Materials for Photobiology—3rd Edition
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: 20 September 2025 | Viewed by 272
Special Issue Editors
Interests: photobiology; organic chemistry; photodynamic therapy; biocatalysis; metal nanoparticles; natural exctracts
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Interests: cyclodextrin nanomaterials; nanomedicine; drug delivery; nano-photosensitisers; photodynamic therapy
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Interests: biopolymers; nanoparticles; drug delivery; nanomedicine; carbon-based nanomaterials; nanosensors; nanotechnology; pharmaceuticals
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is a continuation of our previous Special Issues on "Materials for Photobiology" (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/special_issues/photobiology_materials, https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijms/special_issues/7YDJS0MEW6).
Photobiology is a challenging research area aiming to explore the interaction between light and living organisms with applications in the fields of photomedicine, photo(nano)technology, photosynthesis, and photosensory biology. Furthermore, there is a great interest in designing advanced biomaterials with peculiar physicochemical properties and photoresponsive ability that, interacting with light, produce a response that is useful for diagnosis and therapeutic treatment. Therefore, the interaction of light with molecules, nanomaterials, cells, and tissues and the subsequent biological responses represent interdisciplinary research in the fields of chemistry, physics, biology, and medicine.
In this Special Issue, we aim to collect contributions from selected players in those fields to address the latest advances in the use of materials for photobiology, including potential scientific and technological applications of their findings in chemistry, biology, drug delivery, bioimaging, and biosensing.
The invited papers will describe light-responsive materials based on macrocyclic assemblies, nanoparticles, micelles, liposomes, polymers, hydrogels, proteins/peptides, plasmonic nanomaterials, carbon- and silica-based and other photo-responsive hybrid organic and/or inorganic components. This Special Issue welcomes original research and reviews focusing on all aspects of design, preparation, physicochemical characterization, and biological evaluation of materials for photobiology, including phototherapeutic and photodiagnostic materials, with a special focus on materials or biomaterials proposed for light-induced therapies in cancer, infections, and dermatological treatments.
The accepted papers, after a peer review process, will be posted immediately on the website of the International Journal of Molecular Sciences | An Open Access Journal from MDPI.
Dr. Enrico Caruso
Prof. Dr. Antonino Mazzaglia
Dr. Angela Scala
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- light-responsive materials
- phototherapeutics
- photodiagnosis
- bioimaging
- living bioluminescent materials
- light-induced therapy
- UV-radiation effect
- photo-antinfective materials
- photosensory biology
- molecular optogenetics
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- Materials for Photobiology in International Journal of Molecular Sciences (20 articles)
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