Pore confinement and surface charge effects in protein-mesoporous silica nanoparticles formulation for oral drug delivery

The recent pharmaceutical interest toward confinement effects on the physical state, solubility and release of drugs has paved the way to new material designs for drug delivery. Deeper understanding on how the pore size or the additional functionalities of the nanocarriers can influence the bioavailability of the cargo is nonetheless needed to explore further the potential of nanocarriers in this area.