Bioactive 3D Scaffolds: Design, Materials and Processes
A special issue of Journal of Functional Biomaterials (ISSN 2079-4983).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2021) | Viewed by 675
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biofabrication; microfluidics; cell mechanobiology; in vitro models
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Interests: colloids; drug delivery; nanogels; tissue engineering; transport phenomena
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to contribute to the Special Issue “Bioactive 3D Scaffolds: Design, Materials and Processes”.
Advances in tissue engineering rely on the development of bioactive scaffolds endowed with mechanical and biochemical cues able to drive tissue regeneration. In turn, these aspects are closely linked to the development of novel biomaterials providing cells with tissue-specific signals, along with the optimization of complex scaffold architectures mimicking the native tissue biomechanics and facilitating tissue ingrowth. Recent years have witnessed advances in instructive biomaterials, as well as the establishment of new manufacturing processes (including additive manufacturing). Additionally, the access to nanotechnologies has allowed researchers to design biomaterials at the supramolecular level.
This Special Issue will provide readers with an overview of bioactive scaffold design and manufacturing, with a special focus on biomaterial-related aspects. Contributions will be selected at the convergence of materials science, nanotechnology, biology, and bioengineering, based on their ability to envisage the future of the field.
Prof. Alberto Rainer
Prof. Filippo Rossi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bioactive materials
- scaffold design and topological optimization
- additive manufacturing
- electrospinning
- in vitro and in vivo characterization
- cell–biomaterial interface
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