Development of New Polymer Matrix Composites for Medical and Biological 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 (25 September 2022) | Viewed by 3873
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Interests: conductive polymers; polyaniline; polypyrrole; oxidative polymerization; biomaterials; polymerization kinetics; conductive nanocomposites
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Dear Colleagues,
The production of composites with a polymer matrix opens up promising prospects for the development of new implants and endoprostheses, systems with controlled release of pharmacologically active drugs, materials for soft tissue replacement, as well as muscle imitation and determination of metabolite concentrations. At the same time, the use of polymers and composite materials with a polymer matrix in biomedical fields imposes specific requirements on materials, such as the absence of significant toxicity, biocompatibility, biodegradability, and the capacity to release immobilized drugs at a controlled rate.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to collect results on the preparation and use of polymer composite materials in medicine and biology, as well as on the synthesis of new promising macromolecules for the pharmaceutical science.
Original and review manuscripts dedicated to the problems of the preparation and application of hydrogels, polymer materials used for production of implants and endoprostheses, macromolecular drugs carriers, as well as biodegradable materials, are welcome. The development of hemocompatible materials and amphiphilic polymers for pharmacological applications, control of the rate of biodegradation of polymers, pharmacokinetics, composites based on biopolymers, imitation of soft tissues and muscles, creation of biosensors are also the subject of this Special Issue. Priority will be given to manuscripts showing the relationship between the structure of macromolecules and polymer composites and their properties that determine the prospects for application in medicine and biology.
Dr. Yaroslav O. Mezhuev
Guest Editor
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