Polymeric Materials for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (28 February 2025) | Viewed by 13994
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomaterials; photopolymerization; electrospinning; 3D printing; protein drug delivery; tissue engineering; controlled release; biopharmaceutics; pharmacokinetics
2. Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, The University of Auckland, Auckland CBD, Auckland 1010, New Zealand
Interests: ophthalmic drugs and delivery systems; veterinary pharmaceuticals
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Polymeric materials (natural, synthetic, or hybrid formulations) are currently considered one of the cornerstones in drug delivery and tissue engineering advancements. Due to their wide range of properties (physicochemical, thermal, mechanical), scientists consider them ideal matrices in the design of delivery systems or scaffolds for tissue engineering applications.
The main aim of this Special Issue is to address the latest scientific approaches and techniques taken by researchers while employing various polymeric matrices to overcome the challenges faced in drug delivery and tissue engineering. For this Special Issue we welcome submissions in the form of reviews and full research articles that present multidisciplinary research efforts in synthesizing new polymeric materials or employing existing polymers in advanced controlled and targeted drug delivery functionality, nanotechnology, micropatterning, microfluidics, photocuring, and other technologies utilized in the pharmaceutical and biomedical fields. We also welcome submissions directed to using polymeric materials in fabricating three-dimensional matrices and rendering them deliverable through minimally invasive techniques and those engineered to achieve specific biological effects on cells and tissue regeneration.
Prof. Dr. Husam Younes
Prof. Dr. Raid Alany
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biodegradable polymers
- biomaterials
- functional polymers
- drug delivery
- tissue engineering
- regenerative medicine
- controlled release
- microparticles
- nanoparticles
- biomimetic scaffolds
- polymeric electrospun nanofibers
- injectable polymers
- photocured polymers
- polymeric implants
- polymeric ink for 3D printing
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