Advances in Polymeric Biomaterials: Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering II
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomacromolecules, Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2024) | Viewed by 1570
Special Issue Editor
Interests: advanced biomaterials; especially hydrogel; drug delivery; additive manufacturing and 3D bioprinting
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymeric biomaterials have played a pivotal role in recent advances in drug delivery and tissue engineering, and in promoting the healing process in regenerative medicine. These biomaterials provide the unique features and structural flexibility that enable us to tailor their physicochemical and mechanical properties according to the desired applications. Advances in our understanding of cell biology and organ tissue properties and functions have accelerated the development of sophisticated polymeric biomaterials with, for example, stimuli-responsive linkages suitable for on-demand or programmed drug delivery or tissue engineering scaffolds with biomimetic functional groups.
Additionally, the development of biomanufacturing processes (3D bioprinting, electrospinning, etc.) has provided a unique opportunity to shape natural and/or synthetic biomaterials into the desired geometry, with precise control over multiple compositions, spatial distributions, and architectural accuracy/complexity. These have also opened a new frontier in a relatively new concept of personalized medicine, where a custom-designed drug delivery device or an organ tissue implant embedded with cells can be fabricated to meet a patient’s individual health needs.
This Special Issue aims to highlight and promote recent advances in the synthesis, characterizations, and applications of innovative polymeric biomaterials in drug delivery and tissue engineering. It also covers the potential applications of such biomaterials in biofabrication, 3D bioprinting, surface bio-functionalization, and implantable devices and sensors.
Dr. Pooya Davoodi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biomaterials
- biopolymers
- functional biomaterials
- conductive biomaterials
- drug/gene delivery
- tissue engineering
- regenerative medicine
- microparticles
- nanoparticles
- nanomedicine
- biomimetic scaffolds
- extracellular matrix (ECM)
- injectable polymers and hydrogels
- hydrogels
- polymeric implants
- bio-adhesives
- 3D bioprinting
- 4D bioprinting
- bio-inks
- additive manufacturing
- electrospinning
- electrospraying
- microfluidics
- personalized medicine
