Polymeric Nanofibers and Nanoparticles for Nanomedicine Applications
A special issue of Polymers (ISSN 2073-4360). This special issue belongs to the section "Polymer Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 3366
Special Issue Editor
Interests: nanomedicine; tissue engineering; drug delivery; wound healing; hemostatic patches; controlled release; nanoparticle; nanofiber; targeted drug release; electrospray; electrospinning; emulsion polymerization; self-assembly; nanostructure; liposomes; catalysis
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We have come a long way since Norio Taniguchi’s coining of the word “nanotechnology” for the first time in 1974. Our ability to control and characterize structures with submicron characteristic lengths has improved steadily since then. While commercial applications of nanotechnology in electronics, energy and IT took an early lead, the long and patient path taken by scientists, engineers and business leaders to fund and develop nano-inspired medical products has started to produce concrete results. Commercial applications rely on gold nanoparticles for the detection of specific sequences of nucleic acids. Abraxane, an albumin-bound paclitaxel, has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of a variety of cancers, as have Rapamune nanocrystals and liposome-encapsulated forms of Doxil and irinotecan. These are just a few examples of the current $150B/year nanomedicine market, according to a July 2020 Industry Research report.
This Special Issue of Polymers is dedicated to the dissemination of new and exciting nanomedicine research. Basic materials research that aims at the development of nano-inspired medical applications, in vitro and in vivo testing of nanomaterials, nanoparticle toxicity, and the development of theoretical and empirical models used to understand structure–function relationships are just examples of the types of original contributions being sought. The submission of subdiscipline-specific reviews is also welcome.
Prof. Dr. Gustavo Larsen
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Nanomedicine
- Nanoparticle
- Nanofiber
- Liposome
- Drug delivery
- Controlled release
- Wound healing
- Self-assembly
- Electrospray
- Electrospinning
- Tissue engineering
- Hemostatic patches
- Targeted drug delivery
- Emulsion polymerization
- Nanostructure
- Theranostics
- Nanoparticle imaging
- Bactericide nanostructures
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