Advancing Medical Implants by Surface Nanoengineering and Functionalization

Dear Colleagues,

Medical implants, designed to permanently or temporarily replace or heal non-functional tissues or organs, monitor disease, or provide therapeutic support, have become a common worldwide healthcare practice in modern society that is highly impacted by the ageing population and the increase in the life expectancy. However, their rejections due lack of biointegration and bacterial infection are concerning, causing considerable healthcare costs and impacts on patients. To address these limitations, conventional metal implants, such as titanium, their alloys, and others, need improvements where the use of surface structural nanoengineering, chemical functionalization, and functional coatings approaches are recognized as promising strategies and an attractive research field. These new nanoengineered implants will provide novel solutions by developing a more desirable new generation of medical implants to control the physicochemical, biological, structural, and mechanical microenvironment and tissue regeneration.

It is our great pleasure to invite experts in this field to submit a manuscript (full research papers, review articles, opinions, and communications) for this Special Issue covering broad aspects of metallic medical implants including dental and orthopaedic implants, their manufacturing and processing (conventional and 3D printing), surface and structural nanoengineering, chemical functionalization, and functional coatings for improving their antibacterial, bio-integration, and other properties with new emerging approaches combining drug delivery, sensing, and other functions.

Prof. Dr. Dusan Losic
Prof. Dr. Elena Ivanova
Guest Editors

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• dental and orthopaedic implants
• titanium implants
• surface engineering
• surface functionalization
• nanostructures
• osseointegration
• antibacterial surfaces