Functional Polymer-Based Nanomaterials and Their Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Fibers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 October 2024 | Viewed by 452
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biotechnology; nanotechnology; biophysics; materials science; precision medicine; cancer; tissue engineering: regenerative medicine; robotics
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Interests: nanotechnology; biomedical engineering; materials science; electrospinning; electrowriting; 3D printing; microparticles; computational mathematics
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In the recent years, polymer-based systems (micro- and nanoparticles, electrospun nanofibers, microgels, scaffolds, or micro- and nanoneedles) have attained great interest, achieving remarkable breakthroughs in fields such as tissue engineering, sensors, delivery, wound dressing, and environmental applications. Biocompatible polymers, owing to their versatile properties, are combined with functional nanostructured materials or therapeutic molecules for the production multifunctional and stimuli-responsive systems with novel physicochemical properties. Furthermore, polymers have received a lot of attention for their beneficial interactions with cells, positively influencing their functions. Polymer material research that aims at the development of in vitro and in vivo testing of new nano-biomaterials, and the development of theoretical and experimental models used to understand structure–function relationships are just some examples of the types of original contributions being sought. This Special Issue is intended to publish cutting-edge research papers or reviews that discuss theoretical and experimental studies regarding the production of functional polymer-based nanomaterials and their applications in different emerging fields.
Dr. Loretta L. Del Mercato
Dr. Valentina Onesto
Dr. Stefania Forciniti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
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functional polymer materials
- tissue engineering
- regenerative medicine
- targeted therapy
- electrospinning
- bioprinting
- hydrogels
- nanofibers
- scaffolds
- nanoparticles
- nanocarriers
- nanoneedles
- fluorescence microscopy
- electron microscopy
- tracking of cells and nanoparticles
- data compression
- image segmentation
- automated cluster analysis
