Nanofibrous Scaffolds for Biomedical Application
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2017) | Viewed by 84799
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Interests: nanotechnology for biomedical applications; nanoscale materials for drug delivery; and cell therapeutics and regenerative medicine
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Interests: synthesis and application of novel polymeric biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications
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Dear Colleagues,
Nanofibrous architectures are key structural and functional elements in a wide array of biological systems. As a result, there are increasing efforts to replicate these structural motifs as biomedical scaffolds for tissue regeneration, in vitro cell culture, medical device coatings, and tissue sealants. Naturally-derived, synthetic, and self-assembling fibrous nanostructures are being used to create open fibrous scaffolds, embedded fiber networks within a matrix phase, and a variety of more complex arrangements.
This Special Issue of Nanomaterials will survey progress and challenges and present the current state-of-the-art in the use of chemistry and engineering to create nanofibrous scaffolds for biomedical applications. For this effort, we have invited contributions from leading groups in the field with the aim of giving a balanced view of the current status and future prospects within this field of research.
Prof. Dr. Hicham Fenniri
Prof. Dr. Adam Ekenseair
Guest Editors
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Keywords
Nanofibers
organic nanotubes
nanofibrous scaffolds
self-assembling nanostructures
biomaterials
biopolymers
fibrous hydrogels
tissue engineering
cell culture
medical device coatings
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