Special Issue "Biodegradability of Materials"

Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Vladimir P. Torchilin
Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Northeastern University, Mugar Building, Room 312, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Website: http://www.northeastern.edu/bouve/faculty/torchilin_v.html
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Editorial Advisor
Dr. Naozumi Teramoto
Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Chiba Institute of Technology 2-17-1, Tsudanuma, Narashino, Chiba 275-0016, Japan
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Phone: +81 47 478 0406
Fax: +81 47 478 0439
Interests: biomaterial; bio-based polymer; bioplastics; biodegradable polymer; biopolymer; composite material comprising a polymer matrix

To protect environment, the biodegradable materials have great advantages. However, sometimes, for material stability, biodegradation is a problem, for example, the biomedical materials.

Related Special Issues in other Journals

• Biodegradability of Materials in Materials
• Biodegradability and Environmental Sciences in the Int. J. Environ. Res. Pub. Health
• Biodegradation: Organic, Medicinal and Analytical Chemistry in Molecules

Submission

All papers should be submitted to ijms@mdpi.com. To be published continuously until the deadline and papers will be listed together at the special issue website.

Submitted papers should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers are refereed through a peer-review process. A guide for authors is available on the Instructions for Authors page. The International Journal of Molecular Sciences is an international peer-reviewed monthly journal published by MDPI.

Open Access publication fees are 800 CHF per paper. English correction fees and/or formatting fees (250 CHF) will be added in certain cases (1050 CHF per paper for those papers that require extensive additional formatting and/or English corrections).

biodegradable polymers, organics and materials