International Journal of Molecular Sciences — Section Editors

TIMC-IMAG laboratory, Domaine de la Merci, 38706 La Tronche Cedex, France
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Interests: silicone, rubber, soft tissues, mechanics, constitutive equations, biomechanics

Analytical Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Department, Faculty of Sciences, Alcalá University, Alcalá de Henares, Spain
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Interests: nanomaterials; polymers; nanocomposites; inorganic nanoparticles; antibacterial agents; surfactants; interphases
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Nanomaterials: Antibacterial Activity of Nanomaterials
Special Issue in Polymers: Nanoparticle-Reinforced Polymers
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Synthesis and Applications of Biopolymer Composites
Special Issue in Polymers: Antimicrobial Polymer-Based Materials for Food Packaging Applications
Special Issue in Nanomaterials: Selected Papers from the 1st International Online Conference on Nanomaterials
Special Issue in Nanomaterials: Recent Progress in Antimicrobial Nanomaterials
Special Issue in Polymers: Carbon-Based Polymer Nanocomposites for High-Performance Applications
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Carbon-Based Nanomaterials

Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Interests: biomaterials; bionanotechnoogy; tissue engineering; drug delivery; nanomedicine; bionanocomposites
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Molecules: Chitosan-Based Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Nanomaterials for Tissue Engineering Applications

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Molecular & Cellular Biosciences, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ 08028, USA
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Interests: polymer; biomaterials; biomacromolecules; regenerative medicine; drug delivery; nanotechnology
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Journal of Functional Biomaterials: Silk Proteins for Biomedical Applications
Special Issue in Polymers: Protein Biopolymer
Special Issue in Polymers: Thermal Properties and Applications of Polymers
Special Issue in Polymers: Thermal Properties and Applications of Polymers II
Special Issue in Polymers: Protein Biopolymer II

Kaneka Co., Ltd, 5-1-1 Torikai-Nishi, Settsu, Osaka 566-0072 Japan
Tel. +81-72-653-8333
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Interests: chemical modification of chitin and chitosan and their biomedical applications; biodegradable polymer; bio-based polymer
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Materials: Chitins
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Chitins
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Advances in Marine Chitin and Chitosan
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Chitins 2015
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Advances in Marine Chitin and Chitosan II, 2017
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Chitins 2016
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Marine Biodegradable Polymers
Special Issue in Marine Drugs: Marine Chitin
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Chitins 2018

Department of Chemistry, University “La Sapienza”, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy
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Interests: antimicrobial polymers; polyurethanes; drug delivery systems; functionalization of polymers; microbial biofilms; nanocomposites
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Antimicrobial Polymers 2016
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Polymeric Systems as Antimicrobial or Antifouling Agents
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Chitosan Functionalizations, Formulations and Composites

Department of Chemistry, Sapienza, University of Rome, Piazzale A. Moro 5, 00185, Rome, Italy
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Interests: antimicrobial polymers; polyurethanes; drug delivery systems; functionalization of polymers; microbial biofilms; nanocomposites
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Antimicrobial Polymers
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Antimicrobial Polymers 2016
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Polymeric Systems as Antimicrobial or Antifouling Agents
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Chitosan Functionalizations, Formulations and Composites

Department of Chemistry, 710 North Pleasant St., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 USA
Fax: +1 413 545 4490
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Interests: nanotechnology; nanoparticles; supramolecular chemistry; nanomedicine
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Molecular Self-Assembly

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Health Sciences, University of Iceland, Hofsvallagata 53, IS-107 Reykjavík, Iceland
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Interests: chitosan; chitosan-conjugates; nanomedicine; antimicrobial; drug delivery; mathmatical modeling
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Drug Delivery and Antimicrobial Agents
Special Issue in Molecules: Chitin and Chitosan Derivatives: Biological Activities and Application

Centro de Química, Department of Chemistry, University of Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal
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Interests: Hydrogels and biogels; polyelectrolytes; water soluble conjugated polymers; Transport properties; interface phenomena; oligosaccharides

Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Chimiche; University of Rome “Tor Vergata”; Rome, Italy
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Interests: cancer biology; proteins and antimicrobial peptides; biotechnology; cell biology; biomedical science; enzymes; cancer research; bioscience; biochemistry; the gasotrasmitter hydrogen sulfide and sulfur metabolism; 3D-stem cell culture systems for tissue repair and regeneration
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Hydrogen Sulfide in the Diseases and Tissue Regeneration

Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padua, Italy
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Interests: structural biology; protein crystallography; cryo-electron microscopy; Helicobactert pylori

Institute for Basic Science (IBS) and Departments of Chemistry & Energy Engineering, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), Ulsan, Korea
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Interests: macromolecular chemistry; polymer synthesis and characterization; composites; carbon materials; precision polymers; conjugated polymers; functional materials

Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Department of Biomedical Engineering; Worcester, MA 01609, United States
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Interests: biomaterials, physicochemical properties, chemical modifications, drug delivery, tissue engineering, disease modeling, engineered cancer therapeutics

Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Tel. +65 9769 9600
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Interests: aerogel; porous material; carbon nanotube; waste; environment; heat transfer; oil; thermal; sound; experiment; modeling
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in International Journal of Molecular Sciences: Carbon Nanotube-Based Materials: Experiments and Modelling

Institut Mines Telecom - Mines Ales, C2MA - Centre des Matériaux des Mines d'Alès, Pôle MPA - Matériaux Polymères Avancés, 6, avenue de Clavières, F30319 Alès cedex, France
Tel. +33 (0)466782734
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Interests: biopolymer; physical conditioning; chemical functionalization; metal sorption; encapsulation properties; biopolymer supported catalysis; antimicrobial metal-loaded biopolymers; wastewater treatment
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Molecules: Heterogeneous Catalysis
Special Issue in Materials: Sorption Materials for Environment Purification
Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Biopolymers and Their Applications
Special Issue in Molecules: Ionic Liquids in Chemical Separations: Promise and Prospects

Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, Krakow, Poland
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Interests: colloids; biochemistry; analytical chemistry; characterization of macromolecules; functional layers; protein self-assembly; drug delivery; QCM-D; SPR; CD; DLS

Department of Medical Lifescience, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, South Korea
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Interests: nanoparticle; drug delivery; imaging; cancer; photodynamic therapy; gene delivery; chemotherapy; anticancer drug; siRNA

Universita' di Pisa, Dipartimento di Fisica “Enrico Fermi”, Pisa, Italy
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Interests: Numerical simulations of polymeric systems (excluding biopolymers); Vibrational dynamics and relaxation in polymers (excluding biopolymers); Elasticity and plasticity in polymers (excluding biopolymers)

Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, School of Chemical Engineering, Aalto University, FI-02150, Espoo, Finland
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Interests: biomimetics, protein engineering, cellulose, self-assembly, biomaterials

Laboratoire Polymères et Matériaux Avancés, Unité mixte CNRS / Solvay 5268 F-69192 Saint Fons, France
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Interests: polymer physics; polymer materials; glass transition; mechanical properties; rheology

IMP laboratory, INSA - 20 Avenue A. Einstein 69100 Villeurbanne - France
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Interests: structure; rheology; processing; polymer material

Department of Chemistry, University of Pavia, Viale Taramelli, 10 27100 Pavia, Italy
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Interests: controlled free radical polymerization; cyclopolymerization; sequence controlled polymers; conjugated polymers; organic materials; chirality

(1) School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Chonnam National University
(2) Department of Polymer Engineering, Graduate School, Chonnam National University, 77 Yongbong-ro, Buk-gu, Gwangju 61186, South Korea
Tel. +82-62-530-1778; Fax: +82-62-530-1779
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Interests: conducting polymers, nanoparticles, composites, sensors, electrochemistry
Special Issues and Collections in MDPI journals:
Special Issue in Polymers: Conductive Polymers 2016
Special Issue in Polymers: Conductive Polymers 2017
Special Issue in Applied Sciences: Recent Trends in Polymer Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Special Issue in Polymers: Conductive Polymers III

Departamento de Química Física, Universidad de Murcia 30071, Murcia, Spain
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Interests: biomacromolecules in solution; size, shape, conformation; hydrodynamics : diffusion, sedimentation, viscosity; small-angle and light scattering