Trends in 3D Printing Processes for Biomedical Field: Opportunities and Challenges (2nd Edition)
A special issue of Biomedicines (ISSN 2227-9059). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomedical Engineering and Materials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 106
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Interests: nanobiotechnology; drug delivery; pharmaceutics; molecular biology; liposomes; drug targeting; cancer; pharmaceutical nanotechnology
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Dear Colleagues,
The field of three-dimensional bioprinting has evolved impressively in the past few years. In fact, this field is considered the latest technology that creates breakthrough innovations and addresses complex medical problems. During this time, 3D bioprinting has successfully served as a potent technology for the processing of biomaterials and living materials into advanced biosystems for in vitro and in vivo applications. Researchers have never had more materials at their disposal, with significant advances in polymers, metals, ceramics, and composites. Three-dimensional bioprinting allows us to construct these materials in any desired shape and size and with increasingly high resolutions as fabrication processes are improved. Trends in the development of this technology indicate that within the next few years, 3D bioprinting will become an important component of patient-specific medical technologies. In this Special Issue, we will highlight the most recent advances in the 3D bioprinting and advanced fabrication of biomaterials for medical and biological applications. Topics will include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Development and optimization of 3D bioprinting techniques;
- Latest improvements in functional biomaterials for 3D bioprinting processes;
- Novel fabrication techniques based on mechanical, acoustic, light, magnetic, electrical and other driving mechanisms;
- Bio-inks and hydrogels for the engineering of 3D cellular microenvironment;
- Biomaterial inks for the fabrication of bio-functional scaffolds and substrates;
- Novel 3D/4D bioprinting techniques and technologies for the fabrication of high-quality bio-based products;
- Three-dimensional bioprinting and fabrication for tissue engineering, disease modeling, drug delivery, drug testing and other biological applications.
Prof. Dr. M. R. Mozafari
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- 3D/4D bioprinting techniques
- 3D bioprinting processes
- 3D cellular microenvironment
- bio-inks
- hydrogels
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