Advances in Biomaterials and Biopolymers

Dear Colleagues,

The aim of this Special Issue, “Advances in Biomaterials and Biopolymers“, is to cover the most important issues facing the use of biomaterials in clinical practice, which includes topics related to polymer synthesis and characterization,  drug-release systems design, regenerative medicine, and tissue engineering methods, followed by the evaluation of functional biomaterials and their biofunctional properties and the biological responses of the host.

Furthermore, in recent years there has been growing concern about the negative impacts of environmental pollution from fossil fuels and waste from petrochemical products. Therefore, a strong research focus on alternatives to petroleum-based products such as biopolymers and biobased polymers is observed. The urgent need for sustainable solutions drives the rapid development of scientific efforts for environmental and biomedical applications of biopolymers due to their wide range of chemical structures and modification possibilities, lability to degradation, nontoxicity, and biocompatibility. Therefore, this Special Issue is also covering issues related to the properties of biopolymers, their syntheses routes, processing and modification methods, as well as the possibilities of their application, with emphasis on the biomedical field.

Dr. Joanna Mystkowska
Dr. Magdalena Mazurek-Budzyńska
Guest Editors

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