Protective Coatings for Bio-Implantable Applications

A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".

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School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Ulsan, 12 Technosaneop-ro 55 beon-gil, Nam-gu, Ulsan, Republic of Korea
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Dear Colleagues,

According to the advances of electrical technologies, many bio-implantable devices which can be injected into animals for medical purposes have been developed and recently reported on. Multifunctional and/or high-performance bio-implants could analyze and collect the biological information and properly treat with a curing action by means of something like a wireless drug delivery device. While electrical technologies could realize various medical operations, the materials themselves remain in need of development in order to protect the bio-implants after injection into the body. The bio-implantable electronic devices need robust protective coatings to survive against the mechanical and chemical impacts which are caused by living bodies while their own performances are still in operation.

The objective of this Special Issue is to introduce new approaches about protective coatings for bio-implantable devices and applications.

This Special Issue will include the following topics of interest (but it is not limited to them):

  • Materials and/or structures of protective coatings for bio-implants.
  • Deposition and process techniques of encapsulating coatings for implantable devices.
  • Anti-mechanical and/or anti-chemical barriers for implantable applications
  • Applications of bio-implantable devices.
  • Novel bio-implants and materials which showing potential for bio-implantable applications.

Prof. Gunchul Shin
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Bio-implantable devices
  • Bio-medical implants
  • Protective coating
  • Encapsulation

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Biodegradable Optical Fiber in a Soft Optoelectronic Device for Wireless Optogenetic Applications
by Sungkeun Han and Gunchul Shin
Coatings 2020, 10(12), 1153; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings10121153 - 26 Nov 2020
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Optogenetics is a new neuroscience technology that uses light-responsive proteins to stimulate neurons with light and control the emotions and/or behavior of animals. There are a few approaches to deliver light to neurons in vivo, including a using an optical fiber that can [...] Read more.
Optogenetics is a new neuroscience technology that uses light-responsive proteins to stimulate neurons with light and control the emotions and/or behavior of animals. There are a few approaches to deliver light to neurons in vivo, including a using an optical fiber that can send light from an external source to a target neuron, directly inserting a light-emitting device, and shooting light to penetrate tissue from the outside. Among these methods, inserting a wireless light-emitting device that is capable of being used for an experiment while leaving an animal completely free is a method that has been studied in recent years. At the same time, the possibility of causing mechanical and thermal damage to neural tissues has been highlighted as an issue due to the stiffness of robust injection tools and the photoelectric efficiency of light-emitting diodes (LEDs). In this study, we developed a device that can send light from a wireless light-emitting device to a target neuron without mechanical and thermal effects and analyzed the optical and thermal characteristics of the device to be used for optogenetic studies. Full article
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