Synthetic-Biological Hybrid Polymers and Co-Assembled Nanostructures
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2026 | Viewed by 1597
Special Issue Editors
Interests: complex multicomponent systems; natural and synthetic polymers; functional polymers; functionalization of polymers; nanostructures; hybrids; electrostatic self-assembly
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Interests: synthesis of amphiphilic block copolymers and polyelectrolytes by controlled polymerizations; macromolecular assemblies; hybrid polymer-based nanostructures; nanomedicine
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymeric materials have been instrumental in the development of current technology and applications in everyday life. For many years, synthetic polymers have been the focus of scientific and technological developments. Block copolymers and polyelectrolytes are being intensively studied due to their ability to self- or co-assemble into nanoscale objects of different morphologies, sensitive to external stimuli (pH, temperature, ionic strength, light, etc.). At present, there is a strong need for polymeric materials from more sustainable sources: in this context, polysaccharides, as an important and abundant class of biomacromolecules, can be the answer. Natural biopolymers can be chemically modified thanks to the presence of numerous free functional groups displayed along their backbones. Their self- and co-assembly processes, following principles from the physical chemistry of synthetic polymers, provide self-organized nanoassemblies that could find applications as nanocarriers (for drugs and dyes, therapeutic biomacromolecules/proteins, peptides, nucleic acids, inorganic nanoparticles), nanocontainers (for water organic/inorganic pollutants), surface functionalization nanomaterials, and so on. As the proposed topic is remarkably interesting, we invite you and your research team to submit research or review articles to this Special Issue entitled Synthetic-Biological Hybrid Polymers and Co-Assembled Nanostructures that will be published in the Polymers journal.
Dr. Marcela Mihai
Dr. Asterios (Stergios) Pispas
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- polysaccharide modification
- hybrid macromolecules
- self-assembled nanostructures
- co-assembly
- nanocarriers
- nanocontainers
- surface functionalization
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