Biopolymer Nanocomposites: Biomedical, Food and Environmental Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 February 2025) | Viewed by 7272
Special Issue Editors
Interests: thin-films; nanocomposite; biopolymers; biomaterials; biosensor; environmental sustainability; overall water splitting; hydrogen evolution; energy storage devices
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Interests: nanocomposite; biomaterials; biosensors; environmental sustainability; energy storage devices; supercapacitors; batteries
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biopolymers exhibit remarkable improvements in their mechanical, physicochemical, and biological properties upon modification with a wide variety of nanofillers. Biodegradable and biocompatible bio-based polymeric nanocomposites are, therefore, drawing attention in the biomedical, environmental science, and engineering fields. Biomaterials are fabricated as antimicrobial and anticancer agents in scaffolds, hydrogels, etc., with enhanced mucoadhesive and proliferation abilities for their diverse applications in wound healing, drug delivery, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine. Bionanocomposites and membranes with significant barrier properties, thermal stability, and antimicrobial properties mitigate the considerable enhancement in the quality and shelf life of food for food packaging applications and water remediation.
Dr. Dong-Kil Shin
Dr. Annu Tomer
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bionanocomposites
- self-healing
- hydrogel
- biosensor
- tissue engineering
- drug delivery
- food packaging
- dye degradation
- water remediation
- adsorption
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