Smart Polymers and Their Aggregates in Biomedical Applications

Dear Colleagues,

Smart polymers (or stimuli-responsive polymers) can undergo drastic changes in structures, properties, and functions in response to external stimuli or signals (e.g., temperature, light, sound, chemicals, electric fields, magnetic fields, etc.) from the surrounding environment. Such unique behavior makes smart polymers or smart polymer-based materials as programmable practical platforms for a large range of biomedical applications, such as drug delivery, therapeutic agents, bioimaging, tissue engineering, and so on.

This Special Issue “Smart Polymers and Their Aggregates in Biomedical Applications” will cover the recent development of smart polymers and intelligent polymeric materials ranging from delicate design, synthesis, and preparation to functional applications in biomedical fields. In addition, other fundamental topics, such as the theoretical study of programmable responsive behaviors of the polymer and polymeric materials are also encompassed in this Special Issue. Research articles, reviews, perspectives, as well as communications and letters are welcome.

Dr. Xibo Yan
Guest Editor

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