Dear Colleagues,

Nanofibers are explored for a variety of biomedical applications such as carriers for drug/therapeutic agent delivery, wound dressing materials and as porous three-dimensional scaffolds for engineering various tissues such as skin, blood vessels, nerve, tendon, bone and cartilage. The continuous structure of nanofibers makes them more suitable for use as the basic component of a scaffold providing a connection between the nano and the macroscopic objects. The nanofibers present unique properties such as a high surface area to volume ratio, flexibility in surface functionalities, superior mechanical, high porosity, variable pore-size distribution and morphological similarity to fibrillar structure of native ECM. Among the techniques that allow the production of nanofibrous structures, electrospinning is certainly a promising one due to its simplicity, versatility and the development of new techniques and materials useful for tissue engineering and biomedicine applications.

The articles in this Special Issue will provide a platform for future research and innovation in the field of smart and functional nanofibrous electrospun scaffolds. We believe that this Special Issue will be of interest to researchers and practitioners in the field of biomaterials and bioengineering, as well as to those who are interested in the development of new and innovative technologies for nanofibrous scaffolds for biomedicine applications.

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Smart nanofibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering.
• Multifunctional nanofibers scaffold for regenerative medicine.
• Chemical and physical functionalization of nanofibrous scaffold.
• Unconventional nanofibrous materials for biomedicine.
• New applications of nanofibers for biomedical devices.
• Nanofibers for smart therapeutics treatments.
• Nanofibrous scaffolds for drug delivery.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Paola Nitti
Dr. Marta Madaghiele
Dr. Christian Demitri
Guest Editors

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