Bioactive Coatings and Surfaces for Medical Applications
A special issue of Journal of Functional Biomaterials (ISSN 2079-4983).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2023) | Viewed by 4216
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomaterials; supramolecular materials; drug delivery; surface and interfaces; biomineralization; antimicrobial; bone regeneration; diabetes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The interfaces formed between the medical device/implant's surfaces and the surrounding biological environments highly determine their bioactivities in medical applications. Modifications to the surface topography and compositions could alter the biomaterials' properties and/or introduce new bioactivities, including biocompatibility, mechanical properties, wear resistance, antimicrobial/antifouling activity, angiogenesis, and osteogenesis. With the emerging needs to solve the recurring healthcare problems or improve the performance of existing medical devices, researchers have been developing new chemical or physical strategies to form coatings and surface nanostructures leveraging their biofunctions in preventing infections, promoting tissue regeneration, regulating immunology, etc.
This Special Issue is dedicated to the basic and applied studies on the topics of bioactive coatings and surfaces and their interactions with biological systems, including, but not limited to, new synthesis routes, material fabrication techniques, characterization methodologies, in vitro and in vivo assessments, mechanistic studies, and translational studies. Original research articles and reviews related to these topics are welcome to be submitted to this Special Issue. We believe that the broad readership of the Journal of Functional Biomaterials would convey your research to scientists and clinicians in the fields of biomaterials, tissue engineering, biochemistry, microbiology, dentistry, orthopedics, dermatology, oncology, etc.
Dr. Zhou Ye
Dr. Ting Sang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- coatings
- surface nanostructures
- interfaces
- bioactivity
- biomaterials
- implants
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