About this Research Topic
Functional biopolymeric materials have the potential to revolutionize numerous fields. The surge in sustainable biopolymer production underscores their environmental and industrial significance. Tailored by additives, these materials enable precise control over properties such as chemical structure, degradation, and strength, which are essential for optimal performance. The biocompatibility, biodegradability, and renewability of these materials drive innovation in biomedicine, spanning from medical devices to tissue engineering. Rapid advances in polymer design are propelling fields like photovoltaics, stimuli-responsive materials, water purification, and energy storage. Smart biopolymer films are revolutionizing packaging through enhanced functionality. Despite these advancements, there remain significant gaps in understanding the full potential and limitations of these materials, particularly in their biomedical applications. This research topic aims to address these gaps by focusing on the progress enabled by nanotechnology.
This research topic aims to enhance the understanding of functional biopolymeric materials, thereby fostering transformative biomedical applications and promoting sustainable technological progress. The specific objectives include featuring groundbreaking research with the potential to revolutionize biomedicine, examining the applications of a variety of biomaterials, and focusing on the application of 3D printing in tissue engineering. Additionally, it aims to understand the structure-property-function relationships in biopolymeric materials, the essential role of metallic materials in prosthetics, and the development of sustainable nanostructures.
To gather further insights into the boundaries of functional biopolymeric materials, we welcome articles addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:
- Functional Biopolymeric Materials: Combining biopolymers (such as chitin, chitosan, etc.) with tailored functionality for biocompatibility, biodegradability, targeted drug release, external stimuli, and bioactivity.
- Polymeric Micelles: Strategies for nanoparticle-based drug delivery using amphiphilic block copolymers.
- Stimuli-Responsive Systems: Materials that adapt to changing external stimuli, including hydrogels, for targeted drug delivery and tissue engineering.
- Silk Fibroin: Exploring the biomedical potential of this versatile protein-based biomaterial.
- Biomaterials for 3D Printing: Analyzing additive manufacturing for creating intricate structures in tissue engineering and other related biomedical applications, with an emphasis on structure-property-function relationships.
- Metallic Biomaterials: Advances in implants and prosthetics, focusing on novel fabrication methods and surface modifications, including biocompatible coatings, enhanced tissue integration, drug delivery integration, infection prevention, and biomechanical modeling.
We welcome contributions (original research articles, short communications, reviews, mini-reviews, perspectives, and opinions) reporting on recent leading-edge research findings in areas that include, but are not necessarily limited to, the topics listed above.
This research topic aims to enhance the understanding of functional biopolymeric materials, thereby fostering transformative biomedical applications and promoting sustainable technological progress. The specific objectives include featuring groundbreaking research with the potential to revolutionize biomedicine, examining the applications of a variety of biomaterials, and focusing on the application of 3D printing in tissue engineering. Additionally, it aims to understand the structure-property-function relationships in biopolymeric materials, the essential role of metallic materials in prosthetics, and the development of sustainable nanostructures.
To gather further insights into the boundaries of functional biopolymeric materials, we welcome articles addressing, but not limited to, the following themes:
- Functional Biopolymeric Materials: Combining biopolymers (such as chitin, chitosan, etc.) with tailored functionality for biocompatibility, biodegradability, targeted drug release, external stimuli, and bioactivity.
- Polymeric Micelles: Strategies for nanoparticle-based drug delivery using amphiphilic block copolymers.
- Stimuli-Responsive Systems: Materials that adapt to changing external stimuli, including hydrogels, for targeted drug delivery and tissue engineering.
- Silk Fibroin: Exploring the biomedical potential of this versatile protein-based biomaterial.
- Biomaterials for 3D Printing: Analyzing additive manufacturing for creating intricate structures in tissue engineering and other related biomedical applications, with an emphasis on structure-property-function relationships.
- Metallic Biomaterials: Advances in implants and prosthetics, focusing on novel fabrication methods and surface modifications, including biocompatible coatings, enhanced tissue integration, drug delivery integration, infection prevention, and biomechanical modeling.
We welcome contributions (original research articles, short communications, reviews, mini-reviews, perspectives, and opinions) reporting on recent leading-edge research findings in areas that include, but are not necessarily limited to, the topics listed above.
Keywords: Functional biomaterials, Nanotechnology, Stimuli-responsive, 3D printing, Functionalization, Applications
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