Design, Synthesis and Biological Applications of Functional Compounds and Materials

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to present a Special Issue of the International Journal of Molecular Science, entitled “Design, Synthesis and Biological Applications of Functional Compounds and Materials”.

This Special Issue will primarily focus on the rational design and synthesis of the organic functional compounds and materials employed in the biological applications and will include (but are not limited to) discussions of drug development, administration and delivery, personalized healthcare and the monitoring of the parameters of biological objects and living bodies.

The modern toolbox of synthetic chemistry provides extremely broad chemical diversity, and rational design plays an extremely vital role in the development of functional compounds and materials, increasing the win rate of the targeted synthesis. Approaches to the targeted synthesis of biological and other applications are also essential for the development of the functional compounds and materials.

In this Special Issue, we welcome the studies devoted to the design of functional compounds and materials andsynthetic approaches for the preparation of various classes, families and scaffolds of such materials. We are also interested in structure–property studies, examinations of biological activity and research into other functional applications of organic compounds and materials.

Suitable topics include, but are not limited to:

• Rational design and synthesis of functional compounds and materials;
• Synthesis of biologically active compounds and materials;
• Structure–property relationship;
• In silico screening for the functional properties.

Dr. Olga Yu Bakulina
Guest Editor

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• rational design
• organic synthesis
• targeted synthesis
• functional compounds
• biological activity
• medicinal chemistry
• drug developement