Smart Polymers for Delivery of Bioactive Molecules
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Medicinal Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2019) | Viewed by 4010
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biopolymers; drug delivery; nanomedicine; stimuli responsive polymers; 3D printing; monolithic matrices; translational neuromaterials; pharmaceutics
Interests: drug delivery; biomaterials; nanomedicine; computational pharmaceutics; neurotherapeutics; polymers; 3D bioprinting; pharmaceutics; pharmaceutical formulation; targeted drug therapy; ocular drug delivery; colloidal systems; tissue engineering; infectious diseases; oncology; HIV; tuberculosis; STIs; malaria; wound healing; protein/peptide therapeutics; nucleic acid delivery systems
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Interests: biomaterials; drug delivery; nanomedicine; stimuli responsive polymers; regenerative medicine; tissue engineering; molecular modelling; translational neuromaterials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Smart polymers are specialized macromolecules with an ability to respond to slight changes in environmental conditions, such as pH, temperature, chemical stimuli, ionic strength, illumination, electric/magnetic stimulation, enzymes, mechanical stress, pressure, and even hydration. The stimuli-responsive and/or -reversible nature of these intelligent polymers has been employed in several biomedical applications, including bioactive delivery and regenerative medicine. Typical examples include site specific oral drug delivery (pH, ion, and enzyme), injectable depot implants (temperature, oxidative stress), or externally modulated on and off bioactive delivery (electric, magnetic, light, stress). This Special Issue will be focused on collecting state-of-the-art reviews, research articles, and concept papers highlighting latest advances in the related topics and will provide a platform for bridging the gap between new intelligent polymers and their potential application in bioactive delivery. Interesting topics covering design and synthesis of novel smart polymers, repurposing of known polymers for potential stimuli responsiveness, characterization of their engineered structures, and related molecular simulations are welcome.
Prof. Viness Pillay
Prof. Yahya E. Choonara
Dr. Pradeep Kumar
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Stimuli responsive polymers
- Thermo-sensitive drug delivery
- pH-sensitive polymers for oral drug delivery
- Shape-memory polymers
- Smart hydrogels
- On and off bioactive delivery
- Electroactive gels
- Phase separation
- 3D printing
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