Advances in Bionanocomposites for Biomedical Engineering
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 January 2024) | Viewed by 2378
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biointerfaces and biomaterials; protein adsorption and aggregation; nanomaterials and composites; environment biotechnology
Interests: biomaterials; biocomposites; biofabrication; biomechanics; biomedical implants; nanomaterials; nanocomposites; nanotechnology; rapid prototyping technology; rehabilitation engineering; stem cells; tissue engineering
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Dear Colleagues,
Bionanocomposites are considered to be an important class of hybrid materials consisting in good part of biopolymers, which demonstrate wider applications including biomedical engineering. Such biodegradable materials have proven to be invaluable gifts to present and future generations thanks to modern science and technology. Natural polymers are preferred from an environmental standpoint, while nanocomposites own inherent properties such as biocompatibility, biodegradability, proper mechanical strength, as well as improved structural and functional properties. These properties encourage the use of nanocomposites for various biomedical applications because of their widespread potential and advantage over other traditional synthetic materials.
The development of nanocomposites with different chemistries and compositions is a fascinating area of research which has myriad applications in biomedical fields such as tissue engineering, injectable materials, drug carrier, biological sensing, three-dimensional printing, wound healing, bone tissue engineering, medical implants, etc. Accordingly, many scientific and industrial communities have focused on nanocomposites to develop some new products or substitute available materials.
For example, one area of intense research involves electrospinning for the production of bioresorbable composite nanofibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering applications. Nanocomposite hydrogels, another class of biomaterials, have attracted considerable research interest over the last few years to compensate for the drawbacks of hydrogels such as weakness, brittleness, biocompatibility, drug retaining, and so on.
This Special Issue on “Advances in Bionanocomposites for Biomedical Engineering” aims to cover recent advances in the development of any type of composite biomaterials, including (but not limited to) nanofiber, composite nanoparticles, composite nanohydrogel for fundamental research and clinical applications viz. tissue engineering, chemical and biological sensing, injectable materials, and drug or gene delivery.
Dr. Lalit Mohan Pandey
Prof. Dr. Md. Enamul Hoque
Dr. Mahesh Kumar Joshi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- bionanocomposites
- biofabrication
- biointerface
- biomedical
- biopolymers
- engineered nanomaterials
- implant biomaterials
- regenerative medicine
- tissue engineering
- drug delivery
