Thobakgale, Setumo LOmbinda-Lemboumba, SaturninMthunzi-Kufa, Patience2022-11-072022-11-072022-08Thobakgale, S.L., Ombinda-Lemboumba, S. & Mthunzi-Kufa, P. 2022. Chemical sensor nanotechnology in pharmaceutical drug research. <i>Nanomaterials.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/10204/125192079-4991doi: 10.3390/nano12152688http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12519The 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 healthrelated research.FulltextenChemical sensorsNanomaterialsPharmaceuticalsTherapeutic drugsArticleThobakgale, S. L., Ombinda-Lemboumba, S., & Mthunzi-Kufa, P. (2022). Chemical sensor nanotechnology in pharmaceutical drug research. <i>Nanomaterials</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12519Thobakgale, Setumo L, Saturnin Ombinda-Lemboumba, and Patience Mthunzi-Kufa "Chemical sensor nanotechnology in pharmaceutical drug research." <i>Nanomaterials</i> (2022) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12519Thobakgale SL, Ombinda-Lemboumba S, Mthunzi-Kufa P. Chemical sensor nanotechnology in pharmaceutical drug research. Nanomaterials. 2022; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12519.TY - Article AU - Thobakgale, Setumo L AU - Ombinda-Lemboumba, Saturnin AU - Mthunzi-Kufa, Patience AB - 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 healthrelated research. DA - 2022-08 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR J1 - Nanomaterials KW - Chemical sensors KW - Nanomaterials KW - Pharmaceuticals KW - Therapeutic drugs LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2022 SM - 2079-4991 T1 - Chemical sensor nanotechnology in pharmaceutical drug research TI - Chemical sensor nanotechnology in pharmaceutical drug research UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/12519 ER -26065