Functional Porous Materials for Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Journal of Functional Biomaterials (ISSN 2079-4983).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2026 | Viewed by 15
Special Issue Editors
Interests: porous materials; nanomedicine; drug delivery
Interests: cancer therapy; immunotherapy; pharmacology; drug delivery
Interests: 2D materials; MOFs; hierarchically porous materials; nanocomposites; blood purification
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Porous materials, including but not limited to metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), covalent organic frameworks (COFs), porous polymers, and porous liquids, possess functional pore walls, well-defined porosity, and high specific surface areas. These features enable high loading of therapeutic and imaging agents, tunable release profiles, and site-specific delivery. By functionalizing pore surfaces with targeting ligands (e.g., polymers, peptides, antibodies, or cell membrane coatings), these systems can be engineered for improved aqueous dispersibility, reduced plasma protein adsorption, evasion of the reticuloendothelial system, and precise targeting across diverse therapeutic areas such as oncology, cardiovascular disease, infectious and inflammatory conditions, and neurological disorders, among others.
This Special Issue invites high-quality original research articles, reviews, and communications on the design, synthesis, and characterization of porous materials for biomedical applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Drug loading and releasing mechanisms.
- Imaging and theranostic applications.
- Surface functionalization and targeting strategies.
- Nanozyme activity and catalytic anti-inflammatory functions.
- Biostability, biodegradation, safety, pharmacokinetics, and in vivo efficacy.
Our goal is to translate the fundamentals of porous-material design into biomedical impact, elucidating how pore architecture and surface chemistry control therapeutic efficacy.
Dr. Xueying Ge
Dr. Yongbin Liu
Dr. Jiemin Wang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- porous materials
- metal–organic frameworks (MOFs)
- covalent-organic frameworks (COFs)
- porous polymers
- surface functionalization
- targeted delivery
- nanomedicine
- nanozyme
- theranostics
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