Smart Polymeric Nanoparticles for Applications in Nanomedicine
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 September 2020) | Viewed by 6435
Special Issue Editors
Interests: drug delivery; polymers; bioconjugation; imaging; biocatalysis
2. Department of Materials, ETH Zürich, HCI F531, Vladimir-Prelog-Weg 5, 8093 Zürich, Switzerland
Interests: polymer chemistry; nanomedicine; drug delivery; antimicrobial materials
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to submit your excellent work in the synthesis, characterisation and application of smart polymeric nanoparticles in nanomedicine to this special issue of Polymers.
Polymer chemists have significantly contributed to the field of nanomedicine by developing new synthesis methods to produce novel polymers and innovative self-assembly techniques (e.g., polymerization-induced self-assembly (PISA) or temperature-induced self-assembly (TMIT)) to prepare polymeric nanoparticles. Importantly, these polymeric nanoparticles can respond to stimuli (e.g., pH, temperature, light, magnetic field, reactive oxygen species (ROS), etc.) or self-degrade in a controlled manner to release therapeutics encapsulated (drugs, siRNA, mRNA, pDNA, protein, enzyme, etc.). These particles can also be functionalised with biomolecules and hence can target or bind to the targeted cells.
Despite the initial tremendous success of the field, polymeric nanoparticles are still far from perfect, and the majority of the nanoparticle systems developed have not been successfully translated to the clinic. Therefore, extra efforts from the polymer chemist community are urgently needed to develop better polymeric nanoparticles for a variety of clinical applications in nanomedicine.
This Special Issue aims to highlight outstanding work and review articles that will advance the field nanomedicine. All manuscripts reporting the novel synthesis, characterisation and application of smart polymeric nanoparticles and their hybrids (with inorganic nanomaterials, lipids, etc.) are welcome.
We look forward to receiving your high-quality manuscript.
Dr. Nghia P. Truong
Dr. Joaquin Sanchis Martinez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Nanoparticles
- Stimuli responsive, smart, hybrid, nanomedicine
- Drug delivery
- Diagnostics
- MRI
- Release
- Diseases
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