Polymer-Based Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

Polymers in the form of films, fibers, nano- and microspheres, composites, and porous supports shareow promising biomaterials for a wide range of advanced biomedical applications: wound healing, controlling drug/gene delivery, anti-cancer therapy, biosensors, stem cell therapy, and tissue engineering. Tissue engineering (TE) combines cells, porous materials (scaffolds), and suitable bioactive factors to regenerate biological tissues and, ultimately, whole organs. The application of polymers in all these fields are often hindered by their lack of specific properties. In this regard, polymer-based materials in the form of hydrogels, interpenetrated polymer networks, composites, or nanocomposites in pure form, functionalized, or in combination with other materials, nanomaterials, particles, or nanoparticles can be exploited to produce a broad range of advanced nano- and macro-biomaterials. Specific features, such as mechanical performance, wettability, water diffusion, electroactivity, thermal properties, and even antimicrobial activity, can be tailored to engineer biomimetic microenvironments able to promote cellular interactions and tissue development for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications.

In this context, we invite authors to submit original research articles, communications and reviews for this Special Issue of Materials MDPI, “Polymer-Based Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering”, which focuses on all the advances in this research field.

Prof. Roser Sabater i Serra
Prof. Ángel Serrano-Aroca
Guest Editors

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