Biomaterials for Drug Release and Tissue Engineering
A special issue of Journal of Functional Biomaterials (ISSN 2079-4983). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials for Drug Delivery".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 3134
Special Issue Editors
Interests: STENT; drug delivery; drug encapsulation; drug release; biomedical materials; implants; thin films; lamination; layer by layer; ellipsometry
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: biomedical materials; physiology; drug encapsulation; drug release; drug delivery; coatings; lamination; ultrasound; thin films; tissue engineering; cell proliferation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biomaterials are a class of materials classified by their biologically benign properties. For this reason, they are often utilized as materials or coatings for implants such as STENTs or other biomedical devices. Due to the wide variety of biomaterials, which range from titanium to polymers such as polylactic acid, the applications differ vastly. Hydrophobic biomaterials such as polylactic acid are utilized for drug encapsulation, as well as self-removing implants, while metallic biomaterials are often utilized as frameworks. For this Special Issue, we invite manuscripts which encompass a wide range of biomaterial topics, including (but not limited to):
- Clinical utilization of biomaterials;
- Antibacterial properties of biomaterials;
- STENTs;
- Cell colonization and proliferation on biomaterials;
- Drug encapsulation, delivery and release within biomaterials;
- Biocompatibility;
- Implants;
- Biomaterials as diagnostic tools, contrast agents, imaging;
- Clinical trials and case reports of biomaterials.
We look forward to your valuable contributions.
Prof. Dr. Johannes Frueh
Dr. Olga A. Sindeeva
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- self-medicating implants
- drug encapsulation
- cell proliferation on surfaces
- biomaterials
- drug encapsulation
- drug release
- drug delivery
