Advanced Polymeric Biomaterials

A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomacromolecules, Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".

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Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, Pusan National University, Busan 46241, Republic of Korea
Interests: drug/DNA delivery system; polymeric biomaterial; biodegradable polymer; soft/hard tissue compatible polymer; blood compatible polymer; polymers for 3D printing; bioconjugate polymer; tissue engineering; scaffold biomaterials; controlled/living radical polymerization; ATRP; RAFT; organic/inorganic hybrid material
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Dear Colleagues,

Polymers have had a massive influence on biomedical research and medical practice, and will continue to play an important role as biomaterials in this century as well. Polymeric biomaterials have extensively applied beneficial influence in various biomedical and therapeutic applications, such as blood, soft and hard tissue-compatible polymers for artificial heart/vessel and dental applications, orthopedic applications, as well as the controlled sustained release of therapeutic agents in drug delivery.

This Special Issue, Advanced Polymeric Biomaterials, will collect recent innovative original research and review papers focusing on the scientific discussion and practical applications in the field of biomedical polymeric materials. The applications encompass drug/DNA delivery systems, biodegradable polymers, soft/hard tissue-compatible polymers (e.g., polymers for dental and orthopedic applications), 3D-printable biomaterials, bioconjugate polymers, tissue engineering, scaffold biomaterials, and so on.

Special emphasis will be placed on advanced synthetic methodologies, dynamic chemistry/assembly strategies, and modulated cell–material interactions of polymeric biomaterials. We hope to share new concepts of biomedical polymers, organic/inorganic hybrid biomaterials, and bioconjugated polymers. Research articles, reviews, and communications are welcomed.

Prof. Dr. Ildoo Chung
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Keywords

  • polymeric biomaterial
  • drug/DNA delivery system
  • biodegradable polymer
  • soft tissue compatible polymer
  • hard tissue compatible polymer
  • blood compatible polymer
  • polymers for 3D printing
  • bioconjugate polymer
  • tissue engineering
  • scaffold biomaterials

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Glutamic Acid as Repeating Building Block for Bio-Based Films
by Mohammed Sabbah, Prospero Di Pierro, Francesco Ruffo, Chiara Schiraldi, Alberto Alfano, Marcella Cammarota and Raffaele Porta
Polymers 2020, 12(7), 1613; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym12071613 - 20 Jul 2020
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Abstract
Commercial inexpensive preparations of poly-γ-glutamic acid were used to obtain films made with a polypeptide constituted by a single repeating unit. The homopolymer was characterized by 1H-NMR spectroscopy and thermogravimetry, as well as by zeta potential and Z-average measurements. Manipulatable materials were [...] Read more.
Commercial inexpensive preparations of poly-γ-glutamic acid were used to obtain films made with a polypeptide constituted by a single repeating unit. The homopolymer was characterized by 1H-NMR spectroscopy and thermogravimetry, as well as by zeta potential and Z-average measurements. Manipulatable materials were obtained by casting film-forming solutions prepared at pH values between 3.0 and 4.0 and containing extensively dialyzed samples of the commercial product. The analysis of the mechanical properties highlighted a marked extensibility and plasticity of the films obtained without plasticizer, even though the addition of low amounts of glycerol (1–4%) was able to further increase these features. The characterization of poly-γ-glutamic acid molecular species, performed by membrane ultrafiltration and size-exclusion chromatography, coupled with triple-detection analysis of the obtained fractions, suggested that biopolymer chain length is responsible not only for its capacity to form film, but also for conferring to the films different features depending on the homopolymer molecular weight. Full article
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