Guest Editors
Xugang Dang, Associate Professor, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, China.
Associate Professor. Xugang Dang was born in China. He graduated from Sichuan University with the degree of Master of Engineering in Leather Chemistry and Engineering in 2017. He received his Ph.D from the same University in 2020, and acted as a Joint-PhD at the Lund University, Sweden. After receiving his doctoral degree he worked at Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, where he is currently working in the College of Bioresources Chemistry and Materials Engineering. In 2020 he was conferred the title of full Associate Professor. Xugang Dang has more than 35 publications in scientific journals and conferences, including 6 patents. His current research areas are biomass-based biomedical polymer materials. He is also a reviewer for more than 15 international academic journals and reviewed more than 50 journals papers.
Meng Wai Woo, Associate Professor, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Associate Professor Woo was born in Malaysia. He graduated from the National University of Malaysia with the Ph.D in Chemical Engineering in 2010. After receiving his doctoral degree he undertook his postdoctoral training at Monash University, Australia. He was a Senior Lecturer in Monash University before taking up his current position of Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He is a visiting Associate Professor at Soochow University, China. He has more than 100 publications in scientific journals and 2 books, including 2 patents. His main research interests are Food packing materials and Functional hydrogel materials for biomedical use.
Summary
Traditional medical polymer
materials have certain disadvantages associated with poor mechanical
properties, biocompatibility, biodegradability, and weak antibacterial ability,
which makes it unsuitable for biomedical field. For this reason, it is imperative
to develop the ideal biomedical materials based on natural biopolymers with
multi-functional advantages such as softness, breathability, flexibility,
transparency, free formability, antibacterial properties and underpinning all
these properties. Polysaccharides and gelatin are the most abundant natural
biopolymers with low cost, good properties (e.g., film-forming, biodegradable
and biocompatible), which can be used to propose rational solutions. This
special collection aims to focus on areas related to biopolymers technologies,
science, and functionalization, and their potential use in biomedical
applications, such as antibacterial materials, drug-carrier, tissue
engineering. It will cover biopolymers preparation, characterization,
performance, and application evaluation. Potential topics include but are not
limited to the research areas above. Other sub-topics as long as they align
with the general theme of the Special Issue are also encouraged. The original
research articles, review/mini-review articles, and case studies are welcome.
Keywords
Biopolymers; Gelatin; Polysaccharides; Biocompatibility; Antibacterial ability; Biomedical application; Biodegradability
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