Polymeric Materials for Bone Tissue Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

Although bone and associated tissues possess certain healing and regeneration capacities, large segmental bone defects cannot be accomplished without supporting treatment. Since the concept of “tissue engineering” was proposed in 1987 to facilitate, improve, or replace biological tissues, more and more bone tissue engineering applications have been developed. Through providing biomimic scaffolds for cell adhesion and proliferation and biological signals to guide cell differentiation, mineral tissue can form to heal critical-sized bone defects. Regarding scaffold materials, natural and synthetic polymers and their composites are more favorable than others because of their biodegradability, adjustable mechanical property, biocompatibility, and versatile microstructure. In addition, polymers possess highly flexible design capabilities, so they can be easily tailored for specific requirements by controlling their chemical composition and structure. This Special Issue aims to focus on the recent progress of polymeric materials for bone tissue engineering applications. Both original contributions and reviews which may compile the current state-of-the-art and to highlight their range of application are welcome.

Dr. Wei-Wen Hu
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

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.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.