Biopolymers and Natural Scaffolds
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 511
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Nature provides a variety of inspiring biopolymers, which are produced by animals, plants and bacteria: collagen from different vertebrates and even invertebrates, chitosan from crabs, silk fibroin from silkworms and spiders, alginate and agarose from algae, gellan gum produced by bacteria, cellulose from wood, and pectins from fruits can be the basis of natural scaffolds, coatings and bioinks. Consequently, myriads of natural biopolymer-based biomaterials have been developed, including hydrogels, porous sponge-like materials, fibers, textile structures, membranes, and additively manufactured structures. Biopolymer-based scaffolds are applied as tissue grafts, for the administration of cells for tissue engineering applications as well as for the establishment of in vitro cell models to better understand healing and regeneration.
In this Special Issue of Polymers, we will collect papers covering the most recent research in the field of biopolymer scaffolds, including preparation and characterization, the in vitro testing of cell responses and cell differentiation, the building of hierarchical structured scaffolds, in vitro cell models and in vivo studies.
Dr. Anne Bernhardt
Guest Editor
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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.
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.
Dr. Anne Bernhardt
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 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
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.
Keywords
- tissue engineering
- soft- and hard tissue regeneration
- collagen
- chitosan
- silk fibroin
- cellulose
- alginate
- gellan gum
- agarose
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