Special Issue "Recent Advances in Bioactive Molecules Delivery"
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomacromolecules, Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 March 2024 | Viewed by 2099
Special Issue Editors
Interests: polymers; biomaterials; drug delivery; tissue engineering
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Interests: surface modification; smart materials; drug delivery; biomaterials; polymers; liposomes
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Promising and versatile bioactive molecule-delivery systems can be used to deliver both small-molecule drugs and various classes of biomacromolecules, such as peptides, proteins, plasmid DNA and synthetic oligodeoxynucleotides. Controlled release of bioactive molecules can enhance their efficacy in several areas of intervention, namely pharmaceutical, agriculture, food industry and packaging or even cosmetics.
Drug delivery systems are one of the main issues of interest to the scientific community. Modern approaches from macromolecular chemistry to medical applications such as drug delivery and tissue engineering raise high demands on the design and functionality of the polymers. On the other hand, the incorporation of bioactive molecules in food packaging materials may allow an increase in the shelf life of those products. In the area of agriculture, a lot of interest has been raised by the incorporation and prolonged release of agrochemicals such as pesticides.
In order to achieve these goals, the high demand for polymeric matrices to sustain and control the delivery of such a variety of molecules justifies the increasing investment in the development of such materials.
This issue aims to review the current state-of-the-art concerning bioactive molecule delivery systems and envision future perspectives. The topical subjects to be addressed include: synthetic polymers, natural polymers, bioconjugation of polymers, smart polymers, amphiphilic polymers, bioactive polymers, the dynamics of polymers crossing biological barriers, targeted drug delivery, polymers as drugs, etc.
Dr. Paula C. Ferreira
Dr. Patrícia de Jesus Pinto Alves
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- bioactive molecules delivery
- controlled release
- biocompatibility
- pharmaceutics
- agriculture
- targeting
- polymeric nanocarrier
