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A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomacromolecules, Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 March 2024 | Viewed by 1582
Special Issue Editors
Interests: inulin; biopolymers; edible packaging; food; environment
Interests: material engineering; instrumental analysis; food safety
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biopolymers, while initially developed for food industry applications, have become widely used across various disciplines. The physicochemical properties, mechanical performance, high stability, degradability and microencapsulation capacity, make biopolymers adaptable to many other fields and functions. They can be designed for personalized and specialized biocompatibility, and are for the most part non-toxic, non-allergenic, and biodegradable. These properties, coupled with the ease of development and manipulation, have advanced the use of biopolymers beyond the original intent.
Because they are biologically active molecules, biopolymers have broad application in the biomedical domain. Forms of these molecules (e.g., hydrogels, microcapsules, films, coatings) are used in tissue engineering, wound dressings, in the design of medical implants, in drug delivery, and many other uses.
The purpose of the special issue "Biopolymer for Biomedical Application" is to highlight new discoveries, progress, and future directions of biopolymers in biomedical applications. We invite authors in the field to submit their latest original research papers, review articles, or short communications.
Dr. Roxana Gheorghita
Dr. Gheorghe Gutt
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Polymers is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- biopolymers
- biomedical applications
- biocompatibility
- microencapsulation
- films and coatings
- tissue engineering
- wound dressings
- modern biomedicine
- essential oils and other active substances
