Usage of Biopolymers in Medical Applications
A special issue of Journal of Functional Biomaterials (ISSN 2079-4983). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials and Devices for Healthcare Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2023) | Viewed by 3698
Special Issue Editor
Interests: drug delivery; polymer synthesis; thermal degradation; release rate; membrane transfer
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Dear Colleagues,
I would like to invite you to contribute to Special Issue “Usage of Biopolymers in Medical Applications”.
Organic or inorganic, synthetic or natural polymers are often used in medical applications such as heart valves, artificial skin and kidney, drug delivery systems, bone prostheses, dental adhesives etc. Due to their versatility and other many properties, like haemocompatibility and biodegradability, an increasing number of polymers and copolymers find their applicability in various medical fields in the last decades. The development of biopolymers is nowaday at an enhanced level and the science will not stop here; a good colaboration between the developers of computational models, the synthesists, the researchers who are involved in the physical and mechanical characterization of materials and those interested in the citotoxicity of samples is necessary in order to realize better materials. The present issue aims to gather research and review papers where the attention paid to polymer-based biomaterials and their impact in different medical fields is efficiently integrated.
This Special Issue invites researchers and experts from all over the world to submit original research and reviews on the biopolymers that will bring important data, thus creating databases of great importance for the medical applications. You may send your manuscript, that will be processed on a rolling basis as they are received. We also encourage authors to send a short abstract and tentative title to the Editorial Office in advance ([email protected]).
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We look forward to collaborating with you in near future.
Dr. Florin Borcan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- drug carrier
- nanocapsules
- nanostructures
- macromolecule
- prostheses
- adhesives
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