Polymer Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering II
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2024) | Viewed by 13620
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Interests: biomaterials; mechanical engineering; tissue engineering
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Interests: cartilage, meniscus, tendon and bone regeneration; bioadhesives for musculoskeletal tissue regeneration; immunomodulatory biomaterials; 3D printing/bioprinting; small molecules/bioactive cues delivery; soft, hard, and adaptive biomaterials
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Dear Colleagues,
Tissue engineering, which aims to restore, maintain, or improve tissue function, has been one of the most rapidly expanding interdisciplinary fields during the past few decades. Polymer scaffolds play a key role in a typical tissue engineering approach by providing initial structural support for cell adhesion and serving as a template for tissue formation. Properties of synthetic polymers including biodegradability, hydrophilicity, and mechanical properties can be tailored to specific requirements of a tissue-engineered construct. Specifically, cell–material interactions such as cell adhesion, proliferation, migration, and differentiation can be modulated further via functionalization of the polymer. For example, natural polymers, which have superior biocompatibility, are often incorporated in scaffold designs to achieve unique properties and better performance. Polymers can be processed to fabricate scaffolds via numerous methods, including particulate leaching, freeze–drying, phase separation, electrospinning, 3D printing, etc. Porous microstructures within these scaffolds can be manipulated to mimic the isotropy or anisotropy of the tissue to be replaced.
We invite authors to submit original research articles as well as review articles that will stimulate the continuing efforts in developing new polymer scaffolds for tissue engineering. Of particular interest for this Special Issue are bioactive, functional polymer scaffolds that interact with biological systems.
Dr. Jin-Jia Hu
Dr. Solaiman Tarafder
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- polymers in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
- synthesis and characterization of polymer for tissue engineering
- bioactive polymer scaffolds
- functional polymer scaffolds
- cell–materials interactions
- mechanobiology
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