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Biopolymers including natural (e.g., polysaccharides, proteins, gums, natural rubbers, bacterial polymers), synthetic (e.g., aliphatic polyesters and polyphosphoester), and biocomposites are of paramount interest in regenerative medicine, due to their availability, processability, and low toxicity. Moreover, the structuration of biopolymer-based materials at the nano- and microscale along with their chemical properties are crucial in the engineering of advanced carriers for drug products. Finally, combination products including or based on biopolymers for controlled drug release offer a powerful solution to improve the tissue integration and biological response of these materials. Understanding the drug delivery mechanisms, efficiency, and toxicity of such systems may be useful for regenerative medicine and pharmaceutical technology. The main aim of the Special Issue on “Biopolymers in Drug Delivery and Regenerative Medicine” is to gather recent findings and current advances on biopolymer research for biomedical applications, particularly in regenerative medicine, wound healing, and drug delivery. Contributions to this issue can be as original research or review articles and may cover all aspects of biopolymer research, ranging from the chemical synthesis and characterization of modified biopolymers, their processing in different morphologies and hierarchical structures, as well as their assessment for biomedical uses.

Technology: general issues --- coating --- modification --- nanotechnology --- un-pigmented paints --- permeability --- pull-off --- artificial weathering --- coatings --- durability --- natural weathering --- oak wood --- wettability --- phenol --- carbohydrates --- beech --- birch --- spruce --- sessile oak --- wood --- surface modification --- esterification --- classic approaches --- modern approaches --- shelling --- western larch --- confocal profilometry --- profiling --- growth rings --- latewood --- earlywood --- pith-side-up --- bark-side-up --- spruce wood --- fungicides --- plasma --- UV-additives --- weathering --- adhesion --- caffeine --- TiO2 nanoparticles --- transparent coatings --- UV-resistance --- mould attack --- leaching --- micronized basic copper carbonate --- peroxide --- surface protection --- Norway spruce --- thermally treated wood --- DCSBD --- plasma treatment --- surface free energy

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Biopolymers including natural (e.g., polysaccharides, proteins, gums, natural rubbers, bacterial polymers), synthetic (e.g., aliphatic polyesters and polyphosphoester), and biocomposites are of paramount interest in regenerative medicine, due to their availability, processability, and low toxicity. Moreover, the structuration of biopolymer-based materials at the nano- and microscale along with their chemical properties are crucial in the engineering of advanced carriers for drug products. Finally, combination products including or based on biopolymers for controlled drug release offer a powerful solution to improve the tissue integration and biological response of these materials. Understanding the drug delivery mechanisms, efficiency, and toxicity of such systems may be useful for regenerative medicine and pharmaceutical technology. The main aim of the Special Issue on “Biopolymers in Drug Delivery and Regenerative Medicine” is to gather recent findings and current advances on biopolymer research for biomedical applications, particularly in regenerative medicine, wound healing, and drug delivery. Contributions to this issue can be as original research or review articles and may cover all aspects of biopolymer research, ranging from the chemical synthesis and characterization of modified biopolymers, their processing in different morphologies and hierarchical structures, as well as their assessment for biomedical uses.

coating --- modification --- nanotechnology --- un-pigmented paints --- permeability --- pull-off --- artificial weathering --- coatings --- durability --- natural weathering --- oak wood --- wettability --- phenol --- carbohydrates --- beech --- birch --- spruce --- sessile oak --- wood --- surface modification --- esterification --- classic approaches --- modern approaches --- shelling --- western larch --- confocal profilometry --- profiling --- growth rings --- latewood --- earlywood --- pith-side-up --- bark-side-up --- spruce wood --- fungicides --- plasma --- UV-additives --- weathering --- adhesion --- caffeine --- TiO2 nanoparticles --- transparent coatings --- UV-resistance --- mould attack --- leaching --- micronized basic copper carbonate --- peroxide --- surface protection --- Norway spruce --- thermally treated wood --- DCSBD --- plasma treatment --- surface free energy

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This Special Issue of Polymers is a collection of 11 original high-quality scientific contributions on basic and applied research in the field of wood science and technology, and provides good examples of the recent challenges related to the production and application of wood and wood-based materials. The Special Issue includes individual papers concerned with the enhancement of the performance and technological properties of wood composites, above all plywood, as well as with the ignition and combustion of wood and wood composites in monitoring and evaluating these processes on state-of-the-art equipment, and monitoring chemical changes in wood and wood adhesives and composites. The topic of the Special Issue has clearly resonated with the world’s scientific community and the responses have come from traditionally strong wood research centers in Europe and Asia.

Technology: general issues --- plywood --- veneer 3D moldability --- natural fiber reinforcement --- wood-plastic composite (WPC) --- silicone --- mechanical properties --- cytotoxicity --- casting --- ageing --- veneer --- laser-cut --- additive manufacturing --- wood composite --- birch plywood --- molecular weight --- phenol-formaldehyde resin --- soft-rot --- weathering stability --- wood-based panels --- high-density fiberboards --- bio-adhesives --- ammonium lignosulfonate --- zero-formaldehyde emission --- tropical wood --- non-isothermal thermogravimetry --- deconvolution of thermogravimetry runs --- cone calorimetry testing --- heat-release rate --- OSB --- heat flux density --- ignition time --- weight loss --- meranti --- padauk --- merbau --- thermal treatment --- wood lignin --- eco-panel --- small ignition initiator --- straw --- relative burning rate --- fire properties --- spruce wood --- cellulose --- hemicelluloses --- lignin --- extractives --- time of storage --- fiber characteristics --- torrefied wood --- fuel --- combustion --- heat release rate