Recent Advances in Biomaterials for Mechanobiology and Tissue Engineering
A special issue of Bioengineering (ISSN 2306-5354). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomedical Engineering and Biomaterials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024 | Viewed by 1549
Special Issue Editor
Interests: polysaccharides; chitosans; fabrication of innovative hydrogels; hydrogel-to-cell interplay; mechanobiology; regenerative medicine
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There is growing evidence that the mechanical properties of bioinspired materials that mimic natural extracellular matrices are robust controllers of cell-fate decisions. The recapitulation of mechanical properties such as stress relaxation, overall stiffness and, more recently, the extent of the linear stress–strain region is indeed an attractive topic. Huge efforts are currently being made to assemble 2D and 3D biomaterials to study cell response, which could have implications for areas such as mechanobiology and, more broadly, tissue engineering. The search for innovative polymers, right down to their assembly, is being assiduously pursued in order to gain fundamental knowledge in this field.
The aim of this Special Issue is to bring together researchers working on the development of biomaterials and related applications in mechanobiology and tissue engineering. A range of topics of great interest are welcome, including, but not limited to, chemical modifications of polymers to modulate the resulting material mechanics, stimuli-responsive biomaterials, the interplay of biomaterials and cells in both 2D and 3D environments, recent developments in smart polymers and biomaterials related to mechanobiology and tissue engineering, to name a few.
Dr. Pasquale Sacco
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biomaterials development
- biomaterials-to-cell interplay
- mechanical properties
- mechanobiology
- tissue engineering
