Polymers for Drug Delivery and Wound Healing
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 3719
Special Issue Editors
2. Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, London NE1 7RU, UK
Interests: wound healing; drug delivery; drug formulation; skin; transdermal and topical delivery; polymers; mucous membranes; microbial biofilms; drug targeting, toxicology; drug design
2. Translational and Clinical Research Institute, Newcastle University, London NE1 7RU, UK
Interests: microneedles; nanotechnology; drug formulation; targeted drug delivery systems; accessible diagnostic technologies; disease detection; skin
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Tremendous progress has been made in the development of polymeric materials for biomedical and pharmaceutical applications in recent years. These materials include natural, synthetic and semi-synthetic polymers. These developments have greatly enhanced our understanding of the properties of these materials, which in turn has enabled us to exploit and modify them to suit the prevention and treatment of specific medical conditions. Many of these materials incorporate desirable properties for drug delivery and wound healing, such as versatility, bioresponsiveness, tunability, biocompatibility, manufacturability and sustainability. This special issue aims to celebrate these advances and encourage knowledge sharing to spur further progress in this area. In this special issue, we invite original research articles and comprehensive reviews on the applications of polymers in drug delivery and wound healing.
Dr. Wing Man Lau
Dr. Keng Wooi Ng
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- wound
- skin
- drug delivery
- formulation
- chitosan
- hydrogels
- polymer therapeutics
- polymer diagnostics
- polymer chemistry
- polymers
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