Tailored Biopolymer Gels: Functionalization, Structure, and 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 (31 August 2023) | Viewed by 1306
Special Issue Editors
Interests: dynamics and rheology of soft materials; biopolymer gels; drug delivery; supercritical-CO2 for aerogels; diffusion in polymeric matrices
Interests: original approaches for selective modifications of carbohydrates and multi-functionalized compounds; new methods and strategies for oligosaccharide synthesis; original routes to bioactive targets
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Dear Colleagues,
There is a growing interest in gels, particularly for those based on biopolymers—that is, natural polymers from the cells of living organisms. The main thrust comes from the possibility of using these systems in different fields, ranging from foods to cosmetics, from pharmaceuticals to biomedicals. The variety of prospects offered by these soft materials makes them extremely interesting from a research point of view: chemically, through the presence of easily modifiable chemical groups which makes it possible to alter and enhance their functionality (e.g., by responding to specific stimuli); physically, for the possibility of combining information at different length scales to obtain their ultimate properties; and finally, from an engineering point of view, for the ability to tailor their properties by modulating the underlying interactions. Such peculiarities make biopolymer-based gels a popular topic in polymer science.
The topics covered by this Special Issue range different disciplinary fields. For example, the functionalization of biopolymer gels for targeted uses, the relationship between gel structure and ultimate properties, and the tailoring of materials for specific applications.
Prof. Dr. Domenico Larobina
Prof. Dr. Alfonso Iadonisi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biopolymer gels
- functionalization
- gel structure
- mechanical characterization
- dynamic characterization
- bio-responsive gels
- application of biopolymer gels
