrical and optical techniques are often coupled with nano-chemical sensors to produce data for various applications which relate to the efficiencies of the APIs. In this review, we focus on the latest nanotechnology applied to probing the chemical and biochemical properties of pharmaceutical drugs, placing specific interest on several types of nanomaterial-based chemical sensors, their characteristics, detection methods, and applications. This study offers insight into the progress in drug development and monitoring research for designing improved quality control methods for pharmaceutical and health-related research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6cd8cf3b9c6c4b098f3bf9635aaff2562023-11-30T22:43:06ZengMDPI AGNanomaterials2079-49912022-08-011215268810.3390/nano12152688Chemical Sensor Nanotechnology in Pharmaceutical Drug ResearchLebogang Thobakgale0Saturnin Ombinda-Lemboumba1Patience Mthunzi-Kufa2National Laser Centre, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, P.O. Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South AfricaNational Laser Centre, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, P.O. Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South AfricaNational Laser Centre, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, P.O. Box 395, Pretoria 0001, South AfricaThe increase in demand for pharmaceutical treatments due to pandemic-related illnesses has created a need for improved quality control in drug manufacturing. Understanding the physical, biological, and chemical properties of APIs is an important area of health-related research. As such, research into enhanced chemical sensing and analysis of pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) for drug development, delivery and monitoring has become immensely popular in the nanotechnology space. Nanomaterial-based chemical sensors have been used to detect and analyze APIs related to the treatment of various illnesses pre and post administration. Furthermore, electrical and optical techniques are often coupled with nano-chemical sensors to produce data for various applications which relate to the efficiencies of the APIs. In this review, we focus on the latest nanotechnology applied to probing the chemical and biochemical properties of pharmaceutical drugs, placing specific interest on several types of nanomaterial-based chemical sensors, their characteristics, detection methods, and applications. This study offers insight into the progress in drug development and monitoring research for designing improved quality control methods for pharmaceutical and health-related research.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-4991/12/15/2688chemical sensorsnanomaterialsdetectionpharmaceuticalstherapeutic drugs |
| spellingShingle | Lebogang Thobakgale Saturnin Ombinda-Lemboumba Patience Mthunzi-Kufa Chemical Sensor Nanotechnology in Pharmaceutical Drug Research Nanomaterials chemical sensors nanomaterials detection pharmaceuticals therapeutic drugs |
| title | Chemical Sensor Nanotechnology in Pharmaceutical Drug Research |
| title_full | Chemical Sensor Nanotechnology in Pharmaceutical Drug Research |
| title_fullStr | Chemical Sensor Nanotechnology in Pharmaceutical Drug Research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Chemical Sensor Nanotechnology in Pharmaceutical Drug Research |
| title_short | Chemical Sensor Nanotechnology in Pharmaceutical Drug Research |
| title_sort | chemical sensor nanotechnology in pharmaceutical drug research |
| topic | chemical sensors nanomaterials detection pharmaceuticals therapeutic drugs |
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