Advanced Polymer Composite Materials for Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 September 2021) | Viewed by 3898
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Dear Colleagues,
Currently, biomedicine is faced with an urgent need to establish new methods of treatment that improve the regenerative potential of an organism. This is highly connected with the aging of modern societies, followed by the growing prevalence of diseases of civilization such as osteoporosis. There is a great need to develop new therapeutic strategies promote the healing of damaged tissue, while also having a bridging function and enhancing the functional recovery of an organ. The development in the field of biomaterials engineering is outstanding—driven not only by target application in terms of regenerative medicine, but also advances in materials preparation and characterization techniques. Polymer-based composite materials draw attention in various biomedical applications including orthopedics, dentistry, and cardiology. They have proven to be ideal drug delivery systems and platforms promoting the adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation of progenitor cells. These features significantly increase the potential application of composites in the biomedical field. Further, polymer-based composites offer the possibility of tailoring specific properties of devices in order to obtain advantageous mechanical and physiological responses.
The present Special Issue on “Advanced Polymer Composite Materials for Biomedical Applications” will encompass research from various fields, including biomaterials engineering as well as tissue engineering, biology, and chemistry. This Special Issue is dedicated to research related to the design and synthesis of multifunctional polymer composite materials, but also to their physicochemical and biological characterization. Full articles, short communications, and review articles on this topic are welcome.
Dr. Agnieszka Śmieszek
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- polymer-based composites
- biomedical applications
- biodegradable polymers
- tissue engineering
- cytocompatibility
- biocompatibility
- progenitor cells
- regenerative medicine.
