Latest Advances in Biomimetic Materials for Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2023) | Viewed by 376
Special Issue Editors
Interests: surface engineering of orthopedic alloys; tribological studies of implant materials; smart biomaterials; additive manufacturing; immunomodulation
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Interests: 3D in vitro tissue models; 3D bioprinting; cardiovascular tissue engineering; nano-biomaterials; nano-sensors; polymeric materials; green nanotechnology; biomimetics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This is a Special Issue focusing on the latest advances in the biomimetic materials for biomedical applications. Biomimetic materials are materials designed based on the inspiration from the designs and principles of nature. For example, superhydrophobic surfaces on the medical implants are designed based on the unique nano features/patterns on lotus leaves’ surface. Novel photonic materials are designed based on the principles of structural colors found in insects like butterflies, firefly and others.
Novel biomimetic materials are developed by several groups across the globe for wide range of biomedical applications like tissue engineering, smart medical devices, drug delivery systems, artificial enzymes (nanozymes), artificial tissue especially muscles, novel composite materials, biomineralization, stem cell differentiation, superhydrophobic surfaces and many others. The core research activity in this domain involves understanding the mechanism/s behind the desired biological systems and applying the same in the design and engineering of novel synthetic systems/patterns, resulting in materials/systems with biomimetic properties.
Inherently, research on biomimetic materials is highly interdisciplinary, requiring expertise from several fields to come together to solve a typical problem. Moreover, with the advancement of technology and merging of boundaries amongst the scientific disciplines, the biomimetic material science field is expanding rapidly. In this special collection, we are looking for the latest advancement in this field both as original research and as review articles.
This special collection invites articles on the latest advancements in the following themes:
- The research on biomimetic materials including, but not limited to, the studies on the morphological/structural organizations (2D/3D architectures) of the materials leading to biomimicry;
- Nano/micro patterns;
- Novel ways to integrate materials, cells and other factors like growth factors, cytokines, etc., to build tissue or tissue mimics such as additive manufacturing techniques, 3D bioprinting, microfluidics, electrospinning and other tissue fabrication techniques;
- Novel ways of materials–cells interactions to achieve the desired tissue morphology and functions;
- Intelligent drug delivery devices that could deliver drugs/proteins/genes in response to various stimuli like temperature, pH, reactive oxygen species (ROS), and others;
- Clever architecture of materials (nano-, micro- and macro-scale) and processes resulting in desired biomimicry such as superhydrophobic coatings, antimicrobial coatings, nanozymes, etc.
Prof. Dr. Geetha Manivasagam
Dr. Arunkumar Palaniappan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomimetic materials
- smart materials
- 3D bioprinting
- microfluidics
- intelligent materials
- 2D and 3D architecture
- biomimicry
- tissue mimics
- structure function correlation
- stimuli responsive
- additive manufacturing
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