Biomimetic Drug Delivery Coating
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Coatings for Biomedicine and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 4766
Special Issue Editor
Interests: bone tissue engineering; biomaterials; drug delivery; osteoinduction; dental implant; bone repair
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Dear Colleagues,
Biomimetic coatings have been developed for bone regeneration and repair because of their biocompatibility and osteoconductivity. They can be rendered osteoinductive by incorporating an osteoinductive agent such as bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2) into the crystalline lattice in physiological situations. The biomimetic calcium phosphate coating enables a controlled, slow, and local release of growth factors when it undergoes cell-mediated coating degradation induced by multinuclear cells such as osteoclasts and foreign body giant cells, which mimics a physiologically similar release mode.
The goal of this Special Issue is to present the major current areas of research and development in biomimetic coatings for biomaterials. The coating techniques, physico-chemical properties, and potential as drug carrier should be discussed, and the peri-clinical research results and the clinical related applications in implant dentistry as well as in orthopedics will be discussed. Biomimetic coatings may open a way forward for drug delivery and tissue engineering.
Dr. Yuelian LiuGuest Editor
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Keywords
- biomimetic coating
- drug delivery
- tissue engineering
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