Materials for Bioengineering and Biotechnology 2.0
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2024) | Viewed by 970
Special Issue Editor
Interests: materials; finite element modeling
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biomaterials, whether of biological or synthetic origin, have evolved into an integral part of medical devices and material systems deployed for healthcare applications. Over the past two decades, biomaterials have advanced from traditional applications (orthopedic, dental, etc.) to vehicles for drug delivery, implantable biosensors, and templates to host cells and have guided their growth. The unprecedented growth of both implantable and extracorporeal material-based therapeutics was driven in part by our capacity to functionalize their surface properties along with recent advances facilitating the manipulation of matter on the nanoscale.
As a result, multifunctional biomaterials have attracted immense interest within the materials community, providing biomedical engineers, physicians, and other medical and biotechnology professionals with novel therapeutic approaches.
This new Special Issue aims to serve as a platform for peer-reviewed articles in the field of biomaterials, including but not limited to the synthesis and characterization of biomaterials, development/modification of nano-particulate systems (whether synthesized or naturally derived/isolated), applications thereof in targeted therapeutics and biomedical imaging, and interactions of biomaterial with biological systems on the cellular, tissue, and organ level. We invite original research, review articles, and communications covering one or more of the aforementioned fields. Our aim is to bring together a collection of up-to-date research and reviews from leading experts and distinguished groups within the scientific community.
Dr. Alexander Tsouknidas
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biomaterials
- nanomaterials
- nanocarriers
- extracellular vesicles
- intercellular communication
- tissue engineering
- scaffolds