<p>Part One: Introduction<br>1. Historical development of drug delivery systems: From conventional macroscale to controlled, targeted, and responsive nanoscale systems<br>2. Stimuli-responsive polymers as smart drug delivery systems: Classifications based on carrier type and triggered-release mechanism</p> <p>Part Two: Endogenous and exogenous stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems<br>3 The smart chemistry of stimuli-responsive polymeric carriers for target drug delivery applications<br>4. Enzyme-responsive polymers for drug delivery and molecular imaging<br>5. pH-responsive polymers for drug delivery applications<br>6. Magnetically responsive polymers for drug delivery applications</p> <p>Part Three: Polymeric nanocarriers for stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems<br>7. Responsive block copolymers for drug delivery applications. Part 1: Endogenous stimuli-responsive drug-release systems<br>8. Responsive block copolymers for drug delivery applications. Part 2: Exogenous stimuli-responsive drug-release systems<br>9. Responsive polyelectrolyte multilayer nanofilms for drug delivery applications<br>10. Responsive polyelectrolyte complexes based on natural polysaccharides for drug delivery applications<br>11. Responsive polymer nanoparticles for drug delivery applications<br>12. Stimulus-responsive nanogels for drug delivery<br>13. Stimuli-responsive polymeric hydrogels and nanogels for drug delivery applications</p> <p>Part Four: Biopolymer and biodegradable nanocarriers for stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems<br>14. Bioinspired polymeric carriers for drug delivery applications<br>15. Stimuli-responsive biopolymer nanocarriers for drug delivery applications<br>16. Responsive polymer-biomacromolecule conjugates for drug delivery<br>17. Responsive biopolymer-based microgels/nanogels for drug delivery applications<br>18. Stimuli-responsive poly(ε-caprolactone)s for drug delivery applications<br>19. Responsive polysaccharides and polysaccharides-based nanoparticles for drug delivery <br>20. Responsive cyclodextrins as polymeric carriers for drug delivery applications<br>21. Chitosan as responsive polymer for drug delivery applications<br>22. Biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoates nanocarriers for drug delivery applications<br>23. Biodegradable polymeric micelles for drug delivery applications</p>