Special Issue: "Biodegradability of Materials"of IJMS

Deadline for Paper Submission:
  31 July 2009

Links:
Special issue "Biodegradability of Materials" in Materials journal
see also,
Special issue "Biodegradability and Environmental Sciences" in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Special issue "Biodegradation: Organic, Medicinal and Analytical chemistry" Molecules journal

Editorial Office

Dr. Yuan Gao, Ms. Tracy Chen
Editorial Assistants, Beijing Editorial Office
Mr. Dietrich Rordorf, Ms Felicity Wright, Dr. Shu-Kun Lin
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Dr. Derek J. McPhee (USA, English editing)

Managing Editor
Dr. Shu-Kun Lin, Ph.D.
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Dr. Naozumi Teramoto
Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Engineering, Chiba Institute of Technology
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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 ijms@mdpi.org. We will then provide feedback on the suitability of the topic.

Submission

All papers should be submitted to ijms@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.).

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