Polymers in Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Molecules (ISSN 1420-3049). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Chemistry".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 52379
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nanomaterials; biomaterials; carbon nanostructures; composite and hybrid materials; biomedical applications of functional materials; therapeutic devices; surface chemistry
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Interests: design, synthesis and characterization of polymer nanoparticles and hydrogels; synthesis and characterization of stimuli-responsive micro- and nanoparticle systems for controlled drug release
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Interests: cancer; infectious diseases; neurological diseases; nanoparticles; hydrogels; vesicles; hybrid materials; blood–brain barrier; transdermal delivery; nasal delivery
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymers are a class of biomaterials extensively exploited in biomedicine for a plethora of applications, including drug delivery, tissue engineering, biosensing, and so on. Their high biocompatibility guarantees safe contact with living tissues and organs, while their chemical versatility allows fine tuning of their properties for tailored applications.
This Special Issue aims to collect the recent advances in the synthesis, modification, and characterization of biomedical polymers, to strengthen the impact of such materials in modern medicine. The purpose is to collect contributions, either in the form of research or review articles, in a multidisciplinary context, taking advantages from the expertise of chemists, biologists, material scientists, engineers, and clinicians, to highlight the obtained results and catch the interest of scientists working in the field acting as a platform for knowledge exchange.
Dr. Giuseppe Cirillo
Dr. Manuela Curcio
Dr. Orazio Vittorio
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Biomedical polymers
- Biomaterials
- Functional Polymers
- Biodegradable polymers
- Hydrogel
- Nanoparticles
- Drug Delivery
- Tissue Engineering
- Biosensors
- Polymeric prodrug
- Self-assembling polymers
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