Fiber Materials in Biomedicine: Molecular Research and Advanced Applications
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2025 | Viewed by 385
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymer chemistry; synthesis and modification of polymers; antimicrobial polymers; active surfaces; material characterization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is devoted to all aspects of natural and synthetic fiber, e.g., metallic, carbon, glass, and polymeric, development and improvement. Fibers, being longer than they are wide, can be tunable and also fabricated using different strategies of material manufacturing technology, such as micro-extrusion, wet-spinning, electrospinning, printing, and others.
These materials are commonly used as fillers or reinforcers of composite materials in different areas. In addition, they can be used as the main components in sanitation and biomedicine, i.e., as scaffolds, and in wound dressing, drug delivery, etc. The selection of materials for these applications also depends on many other features, including bioactivity, moisture retention, mechanical properties, and porous size, among others.
Having in mind the scientific community’s growing interest in this area, we encourage the submission of all types of manuscripts, including original articles, reviews, and short communications, focusing on the latest studies on fiber materials for biomedical purposes, and that also consider molecular aspects.
Dr. Marta Fernández-García
Dr. Rosa Barranco-García
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- fibers
- processing
- natural
- synthetic
- materials
- biomedicine
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