Polymer Surface and Interfacial Control for Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Smart and Functional Polymers".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 October 2022) | Viewed by 8988
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomaterials; bio-interface; surface modification; antibacterial surface; medical implants
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
When circulating blood comes into contact with an artificial material surface, it can coagulate and form a clot. Additionally, adsorption of proteins or lipids occurs rapidly when a contact lens and the eye fluid come into contact. Such blood coagulation or protein adsorption often limits the general use of polymers as biomaterial. Although it is difficult to fully maintain antithrombotic or antifouling properties, bio-inert surfaces have been developed that can reduce blood coagulation or protein adsorption to some extent. For example, blood coagulation and protein adsorption can be minimized by creating a super-hydrophilic or super-hydrophobic surface. Super-hydrophilic surfaces appear to be more suitable for most blood-related and ophthalmic applications.
Recently, technological advances and practical use in surgical operations have rapidly expanded the applicability of biomedical materials. For decades, biomaterial research has been reported in the development of functional medical matters such as hemostatic sutures, implants, drug carriers, and engineered artificial tissues as medical treatments. Most medical matters and artificial tissues, except for hard tissues such as bones and teeth, are made of polymer materials. Early research focused on bio-inert polymers to avoid inflammation, blood coagulation and protein adsorption with living tissue; however, subsequent studies are being conducted to actively create an environment similar to a living body by binding a biological component to a polymer surface. In addition, by studying the interfacial properties between biological tissues and polymers, it became possible to manufacture bio-composite materials composed of hydroxyapatite, the main component of bone and tooth, and polymers for ordinary medical applications.
This Special Issue will focus on the surface and interfacial chemistry of functional polymers for biomedical applications. Through this, it aims to provide information on convergence science, including polymers, to materials scientists, as well as front-line medical and dental researchers majoring in clinical medicine.
Prof. Dr. Inn-Kyu Kang
Prof. Dr. Ohhyeong Kwon
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- polymer surface
- interface
- hydrogel
- blood coagulation
- antifouling
- biomaterials
- hemostasis
