Advances in Micro- and Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Nanoscience".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 February 2025 | Viewed by 2881
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nanomaterials; dendrimers; macromolecules; hydrogels for biomedical and environmental applications; resins; polymeric drug delivery systems; organic synthesis; antibacterial and/or antitumor cationic macromolecules; solubilizing agents; cationic bola-amphiphiles
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Dear Colleagues,
Materials for biomedical applications, also called biomaterials, are substances that are engineered to be applied as medical devices or components thereof, and they should be suitable for long-term contact with biological constituents. Biomaterials include protheses, reconstituted tissues, intravenous catheters, sutures, and needles. Additionally, they can be designed for use in tissue engineering, for the transport and target delivery of drugs, as genetic materials (gene therapy), or as diagnostic tools. Currently, biomaterials are usually used for the treatment of illnesses or wounds, and materials of biological importance have been developed in the recent past to work beside natural tissues or as an artificial organ in the human body. Such materials can be of synthetic or natural genesis and are differentiated into several types based on their chemical, physical, mechanical, and, most importantly, their biological properties. Biocompatibility and biodegradability are the essential features of any biomaterial finalized for biomedical applications and should not have any side effects when used on a host body. In this regard, the research is greatly focused on developing methods to create naturally sourced biomaterials as they are biodegradable and mainly ecofriendly. The most used materials of biomedical importance include ceramics, metallic materials, biocomposites, synthetic biopolymers, and dendrimers.
The scope of this Special Issue covers the wide range of physical, biological, and chemical sciences that underpin the design of biomaterials and the clinical disciplines in which they are used. These sciences include polymer synthesis and characterization, drug and gene vector design, the biology of the host response, immunology and toxicology, and self-assembly at the nanoscale. Clinical applications include the therapies of medical technology and regenerative medicine in all clinical disciplines, and diagnostic systems that rely on innovative contrast and sensing agents. This Special Issue is relevant to areas such as cancer diagnosis and therapy, implantable devices, drug delivery systems, gene vectors, bio-nanotechnology, and tissue engineering.
Prof. Dr. Silvana Alfei
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biomaterials
- medical applications
- natural and synthetic polymers
- tissue engineering
- hydrogels
- bone cement
- drug delivery systems
- dendrimers
- micro- and nanocomposites
- nanotechnology
- bioceramics
- biopharmaceutics
- biosensing
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