Polymers for Designing Drug Delivery Systems
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 August 2023) | Viewed by 16336
Special Issue Editors
2. National Research Center for Micro and Nanomaterials, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania
3. Academy of Romanian Scientists, 3 Ilfov Street, Bucharest, Romania
Interests: synthesis and characterization of nano and biomaterials
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2. National Research Center for Micro and Nanomaterials, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania
Interests: synthesis and characterization of nanobiomaterials; polymers; pharmaceutical nanotechnology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Owing to their highly versatile nature, in terms of physico-chemical, mechanical and biological properties, polymers have been extensively used in a plethora of applications. Among these applications, the design and development of drug delivery systems represents an essential direction, due to their biocompatibility and biodegradability. Moreover, they allow for the encapsulation of a wide variety of drug molecules with different affinities for water and lipids, which further enables the modulation of drug biodistribution, absorption and release. Aside from being used as drug delivery vehicles, numerous synthetic and natural polymers have demonstrated bioactivities when applied in biological systems, such as antimicrobial, antioxidant, anticancer and regenerative behaviors. Therefore, this field is continuously expanding and evolving towards the improvement of the currently available drug formulations.
Thus, this Special Issue on “Polymers for Designing Drug Delivery Systems” aims to create a broad collection of the most recent and advanced research articles and comprehensive reviews on the topic of polymers, regarding the controlled release of biologically active molecules, in order to further contribute to the progress in the biomedical field.
Prof. Dr. Ecaterina Andronescu
Guest Editor
Cristina Chircov
Guest Editor Assistant
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Keywords
- drug delivery systems
- antimicrobial therapies and biofilm modulation
- core–shell systems
- tissue engineering and regeneration
- biopolymeric blends
- smart biopolymers
- wound dressings
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