“…Thus, during the past half a century, on the one hand, more and more types of materials (including natural polymers, synthesis polymers, phospholipid, surfactants, and even inorganic materials) have been tried as new drug carriers for adjusting the drug release performances [ 14 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 18 ]. Among them, polymeric excipients are the main stream [ 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 ]. On the other hand, new materials processing and treatment methods, particularly nanotechnologies, are continuously explored for encapsulating drugs into pharmaceutical excipients for increasing their therapeutic effects [ 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 ].…”