Nanocosmetics and Nanomedicines, 2011
New Approaches for Skin Care

Part A: Fundamentals of skin delivery.- Transport of substances and nanoparticles across the skin and in vitro models to evaluate skin permeation and/or penetration.- Rheological behavior of semisolid formulations containing nanostructured systems

Part B: Nanocarriers for skin care and dermatological treatments.- Polymeric Nanocapsules: concepts and applications.- Topical application of nanostructures: solid lipid, polymeric and metallic nanoparticles.- Lipid nanoparticles as carriers for cosmetic ingredients: the first (SLN) and the second generation (NLC).- Industrial Production of Polymeric Nanoparticles: Alternatives and Economic Analysis.- Elastic Liposomes.- Chitosan as stabilizer and carrier of natural based nanostructures

Part C: Applications of nanocosmetics and nanomedicines for skin treatments.- Performance of elastic liposomes for topical treatment of cutaneous leishmaniasis.- Druggable targets for skin photoaging: potential application of nanocosmetics and nanomedicine.- Nanomedicine: Potential killing of cancercells using nanoparticles.- Zebrafish as a suitable model for evaluating nanocosmetics and nanomedicines.- Nitric oxide-releasing nanomaterials and skin care.- Nanocarriers and Cancer Therapy: approaches to topical and transdermal delivery.- Nanocarriers to deliver photosensitizers in topical photodynamic therapy and photodiagnostics.- Production of nanofibers by electrospinning technology: overview and application in cosmetics.- Nanosized and Nanoencapsulated Sunscreens

Adriana Raffin Pohlmann is Associate Professor II at the Department of Organic Chemistry in the Institute of Chemistry of UFRGS. She received her PhD in Therapeutic Chemistry at the University of Paris V, France, in 1997. Her main research is focused on the organic chemistry applied to drug nanocarriers, including polymeric nanocapsules and nanospheres, with the view of understanding and controlling their sizes, shape, surface and physico-chemical properties. She was the Vice-Director of one of the Brazilian National Nanotechnology Network (Nanocosmetics Network), and Coordinator of a collaborative IBSA project between India, Brazil and South Africa both supported by the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology. She has published more than 100 research papers, 1 book and 5 book chapters, and 4 patents. She is member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology. She is Ad-hoc reviewer for more than 20 Scientific Journals and for National and State Agencies to support scientific research. She is a member of the Brazilian Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists (ABCF) and the Brazilian Chemical Society (SBQ).

Sílvia Stanisçuaski Guterres is a Professor of Pharmaceutical Technology in the College of Pharmacy at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, since 1989. She received her PhD in Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology from the University of Paris XI, France, in 1995. Her main research is focused on the development, physicochemical characterization and biological applications of innovative nanocarriers aiming at drug delivery via oral, cutaneous and parenteral routes. She is the Director of one of the Brazilian National Nanotechnology Network (Nanocosmetics Network), supported by the Brazilian Ministry of Science and Technology. She is the Coordinator of a collaborative project between France (Université de Paris-Sud, Professor Elias Fattal) and Brazil (UFRGS) for Nanotechnolgy (CAPES/COFECUB 540-2005)

First book on the subject "nanocosmetics".

Authors belong to the "Brazilian Nanocosmetics Network" and have been working on this subject in the last decade.

The book includes recent advances on the application of nanotechnology to treat skin disorders, such as treatment of skin cancer, cutaneous leishmaniasis and to develop new sunscreen alternatives.