Special Issue: "Biodegradability and Environmental Sciences"of IJERPH

Deadline for Paper Submission: 
30 December 2008 (for free publication in Open Access form)
31 July 2009 
(for Open Access publishing fees paid papers)

Links:
Special issue "Biodegradability of Materials" in Materials journal
Special issue "Biodegradability of Materials" in International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Special issue "Biodegradation: Organic, Medicinal and Analytical chemistry" Molecules journal

Editorial Office

Mr. Dietrich Rordorf
IJERPH/MDPI, Kandererstrasse 25, CH-4057 Basel, Switzerland. Tel. +41 61 683 7734, Fax +41 61 302 8918
Ms. Gardenia You
, Assistant Editor, MDPI Beijing Branch Office, E-Mail: ijerph@mdpi.org
Dr. Derek J. McPhee (USA, English corrections)

Managing Editor
Dr. Shu-Kun Lin, Ph.D.
Molecular Diversity Preservation International,
Kandererstrasse 25, CH-4057 Basel, Switzerland
Tel. +41 61 683 7734, Fax +41 61 302 8918

Editorial Advisers


Dr. Naozumi Teramoto
Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Chiba Institute of Technology
2-17-1, Tsudanuma, Narashino, Chiba 275-0016, Japan
Tel.:+81-47-478-0406; Fax :+81-47-478-0439
E-mail: teramoto-n@sea.it-chiba.ac.jp
Keywords: Biomaterial, bio-based polymer, bioplastics, biodegradable polymer, biopolymer, composite material comprising a polymer matrix

Summary
To protect environment, the biodegradable materials have great advantage. However, sometimes, for material stability, biodegradation is a problem, for example, the biomedical materials.

Keywords
biodegradable polymers, organics or materials

Review papers published or to be considered

Review manuscripts: Before writing their manuscripts, potential authors of review articles should forward the title and a short abstract to ijerph@mdpi.org. We will then provide feedback on the suitability of the topic.

Submission

All papers should be submitted to ijerph@mdpi.org. To be published continuously until the deadline and papers will be listed together at the special website.
 
Submitted papers should not have been previously published nor currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. All papers are refereed through a peer review process. A guide for authors is available on the Instructions for Authors page. IJMS is an international peer-reviewed quarterly journal published by Molecular Diversity Preservation International.
 
Open Access publication fees are 800 CHF per paper. English correction fees and/or formatting fees (250 CHF) will be added in certain cases (1050 CHF per paper for those papers that require extensive additional formatting and/or English corrections.). For papers submitted by end of December 2008 the Open Access publishing fees will be waived for well-prepared manuscripts.

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