Dear Colleagues,

The year 2025 marks the 15th anniversary of the Journal of Functional Biomaterials, a peer-reviewed, open access journal containing research relevant to the field of materials for biomedical use. So far, JFB has published more than 1700 papers from more than 9000 authors. We appreciate each author, reviewer, and academic editor whose support has brought us to where we are today.

To celebrate this significant milestone, we are publishing a Special Issue entitled “15th Anniversary of JFB—Advanced Biomaterials for Drug Delivery”. Advanced biomaterials have a wide range of applications in the field of biomedicine, such as delivery carriers, implant materials, diagnostic reagents, etc. In the field of drug delivery, advanced materials can not only load and protect drugs through encapsulating, but can also deliver drugs to specific sites through modification, which further greatly improves the accumulation of drugs at focal sites in the body and achieves efficient therapeutic functions. Therefore, the aim of this Special Issue is to present the various delivery systems, such as microspheres, microcapsules, nanoparticles, hydrogels and so on, loaded with different types of drugs for improving target delivery, bioavailability and drug efficacy. Both research and review articles focusing on drug delivery systems are welcome.

Prof. Dr. Lianyan Wang
Dr. Qi Liu
Guest Editors