Biodegradable Natural and Synthetic Polymers for Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 June 2022) | Viewed by 332
Special Issue Editors
Interests: drug delivery; polymer nanoparticles; microspheres; biodegradable polymers; thermosensitive hydrogel; 3D bioprinting; tissue regeneration
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Interests: biodegradable polymers; micro- and nano-particulate systems; 3D scaffolds; medical device; polymer degradation; 3D bioprinting; electrospinning; tissue engineering; wound healing
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biodegradable polymers of both natural and synthetic origin are important and appealing biomaterials for researchers due to the ease of tuning their chemical, physical, and biological properties for the target devices. For this reason, they have been extensively used for a variety of biomedical applications, including pharmaceutical formulation, drug targeting, imagining, drug delivery, and tissue engineering scaffolds. Several characterization methodologies are available to assess both polymer excipients and the final preparation, which allows us to understand their in vivo performance.
The aim of this Special Issue is to cover new research topics related to the biomedical application of biodegradable polymers, highlighting the main advances in biomedical devices development of the last decade. Special attention has been paid to polymers, polymer derivatives, blends, or copolymers used to exploit their favorable characteristics for the manufacturing of smart biomedical products.
Studies on synthesis, characterization, degradation mechanism, shape memory effect, and the stimuli-responsive functionalization of biodegradable polymers, as well as innovative biodegradable device manufacturing, are within the scope of this Special Issue.
Researchers are cordially invited to contribute with original research and review articles to this Special Issue to give an overview of the current trends in the development of biodegradable products for biomedical purposes.
Prof. Dr. Ida Genta
Dr. Rossella Dorati
Dr. Enrica Chiesa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- chemical modification of biodegradable polymers
- shape memory polymers
- stimuli-responsive polymers
- drug delivery systems
- tissue engineering
- imaging
- nanotechnology
