Green Biomaterials

Green Biomaterials provides a unique forum for the publication of innovative research on the development of alternative green and sustainable technologies to synthesize, prepare and modify a wide range of bioactive materials. The scope of Green Biomaterials is based on two important definitions,(1) green chemistry and (2) biomaterials. The definition of green chemistry is proposed by Anastas and Warner (Green Chemistry: Theory and Practice, P T Anastas and J C Warner, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998), and the definition of biomaterials is as a substance that has been engineered to take a form which, alone or as part of a complex system, is used to direct, by control of interactions with components of living systems, the course of any therapeutic or diagnostic procedure. Green Biomaterials is at the frontiers of this continuously-evolving interdisciplinary science and publishes research that attempts to reduce the environmental impact of the chemical enterprise by developing a technology base that is inherently non-toxic to living things and the environment. Submissions on all aspects of research relating to the endeavour are welcome. The scope of the journal covers the wide range of physical, chemical, and biological sciences that underpin the design of green synthesized/prepared/modified biomaterials and the clinical/industrial disciplines in which they are used. These sciences include organic and inorganic (nano)materials, the synthesis and characterization process, drug/gene vector/carrier design, tissue engineering responses to the interference of the green components, the biology of the host response, immunology and toxicology and self-assembly at the nanoscale. The journal is relevant to areas covering all of the industrial and clinical applications including, but not limited to, water treatment, desalination, catalysis, photocatalysis, cancer diagnosis and therapy, implantable devices, drug/gene delivery systems, and bionanotechnology.