Biomedical Polymer Materials: Design, Synthesis or 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: 20 May 2026 | Viewed by 4843
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biodegradable and synthetic polymers; polymer crystallization; thermal properties; spherulites
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The importance of biomedical research lies mainly in the fact that this knowledge allows the development of advanced therapies, medications and innovative therapeutic solutions. The boost in research in the biomedical field has been great due to the advancement of biotechnology and medical technology and particularly the use of new and innovative materials.
Due to their biocompatibility and non-toxic nature, polymeric materials are the best choice in this field. These materials can be tailor-designed for a wide range of applications from tissue engineering and gene/drug delivery to medical devices, including tissue adhesives, implants and surgical suture and meshes. The drive to find and design new polymeric materials and advance the biomedical field is becoming unstoppable. The search for more advanced materials with sophisticated performance may include hydrogels, nanoparticles, smart materials, dendrimers, polymer/metal organic framework (MOF) nanocomposites, polymeric micelles and polymeric nanogels, among others.
This Special Issue of the International Journal of Molecular Science aims to discuss, collect and present recent highlights and advances on new polymers for biomedical applications, covering their synthesis, design, properties and uses. To this end, the progress in the development of the synthesis process, the study of their structure, the evaluation of the responsiveness under different external stimuli (i.e. smart polymers) and the study of applications in biomedicine and materials science are some of the specific topics that should be considered.
Dr. Lourdes Franco
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biomedical polymeric materials
- nanoparticles
- drug delivery
- smart materials
- hydrogels
- tissue regeneration
- therapeutic applications
- dendrimers
- MOFs
- micelles
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