Biomimetic Three-Dimensional (3D) Scaffolds from Sustainable Biomaterials
A special issue of Biomimetics (ISSN 2313-7673). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomimetics of Materials and Structures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2026 | Viewed by 1740
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biomaterials, chitin; chitosan; collagen, spongin; biominerals; bromotyrosines; sponges; biomimetics
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Dear Colleagues,
Modern scaffolding strategies include two key approaches: to use naturally pre-structured 3D scaffolds if they originate from renewable sources or to create requested 3D constructs from corresponding organic and inorganic precursors using pre-established multi-stage technological processes. Biomimetic scaffolds imitate naturally optimized skeletal frameworks and can take hierarchical, multidimensional forms. Three-dimensional bioarchitectures, found in plants (i.e., Luffa sponge), unicellular (i.e., diatoms) and multicellular (i.e., sponges corals, jelly fishes) organisms, belong to a broad variety of evolutionary approved and ready to use nano- and microporous constructs, which are applicable as 3D scaffolds in diverse fields of bioinspired materials science, biomimetics and regenerative medicine. In this Special Issue, particular attention is paid to sustainable biological materials which are made of structural polysaccharides (chitin, chitosan, alginate, cellulose), proteins (collagen, gelatin, keratin, spongin, silk, fibroin, actin) as well as biominerals (biosilica, calcium carbonates, phosphates) regarding the creation of corresponding 3D scaffolds using modern techniques including sol–gel methods and 3D printing.
Prof. Dr. Hermann Ehrlich
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biomimetics
- 3D scaffolds
- scaffolding strategies
- biological materials
- renewable biopolymers
- 3D printing
- sol–gel–derived scaffolds
- diatoms and glass sponges
- chitin and chitosan scaffolds
- keratin-based scaffolds
- collagen-based scaffolds
- gelatine-based scaffolds
- fibroin and silk-based scaffolds
- alginate (polysaccharides)-based scaffolds
- spongin-based scaffolds
- Luffa plant-based scaffolds
- cellulose-based scaffolds
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