This Special Issue will highlight how biomaterials are redefining the frontiers of infectious disease research. Submit your manuscript by October 31, 2025.
Biomaterials have been used in healthcare and medicine for centuries; however, in recent years we have seen rapid advances in the progress made towards their use in materials science, bioengineering, and nanotechnology. As we continue to see the rise in antimicrobial resistance, it is imperative to discover new approaches for targeting these disease related infections. The development of anti-infective biomaterials and drug delivery systems has emerged as a promising treatment strategies.
ACS Infectious Diseases invites you to submit your work to this Special Issue on “Biomaterials for Mitigating Infectious Diseases”. The Special Issue aims to provide a platform to showcase the latest advances and gain new insights on the latest biomaterials research and their applications in anti-infective strategies and drug delivery systems targeted towards infectious diseases. Read the corresponding Editorial to learn more.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Material–pathogen interactions
- Implant-associated infections and biofilms
- Antimicrobial and antifouling coatings
- Antimicrobial polymers
- Antimicrobial hydrogels
- Antimicrobial nanomaterials
- Anti-infective hemostatic materials
- Anti-infective drug delivery systems
- Vaccine delivery systems for infectious diseases
- Biomaterial-based diagnostics for infectious diseases
Submit your manuscript by October 31, 2025.
Organizing Editors
Jayanta Haldar, Editor-in-Chief, ACS Infectious Diseases
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru, India
Runhui Liu, Editorial Advisory Board, ACS Infectious Diseases
East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
Rachit Agarwal, Guest Editor, ACS Infectious Diseases
Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India
Submission Information
We welcome submissions for this Special Issue through October 31, 2025. For more information on submission requirements, please visit the journal’s Author Guidelines page.
Accepted manuscripts for consideration in this Special Issue will include research articles, letters, reviews, and perspectives and viewpoints (the two latter by invitation only). Papers accepted for publication for this Special Issue will be available ASAP (as soon as publishable) online. After all submissions have been published, they will then be compiled online on a dedicated landing page to form the Special Issue. Manuscripts submitted for consideration will undergo the full rigorous peer review process expected from ACS journals.
Open Access: There are diverse open access options for publications in American Chemical Society journals. Please visit our Open Science Resource Center for more information.
How to Submit
- Log in to the ACS Publishing Center.
- Select the "Journals" tab.
- Choose ACS Infectious Diseases.
- Click "Submit."
- Select your manuscript type, and, under "Special Issue Selection," choose “Biomaterials for Mitigating Infectious Diseases."
If you have any general questions regarding submission to this Special Issue, please contact eic@id.acs.org.
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