Biodegradable Polymer Materials for Biomedical Application
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 (25 March 2024) | Viewed by 444
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymer chemistry; nanotechnology; nanomedicine; advanced materials; 3D printing; bioimaging; organic chemistry; biopolymers
Interests: biopolymers; nanomedicine; chemical modification; drug delivery; nanocellulose
Interests: nanotechnology; nanomedicine; drug delivery; theranostic; 3D-Printing (SLA, FDM, DLP, SLS); polymers chemistry
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biodegradable polymers and biopolymers have attracted a great deal of attention from the scientific community in the last decade, especially for the replacement of non-biodegradable and fossil-based materials. This is a crucial issue in the modern era, with particular regard to their medical applications, for which biodegradability allows the polymer to be included in physiological metabolic cycles with little or no interference with the normal healthy functioning of the human body. Their customizable synthesis and tailored functionalization allow for employing biodegradable polymers and biopolymers with a great variety of different approaches to solve an equally great variety of medical problems that span from tissue regeneration to cancer theranostics, often after being processed with novel and outstanding techniques such as additive manufacturing and bioprinting.
This Special Issue is therefore dedicated to the most recent studies on this topic, including several aspects related to the use of biodegradable polymers and biopolymers for medical applications. In particular, the main focus will be centered on, but not limited to:
- Synthesis, functionalization, and/or chemical modification of biodegradable polymers or biopolymers for medical applications;
- Application of biodegradable polymers or biopolymers for the encapsulation and delivery of drugs, nanomaterials, and/or bioactive components in medicine and bioimaging;
- Additive manufacturing of biodegradable polymers or biopolymers for applications in tissue and bone engineering;
- Bioprinting of biopolymer hydrogels for applications in tissue regeneration and engineering.
Dr. Mirko Maturi
Dr. Erica Locatelli
Prof. Dr. Mauro Comes Franchini
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biodegradable polymers
- biopolymers
- drug encapsulation
- drug delivery
- tissue engineering
- additive manufacturing
- polymer composites
- bioprinting
