From Functionalization to Medical Applications of Polymer Materials
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 1522
Editors
Interests: infectious disease; malaria; virus; cancer; medicinal chemistry; natural compounds
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Interests: organic synthesis; organic material science; photonic materials; drug delivery; supramolecular chemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In this Special Issue we intend to collect manuscripts (research papers and review papers) concerning synthesis and applications of polymers for applications in medicine, by means of drug delivery, tissue engineering, tissue regeneration, bio-imaging, bio-detection, medicinal chemistry, internal medicine, surgery materials, cardiology, oncology, dermatology, neurology, radiology, and anesthesiology—anything related to medicine. Manuscripts can also include functionalization of polymers for medical applications. We accept synthetic and natural polymers as well as proteins that can be considered biological polymers. We retain that polymers, due to their structure, which exhibit numerous repeating molecular units, can amplify the properties of single molecules if well designed. We hope to collect innovative and useful manuscripts to increase the quality of the journal Molecules.
Dr. Paolo Coghi
Dr. Carmine Coluccini
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- polymer functionalization
- medical applications
- drug delivery
- tissue engineering
- theranostic medicine
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