Special Issue "Research and Development of Silk Biomaterials"
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomacromolecules, Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 907
Special Issue Editors
2. Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang 212100, China
3. School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
Interests: silk-based biomaterials and their bioactivities and applications
Dr. Yurong Li
2. Sericultural Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zhenjiang 212100, China
3. School of Biotechnology, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China
Interests: silk-based biomaterials and their bioactivities and applications
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Silk-based biomaterials are known for biomedical and tissue engineering applications including drug delivery, tissue repair, and implantable devices owing to their biological activities and a wide range of ideal physicochemical properties. Various silk varieties, such as spider silk, silkworm silk (including fibroin and silk sericin), and recombinant silk materials, have been explored for applications over the past few decades. Silk fibroin/sericin can be used alone or in combination with other materials to construct various biomaterials, including scaffolds, hydrogels, films, microspheres, smart mats, and microneedles, which can meet the needs of different biomedical applications. However, it is possible that many properties and applications of silk-based biomaterials have not yet been discovered due to limited technology. Additionally, silkworm variety resources (silk biomaterials) are enriched with the development of silkworm-rearing and genetic engineering technology. Thus, the research and development of silk biomaterials are still attractive and significant.
This Special Issue aims to focus on recent advances and developments in silk-based biomaterials. Both high-quality original research articles and comprehensive reviews are welcome to provide a clear understanding of the current state of the research and development of silk biomaterials. Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:
- Synthesis and analysis of silk-based biomaterials;
- Bioactivities and physicochemical properties of silk-based biomaterials;
- Application of silk-based biomaterials in various fields, such as tissue engineering, drug delivery, wound repair, and biomedicine.
Dr. Yeshun Zhang
Dr. Yurong Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- silk-based biomaterials
- silk fibroin
- silk sericin
- hydrogel
- scaffold
- bioactivities
- physicochemical properties
- tissue engineering
- drug delivery
- wound repair
