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International Journal of Nano and Biomaterials

 

Special Issue on: "Advances in Biomaterials for Medical and Pharmaceutical Applications"

Guest Editor: Dr. Libo Wu, MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc., USA

The development of biomaterials has been ongoing for several decades now and is a multidisciplinary field which involves medicine, pharmaceutics, biology, tissue engineering, material science and chemistry. Biomaterials have been used in a wide variety of medical and pharmaceutical applications such as dental implant, contact lenses, heart valves, bone implant and drug delivery.

The deficiency of traditional biomaterials as well as the rapid advances of other related fields has inspired the progress in novel biomaterials design. For instance, intelligent biomaterials which can control the surrounding biological environment or are responsive to the conditions around them have drawn increasing attention recently from researchers. Significant advances have also been made these days with regard to the design of novel polymeric biomaterials for controlled drug delivery and targeting.

This special issue aims to attract high quality research articles related to recent advances in the application of biomaterials for medical and pharmaceutical applications and to bring together the latest work in this rapidly growing multidisciplinary field.

Subject Coverage
Topics covered by this special issue include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Synthesis and manufacture of biomaterials
• Toxicology of biomaterials
• Biocompatibility of biomaterials
• Surface and interface of biomaterials
• Interaction between biomaterials and cell/tissue
• Characterisation of biomaterials
• Biomaterials for medical device
• Biomaterials for surgery
• Biomaterial for dental applications
• Biomaterials for drug delivery
• Biomaterials in tissue engineering
• Polymeric biomaterials
• Metallic biomaterials
• Ceramic biomaterials
• Functional/intelligent biomaterials
• Design of novel biomaterials
• Nano-sized biomaterials
• Biocompatible and biodegradable micro/nanoparticles

Notes for Prospective Authors

Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor be currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. (N.B. Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper was not originally copyrighted and if it has been completely re-written).

All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors, sample copies and other relevant information for submitting papers are available on the Author Guidelines page

Important Dates

Deadline for submission of manuscripts: 30 October 2010 (extended)

Deadline for revised manuscripts: 31 December 2010