Polymer-Based Materials for Drug Delivery and Biomedical Applications

Dear Colleagues,

In recent decades, nature-inspired polymers have been widely applied as biomaterials due to their favourable properties, including their good biocompatibility, biodegradability, simple design and formulation of a variety of structures with tuneable characteristics. The development of drug delivery systems based on natural and synthetic polymers is rapidly emerging in different biomedical fields, such as cancer therapy, antimicrobial agents, drug delivery and others.

We are pleased to invite you to submit original papers and reviews that describe novel research as well as original techniques in the field of the fabrication, characterization and investigation of polymer-based nano- and microparticles, materials, smart polymeric materials/systems and hybrid nano-/microcomposites in drug delivery and biomedical applications.

Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following: the fabrication and functionalization of polymer-based materials and systems; characterization of chemical and physical properties, biodegradability, bioavailability, controlled drug release; polymeric carriers for drug delivery and targeted drug delivery; in vitro and in vivo assays, medical and pharmaceutical application, regenerative medicine, biomedicine, antimicrobial, theranostic and cancer application and multifunctional properties.

Authors are invited to submit their latest results. Original papers and reviews are welcome. We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Elena D. Nikolskaya
Dr. Maria Lomova
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Polymers is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

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