Functional Polymers for Medical Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (29 February 2016) | Viewed by 299206
Special Issue Editors
Interests: material science; polymer chemistry; ring-opening polymerization; biodegradable polymers; smart polymers; biomaterials; polymer industrialization
Interests: polymer chemistry; self-assembly; nanoparticle; hydrogel; scaffold; biomaterial; controlled drug delivery; immunotherapy; regenerative medicine
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Interests: biomedical polymers; biointerfacial phenomena; hemocompatible materials; cell-instructive polymer matrices; bio-inspired materials
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Functional polymers as biomaterials, obtained by polymerization of functional monomers and by functionalization of synthetic and natural polymers, continue to be a research hotspot. The biomedical polymers exhibit a far-going variability of physical and chemical characteristics, allowing for the adjustment of biocompatibility, bioactivities, stimuli-responsiveness, and biodegradability. The current advancement of medical technology results in new requirements for multifunctional and adaptive polymeric materials, which have to be addressed by appropriate synthesis schemes.
The Special Issue will center on both the preparation and application of various biomedical polymers, and intends to cover the most exciting recent developments in the field. Both original articles and reviews are welcome.
Dr. Jianxun Ding
Prof. Dr. Xuesi Chen
Prof. Dr. Carsten Werner
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- functional synthetic polymers
- functional natural polymers
- biomaterials
- drug delivery
- gene transfection
- cell-instructive polymer matrices
- tissue engineering
- bioseparation
- biodiagnostics
- medical devices
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