Development and Application of Polymer Scaffolds
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 February 2024) | Viewed by 23326
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Interests: polymer scaffolds; additive manufacturing; tissue engineering; biomaterials; nanocomposites; functional materials; biological properties; mechanical properties; degradation properties; drug release
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Interests: 3D/4D printing; biofabrication; shape memory; bone scaffold; biomaterials; function materials; polymers; nanocomposites
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
I’m honored to accept the invitation of the MDPI Polymers Editorial Office to act as a Guest Editor for a new Special Issue, entitled "Development and Application of Polymer Scaffolds" in the journal Polymers.
Polymers and their composites have become the most widely used biomaterials in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, due to their advantages of good biocompatibility, adjustable physical, chemical, and biological properties, good processed performance, etc. Their application area includes tissue engineering scaffolds, wound dressings, vascular stents, nerve guidance conduits, drug release carriers, etc.; Their material form includes scaffold, hydrogel, fiber, microsphere, etc.; Their preparation technology includes traditional preparation process and additive manufacturing technology or their combination.
The aim of this Special Issue is to highlight the research progress on polymers and their composites, especially in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, including but not limited to the following aspects: material and structure design, functionalization, preparation, characterization, performance evaluation, and biomedical application.
We sincerely invite you to submit your paper to this special issue and are looking forward to sharing your outstanding work with peers around the world.
Best wishes!
Dr. Wang Guo
Prof. Dr. Hui You
Dr. Pei Feng
Prof. Dr. Yu Long
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- polymer scaffolds
- additive manufacturing
- tissue engineering
- biomaterials
- nanocomposites
- functional materials
- biological properties
- mechanical properties
- degradation properties
- drug release
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