Nanostructured Porous Silicon Containers as Drug Carriers

The possibilities of using porous silicon nanostructured containers as drug carriers are considered. The main design principles of the nanocontainers and the possibility of using pore surface modification to achieve the optimal regimes of drug loading and controlled in vivo drug release are formulated. Results from studies devoted to the application of porous silica containers are presented. The main prospects and research tasks in this field are related to reducing the object size, increasing the biocompatibility, increasing the drug loading volume, and achieving the optimal drug release kinetics.