Biocompatible and Biodegradable Polymer Materials
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2025 | Viewed by 533
Special Issue Editors
Interests: synthesis and characterization of polymers; controlled drug delivery; polymeric carriers; water remediation; flocculants and adsorbents; chitosan; stimuli-responsive polymers
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Interests: organic and macromolecular chemistry; environmental chemistry; water pollution; water purification technologies; wastewater engineering; adsorption processes; polysaccharides; cyclodextrins; chitosan; hemp; bioassays
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Interests: polysaccharides; gels; rheology; biomaterials; controlled release; bioactive compounds
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Diverse polymer materials are intended to protect human health, preserve food products, and improve water treatment. In recent years, researchers have produced promising macromolecular structures that are more efficient, reaching controlled drug delivery while minimizing side effects in humans, maintaining the structural integrity of products, increasing the shelf life of food, and also removing a variety of contaminants in the water. Materials from modified natural polymers are preferred due to their biocompatibility, biodegradability, or eco-friendly nature. Additionally, "smart materials" are produced from sensitive polymers that respond to physical or chemical environmental changes. To date, different systems have been assessed for the delivery of active compounds (e.g., gels, micelles, liposomes, polyelectrolyte complexes, and emulsions), for preparing edible packaging (e.g., films and coatings), and to remove emerging contaminants from water (e.g., flocculants and adsorbents). In this regard, developing innovative systems and performing more studies on host–guest interactions is essential.
This Special Issue aims to divulge advances in biocompatible and biodegradable polymers for medical applications, food packaging films/coatings, and eco-friendly flocculants and adsorbents of contaminants present in water. We welcome original papers and review articles addressing systems with outstanding properties for the abovementioned applications.
Dr. Lorenzo Antonio Picos Corrales
Dr. Grégorio Crini
Dr. Elizabeth Carvajal-Millán
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- polysaccharides
- chitosan
- alginate
- arabinogalactan
- arabinoxylan
- fucoidan
- cyclodextrin polymers
- stimuli-responsive polymers
- pegylated drug delivery nanocarriers
- encapsulation technologies
- controlled drug delivery
- nanomaterials for phototherapy
- anticancer therapy
- wound healing
- nutraceutical formulations
- cosmetotextiles
- wound dressing
- postharvest conservation
- edible coatings
- food packaging
- bioassays
- antioxidant capacity
- biocompatibility
- biodegradability
- antimicrobial effect
- water treatment
- bioflocculation
- adsorbents and biosorbents
- emerging pollutants
- organic pollutants
- microplastics
- host–guest interactions
- mechanisms
- colloidal systems
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