25th Anniversary of IJMS: Updates and Advances in Macromolecules
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Macromolecules".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2025 | Viewed by 778
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
IJMS is celebrating its 25th anniversary, becoming an established and trusted journal that publishes scientific molecular research on chemistry, biochemistry, molecular cell biology, and medicine. On this occasion, the Macromolecules Section of the IJMS invites scholars active in research on the chemical, biological, and medicinal aspects of natural and synthetic macromolecules to contribute to the “25th Anniversary of IJMS: Updates and Advances in Macromolecules” Special Issue.
This Special Issue of the IJMS will cover the latest developments, advances, and applications of macromolecules in the fields of chemistry, biology, and medicine over recent decades. Contributions to this Special Issue are expected to address and decipher the key roles that biological macromolecules such as proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids play in processes essential to life, such as structural support, genetic information transfer, and energy storage. Due to their large and complex structures, both synthetically and naturally occurring macromolecules are frequently applied in healthcare chemistry as carriers in drug delivery and biomaterial engineering; contributions that address these topics are welcomed. Finally, macromolecules are seeing increasing interest as sustainable materials in circular chemistry. Research contributions that report on the design and development of biodegradable and eco-friendly macromolecular materials are encouraged to be submitted to this 25th anniversary Special Issue of the IJMS.
Prof. Dr. Haiyang Gao
Prof. Dr. Salah-Eddine Stiriba
Prof. Dr. Zhongzhou Chen
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- macromolecules
- monomers
- lipids
- peptides
- proteins
- carbohydrates
- polysaccharides
- nucleic acids
- modification
- functionalization
- structure–property relationship
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