Progress in Antimicrobial Polymer Materials
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 January 2024) | Viewed by 634
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Microbial infection remains one of the most serious complications in several areas, particularly with regard to medical devices, drugs, healthcare and hygienic applications, water purification systems, hospital and dental surgery equipment, textiles, food packaging, and food storage. Antimicrobial polymers are materials with the capability to kill/inhibit the growth of microbes on their surface or surrounding environment. Both academics and industry are interested in these polymers due to their potential to provide quality and safety benefits to many materials.
This Special Issue of Polymers, entitled “Progress in Antimicrobial Polymer Materials”, is open to research articles and reviews on the design, synthesis, characterization, and fundamental investigation of antimicrobial polymer materials.
Dr. Chandrasekaran Karthikeyan
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antimicrobial polymers
- bactericidal
- antimicrobial activity
- antibacterial therapies
- hybrid antimicrobial materials
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