Electrospun Nanofibers for Medical and Bio Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 5 October 2024 | Viewed by 2332
Special Issue Editor
Interests: electrospun polymer fibers; scaffolds for tissue engineering; internal and external wound dressings; drug delivery systems; medical devices; nanofiber post-processing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Electrospinning is one of the most effective methods of micro-and nanomaterial production. It has a comparably very high throughput, enabling the construction of materials of different types of polymers. Fragile biomolecules, drugs, or even living cells can be electrospun or electrosprayed. As micro-and nanofibers can mimic the natural environment of the living cells, they can be used in many biological and medical applications. These include tissue engineering, medical devices, internal and external wound dressings, drug delivery systems, and artificial tissues. Electrospun nonwovens can be post modified to attain desired properties.This Special Issue highlights the current research progress of electrospinning applied to produce materials of biological and medical importance.
Dr. Tomasz Kowalczyk
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- electrospun polymer fibers
- electrospun nanofiber post-processing
- tissue engineering
- polymeric scaffolds
- internal and external wound dressings
- drug delivery systems
- co-axial and multi-axial electrostatic techniques
- medical devices
- artificial tissues
Planned Papers
The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.
Title: 3D printed Polylactic acid/Hydroxyapatite (PLA/HA) and Polylactic acid/Gold (PLA/AU) scaffolds dedicated to bone tissue regeneration
Authors: Angelika Zaszczynska1, Tomasz Kowalczyk1, Ewelina Zabost2, Paweł Ł. Sajkiewicz1, Dorota Kołbuk1
Affiliation: 1:Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Lab. Polymers & Biomaterials, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5b St., 02-106 Warsaw, Poland
2: The University of Warsaw Biological and Chemical Research Centre, Żwirki i Wigury 101 St., 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
Title: Stimulation and Application of Piezoelectric Materials for Bone Tissue Engineering
Authors: Angelika Zaszczyńska, Konrad Zabielski, Arkadiusz Gradys, Tomasz Kowalczyk, Paweł Sajkiewicz
Affiliation: Institute of Fundamental Technological Research, Lab. Polymers & Biomaterials, Polish Academy of Sciences, Pawinskiego 5b St., 02-106 Warsaw, Poland