Materials for Healthcare

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue on “Materials for Healthcare” offers an attractive forum to present recent results concerning the preparation and characterization of novel materials and their utilization for innovative performance that could be applied in a wide range of health care applications, such as medical diagnostics, protective coatings, telemedicine, as well as home healthcare. It can be considered as an interdisciplinary area, bridging together chemistry, biology, physics, as well as materials science and engineering. A variety of hybrid functional and innovative materials can be included in this research area ranging from chemistry, nanotechnology, pharmaceutical technology, engineering and applied science, to textile chemistry. The final goal is to assemble high-quality contributions on the synthesis, modification, characterization, and application of innovative materials for healthcare. The design of new nanostructured coatings by tuning the composition, structure, and surface properties will be introduced. The relation between these parameters, the physical-chemical characteristics, as well as the permeability, selectivity, reactivity, and durability of these materials will be explored. Novel applications in different fields will also be investigated, presenting innovative integration with electronic devices.

Dr. Maria Rosaria Plutino
Dr. Sebania Libertino
Dr. Giuseppe Rosace
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Molecules is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.