Biomedical Applications of Supramolecular Chemistry
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomedical Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 June 2022) | Viewed by 3689
Special Issue Editors
Interests: supramolecular chemistry; nanotechnology; biomedical applications; antimicrobial resistance
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Supramolecular chemistry has always found a source of inspiration in living systems. This should not come as a surprise, because cellular processes rely heavily on no-covalent interactions which organisms have perfected over the course of millions of years of evolution. Although we cannot yet compete with the beautiful complexity of biological systems, the knowledge acquired in the past decades regarding the non-covalent interactions of biomolecules with synthetic ligands, supramolecular assemblies and nanoparticles, has led to a wide range of biomedical applications. In a time when society is demanding new solutions to health challenges (e.g. respiratory infectious diseases, antimicrobial resistance, cancer and neurological disorders) supramolecular chemistry might have a lot to say. This is the driving force behind this Special Issue.
The suggested topics are:
- Non-covalent interaction of synthetic systems with biomolecules and biomedical relevant compounds (nucleic acids, proteins, neurotransmitters, carbohydrates, toxins, etc.).
- Supramolecular systems applied to bioimaging techniques.
- Chemosensors for biomedically important metal cations and anions.
- Interactions of metal complexes (e.g. platinum, ruthenium, iridium, etc.) with biological substrates.
- Biomedical applications of nanoparticles and supramolecular polymers.
Dr. Mario Inclán
Dr. Begoña Verdejo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- supramolecular chemistry
- biomedical applications
- nanotechnology
- chemosensors
- bioimaging techniques
- metal complexes
- biomolecules
- supramolecular polymers
- supramolecular gels