Special Issue "Biodegradability of Materials"
QuicklinksA special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2009)
Special Issue Editors
Guest Editor
Prof. Dr. Vladimir P. Torchilin
Center for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology and Nanomedicine, Northeastern University, Mugar Hall, Room 312, 360 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Website: http://www.northeastern.edu/bouve/faculty/torchilin_v.html
E-Mail: v.torchilin@neu.edu
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
E-Mail: teramoto-n@sea.it-chiba.ac.jp
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
Special Issue Information
To protect environment, the biodegradable materials have great advantage. However, sometimes, for material stability, biodegradation is a problem, for example, the biomedical materials.
Related Special Issues in other Journals
- Biodegradability of Materials in the Int. J. Mol. Sci.
- 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 materials@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. Materials is an international peer-reviewed quarterly journal published by MDPI. Review manuscripts: Before writing their manuscripts, potential authors of review articles should forward the title and a short abstract to materials@mdpi.com. We will then provide feedback on the suitability of the topic.
Article Processing Charges (APC)
Article Processing Charges (APC) will be waived for well prepared manuscripts of invited papers. For the first two volumes of this new journal the APC are of 300 CHF (or 550 CHF per paper for those papers that require extensive additional formatting and/or English corrections).
Keywords
biodegradable polymers, organics or materials
Published Papers (6 papers)
  Materials 2009, 2(1), 76-94; doi:10.3390/ma2010076
Received: 6 February 2009; in revised form: 19 February 2009 / Accepted: 20 February 2009 / Published: 23 February 2009
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Materials 2009, 2(1), 181-206; doi:10.3390/ma2010181
Received: 4 February 2009; in revised form: 5 March 2009 / Accepted: 12 March 2009 / Published: 16 March 2009
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Biodegradable Polymers
Materials 2009, 2(2), 307-344; doi:10.3390/ma2020307
Received: 25 February 2009; in revised form: 25 March 2009 / Accepted: 30 March 2009 / Published: 1 April 2009
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Materials 2009, 2(2), 353-373; doi:10.3390/ma2020353
Received: 28 February 2009; in revised form: 3 April 2009 / Accepted: 9 April 2009 / Published: 16 April 2009
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Materials 2009, 2(3), 911-925; doi:10.3390/ma2030911
Received: 25 July 2009; in revised form: 3 August 2009 / Accepted: 6 August 2009 / Published: 10 August 2009
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Materials 2009, 2(3), 1104-1126; doi:10.3390/ma2031104
Received: 15 July 2009; in revised form: 19 August 2009 / Accepted: 24 August 2009 / Published: 28 August 2009
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Last update: 10 June 2010