Smart Materials for Biomedical Applications

Dear Colleagues,

The very slow progress in the therapeutic efficacy of the treatment of severe diseases has suggested a growing need for a multidisciplinary approach to the design of smart materials interacting with biological systems. Delivering drugs safely and efficiently; preventing, detecting, and treating diseases and/or assisting the body in healing; and engineering functional tissues can be achieved by designing materials whose properties can be significantly modified in response to changing conditions in their surroundings. Smart materials are considered “reactive materials”. Their properties can be changed via exposure to stimuli such as stress, temperature, moisture, pH, and electric magnetic fields.

This Special Issue aims to collect original papers and/or review papers that contribute to the area of polymeric and soft matter biomaterials covering their synthesis, physicochemical properties, and evaluation of biological responses. Applications covered will include gene/drug delivery and antitumor therapy, antimicrobial and wound healing materials, and tissue engineering.

Dr. Maria del Carmen Morán Badenas
Guest Editor

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