Synthetic/Nature Polymers in Bioengineering
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 June 2022) | Viewed by 2747
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Interests: chitosan; biocompatible polymers; biomaterials; biomedical applications; tissue engineering; drug delivery systems; regenerative medicine; wound healing; antimicrobial properties; cancer therapy
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, synthetic/nature polymers and polymeric assemblies have become important tools for biological sciences in interacting with biological moieties to improve the efficiency of therapeutics delivery, diagnostics, and biological assays.
For example, polymeric nanocomposites are used in the drug-carrier design, demonstrating their potential to be used in basic research and clinical medicine. Polymeric materials have distinguishing properties that make them widely used in a great variety of biomaterial applications in the medical and surgical fields, as well as drug delivery systems. Polymeric matrices serve as a vehicle to incorporate additives (flavor agents, colorants, antioxidants, antimicrobial substances). The development of new multifunctional materials through the addition of pharmacologic active agents is an innovative trend and main strategy in polymer science, with clear practical interest.
Innovative biocomposite formulations containing various compounds can complete the needs related to active packaging functions, such as food protection and preservation; new packaging characteristics such as improved mechanical, barrier, antioxidant, antimicrobial properties, and biological functions; protection to consumers’ health; marketing; smart communication to consumers; and environmental degradation, which can decrease pollution and generate a positive environmental impact and reduced waste generation.
In this Special Issue, we invite researchers to submit original research articles as well as review articles focusing on multiple issues about polymers, such as the obtaining, characterization, structure, and original aspects of polymeric matrix biocomposites for creating nanostructures; possibly revealing novel design technologies, advantages, disadvantages, and their various medical applications; harvesting, treatment & applications of natural polymers such as wool, silk or proteins.
Hot topics to be covered by the Special Issue include:
- Composite materials with polymer matrices
- Biocompatible polymers
- Biomaterials
- Nature polymers
- Advanced technologies of composite materials manufacturing
- Medical devices
- Drug delivery
- In vitro study
- Biocompatibility evaluation
- In vivo animal models
- Various applications of polymeric matrix composites
Prof. Dr. Liliana Mititelu-Tartau
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymer-matrix
- smart polymers
- biocomposites
- bio-hybrid systems
- advanced technologies
- drug delivery
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