Biofunctionalization of Metallic Biomaterials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Metals and Alloys".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2022) | Viewed by 3163
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Interests: biomaterials; titanium; bioactivity; biofunctionalization; coatings; surfaces; mechanical properties
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Interests: peptides; peptidomimetics; surface functionalization; multifunctional coatings; biomaterials
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2. Basic Science Department, Universitat Internacional de Catalunya, Sant Cugat del Vallès, 08195 Barcelona, Spain
Interests: biomaterials; tissue engineering; bioactive ceramics; drug delivery; cell delivery; functionalization; bone regeneration
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to contribute with original innovative research works to this Special Issue on “Functionalization of metallic biomaterials with bioactive peptides”. Insufficient biomaterial integration with surrounding tissues is regarded as a major cause of failure in clinical settings, which affects dental, orthopedic, and cardiovascular medical implants. To address this issue, functionalizing the material surface with molecules derived from the extracellular matrix, i.e. bioactive peptides, has been established as a feasible and promising strategy. The aim of this Special Issue is to present the latest progress and advances in the use of peptides and related molecules to functionalize and thus bioactivate metallic biomaterials, through a combination of original research papers and review articles from leading groups around the world.
In particular, topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
- Synthesis and development of peptidic-based coatings for material functionalization;
- New methods and strategies of surface functionalization with peptides and related molecules;
- Development of 2D and 3D-functionalized metallic scaffolds;
- Metallic biomaterials (and composites) for dental, orthopedic, and cardiovascular applications;
- In vitro and in vivo studies on the potential of functionalized metallic materials.
Dr. Carlos Mas-Moruno
Prof. Roman Perez
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- titanium
- metallic biomaterials
- peptides
- functionalization
- 3D scaffolds
- coatings
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