Polymers for Drug Release and Drug Delivery
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2023) | Viewed by 6386
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymers are versatile materials, widely applied in medicine. Even though many applications are devices, tubing, and implants, the importance of polymers for the delivery of drugs cannot be highlighted enough. Ranging from polymer therapeutics and nanomedicine to vaccines and wound healing, polymers are either directly involved, such as macromolecular drugs, or are used as a carrier or drug storage, such as in capsules or hydrogels, or even used to modify the release of drugs in tablets. Materials used for drug delivery range from synthetic, including biobased, materials, to natural polymers, offering different approaches to a common goal.
For this Special Issue, we invite you to present your research on this highly interesting topic, may it focus on the synthesis of polymers or go more into detail about the release or delivery of drugs.
Dr. Helena Henke
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymers
- drug delivery
- drug release
- medical applications
- nanomedicine
- drug carriers
- polymer therapeutics
- polymer synthesis
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