Bioactive Supramolecular Assemblies
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 January 2022) | Viewed by 5658
Special Issue Editors
Interests: bioactive supramolecular assemblies; drug and vaccine delivery; antimicrobial biomimetics; cationic antimicrobial polymers; novel formulations for vaccines design; hybrid assemblies of polymers with cationic lipids, surfactants and nanoparticles; biocompatible polymers and their assemblies; nanostructured coatings; nanoparticles; lipid polymer assemblies; biomimetic lipid-polymer particles; synthesis and characterization of biocompatible nanoparticles; antimicrobial activity of cationic lipids, surfactants and their assemblies with polymers; polymers and their assemblies for drug and vaccine delivery applications; biomimetic nanotechnology; cationic nanostructures for vaccine design
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, polymers have enabled the development of novel and hybrid supramolecular assemblies. Some of their important applications in biomedical research include vaccine design, optimization of antimicrobial action against resistant microbes, and the protection of active principles against biodegradation. Polymeric-based constructions often rely on non-covalent, multipoint intermolecular interactions between polymers and a variety of biomolecules, surfactants, antigens, drugs, antibiotics, and so forth.
Immunoadjuvants and antimicrobial assemblies are some examples of effective bioactive devices, whose assemblies can be shaped as liposomes, nanoparticles, disks, coatings, hydrogels, multifunctional and layered nanostructures, just to mention a few. Moreover, bioactive novel assemblies must also exhibit another equally important property: negligible in vivo and in vitro toxicity.
The interdisciplinary character of this research area requires contributions from physical and organic chemists, pharmacists, biologists, immunologists, microbiologists, engineers, and medical doctors. Thus, this ambitious Special Issue will combine different fields of knowledge to paint a cohesive picture of the multiple roles of polymers in a variety of biotechnological, biomedical, and pharmaceutical applications. Innovative approaches and broad and comprehensive reviews are especially welcome.
Prof. Dr. Ana Maria Carmona-Ribeiro
Prof. Dr. Arnaldo Rodrigues Santos Júnior
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Polyacrylates
- Biocompatible polymers
- Biodegradable polymers
- Lipids and surfactants
- Hybrid lipid polymer assemblies
- Cationic antimicrobial polymers
- Polymers and their assemblies in drug and vaccine delivery
- Antigen presentation by bioactive assemblies
- Toxicity of bioactive polymers and their assemblies
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