Antimicrobial Materials: Molecular Developments and Applications
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 27 January 2026 | Viewed by 23
Special Issue Editor
Interests: transdermal drug delivery; POC medicine; diagnostic imaging; cancer; biomechanics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Inviting you to contribute to the Special Issue "Antimicrobial Materials: Molecular Developments and Applications" is an honour. As scientists, we already acknowledge a growing demand for improved quality of life through healthcare and other industries and for scientific approaches considered direct or prophylactic interventions. We are also aware that bacterial, fungal, viral, or protozoan infection management continues to be a challenge to the medical and scientific world and engages us all in the continuous process of understanding the materials and their specific multidisciplinary applications towards efficient approaches to direct or prophylactic interventions in medical, pharmaceutical, food, and other relevant industries. The role of researchers is to identify sensitive and specific materials, to combine them synergistically for antimicrobial effects, and to contribute green solutions at nano and micro scales for advanced modalities targeting efficient diagnostic, therapeutic, prophylactic, storage or delivery systems at the societal or POC levels. Therefore, we invite you to share your work and bring antimicrobial materials to our Special Issue.
Dr. Florina Iliescu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antimicrobial
- polymers
- nanotechnology
- nanocomposites
- molecular
- green systems
- POC
- prophylaxis
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