Bioinstructive Polymers: From Synthesis to Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 December 2020)
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biohybrid systems; polymeric microgels; surface chemistry; biomaterials; biointerfaces; cell biology; biomedical applications
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Dear Colleagues,
Polymer materials hold great promise in a wide range of applications ranging from tissue engineered scaffolds and drug delivery systems to biosensors or implants that replace damaged tissues. Controllable interplay between polymer and proteins/cells, via (bio)chemical modification or/and biofabrication strategies to precise control over their physicochemical properties, are vital for the flexible adjustment of materials for biomedical applications. In addition, increasing number of new (bio)polymers and techniques to functionalize them require developing efficient characterization strategies for screening their interaction with cells which may accelerate the translation from synthesis to clinical application.
This special issue aims to collect original and review papers that mainly discuss present advances on the synthesis, modification and characterization of bioinstructive polymers, as well as their properties and bio-applications. This special issue will be connected to the symposium “Bioinstructive Polymers” organized within the German Material Science & Engineering conference in Darmstadt on 22-25 September 2020 (https://www.mse-congress.de/topics/b-biomaterials)
Dr. Patrick van Rijn
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Biopolymer design and modification
- Biopolymer composites
- Nanostructured biopolymers
- 3D biopolymer scaffolds
- Characterization of the surfaces and interfaces of biopolymers
- High-throughput screening platforms based on biopolymers
- Biomedical applications
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