Biopolymers for Medical and Pharmaceutical Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 32725
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomaterials; tissue engineering; the development of materials with controlled chemistry and microporous structures; the morphological, physicochemical, and mechanical characterization of materials; interactions with the biological environment
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Interests: polymers; biomedical applications; polymer nanocomposites; hyperbranched polyesters; scaffolds; hydrogels; spatial gradient; structure/property relationships in polymers; molecular structure
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Interests: biomaterials; polymers; cell–material interactions; ECM protein adsorption on substrates; atomic force microscopy; porous materials for regenerative therapies
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymeric biomolecules (a.k.a. biopolymers), either produced by living organisms or chemically synthesized from a biological material, have endless applications in the medical field, as culture platforms, as cell vehicles for tissue engineering strategies and drug carriers, in fixing and wound-healing devices, or testing and clinical diagnosis.
This Special Issue covers newly designed biopolymer-based systems with potential in the biomedical field and their biological development towards a targeted application. The Special Issue will collect original papers and reviews covering, but not restricted to, the following topics:
- Biopolymer design attending to particular needs (functionalization of biopolymers, cross-linking techniques; multicomponent systems, nanocomposites; modulation of relevant properties)
- Advances in conventional and novel (rapid prototyping and bioprinting) fabrication techniques of scaffolds
- Injectable hydrogels and microparticles; smart materials; biosensors
- Biopolymers for encapsulation and controlled delivery of drugs/biologically active substances
- Interaction with the biological medium (molecular, cellular or tissue responses; surface-protein-cell interaction; biocompatibility, bioactivity and hydrolysis; culture protocols and sterilization issues)
Prof. Dr. Ana Vallés-Lluch
Prof. Dr. Guillermo Vilariño-Feltrer
Prof. Dr. José Carlos Rodríguez Hernández
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Natural polymer
- biodegradable
- biopolymer design
- functionalization
- cross-linking
- scaffold
- hydrogel
- microparticle
- biocompatibility
- hydrolysis
- tissue engineering
- drug delivery
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