Advanced Polymeric Biomaterials for Drug Delivery Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2026 | Viewed by 8526
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Interests: biomaterials; regenerative medicine; collagen
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Dear Colleagues,
The traditional forms of drug administration are often associated with low efficacy and side effects. Due to this, controlled drug delivery systems (DDSs) began to be designed and customized according to the specific therapeutic compound. DDSs include micro- and nano-sized delivery systems, as well as 2D or 3D hydrogels. Developed DDSs have been revealed to be able to preserve bioactive agents’ safety, increase their efficacy, control their release kinetics, and keep the concentration of the drug within the desired therapeutic range. Moreover, tissue-specific drug delivery, dosing frequency reduction, and drug bioavailability increase were other advantages that allowed us to reduce follow-up care and increase patients’ comfort and compliance. Several polymers have been developed and employed for the development of DDSs. However, at present, challenges still remain and research is moving toward the development of new advanced materials for use in the development of even more effective and tunable DDSs. The present Special Issue welcomes contributions in the form of original research articles, preclinical investigations, or review articles on the broad topic of Advanced Polymeric Biomaterials for DDSs, with a focus on any aspect regarding micro- and nano-sized DDS synthesis methods, including the development of advanced biomaterials, polymeric structure modification and customization, effective production processes, and innovative strategy modifications.
Dr. Nunzia Gallo
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- drug delivery system
- polymers
- microparticles
- nanoparticles
- biomaterials
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