Surface Modification to Improve Interactions with Soft Tissues and Regeneration Processes
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 830
Special Issue Editor
Interests: biomaterials; polymers; scaffolds; hydrogels, surface modification; mechanical and dynamic-mechanical properties; Infrared Spectroscopy; biocompatibility; cell-material interactions
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The surface of a biomaterial, and generally of devices in contact with or inserted in the human body, is of crucial importance in the mechanisms of integration and regeneration. For this reason, surface modification has received more and more attention in recent times and is generally accepted as a route to enhance cell behavior and functions, density or orientation. Undoubtedly, the type of modification will be dictated by the specific cells and architecture of the considered tissue. In selecting surface modification strategies, different aspects need to be considered, such as the properties of the materials to be modified, the required surface characteristics for the specific application, stability of the modifications, end-product characteristics, and practicality of the process.
This Special Issue is dedicated to surface modification specifically designed for soft tissues, namely, nonmineralized tissues such as skin, cornea, adipose tissue, elastic tissues (blood vessels, cardiac tissue), not excluding highly organized tissues such as tendons, ligaments, and muscles.
Potential topics to be considered include but are not limited to:
- Coating approaches via physical interactions;
- Coating techniques via chemical modification;
- Micro- or nanopatterning for contact guidance (to direct cell migration, proliferation and functionality);
- Surface modification to trigger the molecular aspects of stem cells differentiation;
- Surface strategies to improve cell growth and maintenance in 3D;
- Strategies to achieve biomimetic and/or bioactive surfaces;
- Approaches to prevent bacterial colonization and infection.
Prof. Dr. Maria Cristina Tanzi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- soft tissue
- surface coating
- biomimetism
- bioactivity
- contact guidance
- cell functionality
