Advances in Antimicrobial Biopolymers
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomacromolecules, Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2023) | Viewed by 6085
Special Issue Editor
Interests: materials for medical and cosmetics application; wound dressing; antimicrobial materials; packaging materials; biopolymers
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, antimicrobial resistance has become a pressing global issue. Microorganisms possessing and acquiring resistance to chemotherapeutic agents pose a threat to health and food safety but also to the global economy. Therefore, it is important to search for new alternatives to antibiotics.
Natural polymers with antimicrobial properties may be one promising strategy.
This Special Issue aims to highlight the aspects of the synthesis and physicochemical and biological characterizations of those polymers, with a focus on advanced research of antimicrobial properties.
Polymers: Advances in Antimicrobial Biopolymers includes topics at the interface of the biomedical sciences and food safety as well as the impact of those biopolymers on the environment.
Dr. Marta Michalska-Sionkowska
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- antimicrobial properties
- biofilm
- biopolymers
- food safety
- biomaterials
- antibiotic-resistant
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