Nanobiopolymers in Medicine and Healthcare
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Nanotechnology and Applied Nanosciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 November 2021) | Viewed by 3915
Special Issue Editors
Interests: cancer biology; drug delivery; gene therapy; biopolymers
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The special issue on nanobiopolymers covers major areas of medicine and healthcare namely, nano-theranostics, drug delivery, nanophotosensitizers, nanocomposites for healthy food packaging, nanoneutraceuticals and sanitization. The section on medicine would emphasize innovative synthesis and application of specialized nanobiopolymers/composites which could serve as efficient and ‘safe’ agents for nano-theranostics (supraparamagnetic nanopolymers, SPIONS, gadolinium based, chitosan and PLGA based, conjugated fluorescent nanopolymers etc), drug/oil encapsulation (antimicrobial agents), drug delivery, photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy (non titania based), gene therapy (using advanced RNA techniques) and advanced orthopaedics (nanofibers, multidimensional nanostructures, PLGA, collagen and Hyaluronic acid based nano fibrous scaffolds, Bioglass based nanocomposites).
The section on healthcare includes nanoneutraceuticals, healthy food packaging and sanitization with a special emphasis on research/review which would be industry oriented. Nanoneutraceuticals is an emerging area under pharmaceuticals. These would include natural polymers or polymer functionalized natural compounds for applications in various fields like cancer therapeutics, allergies, poisoning, mental well being and child probiotics. Innovative articles on food packaging would thrust on nanocomposites with emphasis on water solubility, antibacterial and mechanical properties. Water and sanitization would comprise of research being conducted on specialized nanobiopolymers being more pH stable, reusable, possess least disposal issues and act against a wide spectra of pollutants responsible for water borne diseases.
The issue supports full length research articles, reviews, short communications and editorials.
Dr. Arindam Pramanik
Dr. Devlina Das Pramanik
Guest Editors
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