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Dr. Shih-Feng Chou
Email: schou@uttyler.edu
Affiliation: Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, The University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX 75799, USA
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Research Interests: polymer scaffold synthesis, structure-property relationships of polymers, drug delivery, tissue engineering, wound healing
Summary
There is a great need for the development of advanced functional polymer materials in controlled drug delivery applications to reduce the burden of patients and healthcare providers in frequently administering these drug carriers. Current research progress has demonstrated the efforts in the synthesis of multi-functional drug-containing polymer materials, including nano- and micro-particles, thin films, nanofibers, porous scaffolds, hydrogels, composites, etc. However, the development of controlled-release polymer-carriers that can accommodate a wide range of chemical and/or bioactive agents over various time scales has proven to be difficult. Thus, this special issue aims to address the current progress on the design and fabrication of controlled-release polymer materials that can deliver chemical and/or bioactive agents for effective treatments of various disease states.
Warm invitations are extended to members of the academic and scientific communities to contribute to current comprehensive reviews and/or original research results on synthesis, characterization, and testing of advanced polymer drug carriers in controlled drug delivery and tissue engineering applications.
Keywords
processing and structureproperty characterizations of polymer drug carriers, hybrid polymer drug carriers, advanced polymer drug delivery systems, controlled drug delivery, tissue engineering
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