Biomedical Applications of Polymeric Materials, 3rd Edition
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 September 2025 | Viewed by 750
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biopolymeric films; wound healing; electrospun nanofibers; chitosan/hyaluronic acid materials for wound healing; organic synthesis
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Interests: organic synthesis; drug delivery systems (liposomes, niosomes, chitosan nanoparticles, nanofiber, nanofibers, films, sponges); molecular docking; structure-based drug design strategies; antioxidant activity; anti-inflammatory activity; diabetes mellitus type 2
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymers, and especially biopolymers, have attracted the interest of scientists since ancient times and are widely used in the medical and pharmaceutical fields due to their unique properties, which include versatility, bacteriostatic and hemostatic action, low cost of production, non-toxicity, great functionality, biocompatibility, and high absorbent capacity. The medical applications of biopolymeric materials vary from general healthcare to specific and very targeted domains such as surgery, wound healing, cancer management, tissue engineering, implants, and drug delivery system formulation. The development of functionalized polymeric materials or nanobiomaterials is a field of great relevance because it includes a multitude of biomaterials that can be applied in medical applications such as films, sponges, wound dressings, hydrogels, aerogels, electro-spun nanofibers, nanoparticles, etc.
Modern techniques can enable the precise control of polymers or biopolymers for the proper development of convenient candidates for biomedical applications. Thus, in this Special Issue, we aim to create a platform for researchers to disseminate their results in relation to polymeric materials used in biomedical applications.
Dr. Andreea-Teodora Iacob
Prof. Dr. Lenuta Profire
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biopolymers
- polysaccharide
- medical application
- pharmaceutical application
- in vitro and in vivo assays
- chemical properties
- physical properties
- polymer chain structure
- biopolymeric materials
- polymeric materials
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