Fabrication Strategies of Molecular Layers for Modern Medical Applications
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 4721
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Interests: thin films deposition; biomaterials and protective coatings; characterization methods; natural origin calcium phosphates as sustainable biofunctional coatings for medical applications; biomimetic metallic implants
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Interests: nanomaterials; polymer nanocomposites; 2D and 3D materials; biopolymers; drug delivery; organic/inorganic hybrids; sol–gel chemistry; polymers synthesis; 3D bioprinting
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We warmly invite you to submit your recent work in the field of molecular coatings to the Special Issue entitled “Fabrication Strategies of Molecular Layers for Modern Medical Applications”.
Nowadays, various high-end technologies depend on the efficiency of fabricating layers characterized by both on-demand tailored compositions and architectures in a remarkably controlled manner. In recent years, an increased attention was therefore dedicated to interfacial and surface interactions with nanostructured materials, as the capacity for the fine control of the surface’s physical and chemical characteristics is essential for a wide range of medical applications.
In the quest to overcome important drawbacks associated with either the spin-coating technique or other wet methods, a number of dry processes have been developed for the deposition of high-quality molecular layers. One should note that these layers are obtained with a great thickness control and they are not only uniform, dense, and pinhole-free, but also conformal when deposited onto complex three-dimensional structures. Such techniques, capable of producing layers at nanometre scale, include but are not limited to atomic layer deposition (ALD), molecular layer deposition (MLD), combined ALD/MLD processes, etc. In the last case, the fabricated hybrid layers acquire not only the characteristics combined from those belonging to the parent materials, but also some completely new ones, which advances them as excellent candidates for medical applications.
One should note that, with the late advances in nanoscale engineering in physical sciences, and the developments in biology, the biomimetic field reached the molecular scale. The assumption in the case of a molecular biomimetic approach to nanotechnology is that genetically engineered proteins could act as building blocks or linkers for the self-assemblance of materials with controlled chemistry and targeted functions. The controlled binding and assembly of proteins onto inorganics brings together the biological material science and engineering, thus advancing research from the biotechnological domains to practical engineering (i.e., fabrication of layers).
Taking into consideration all these aspects, the aim of this Special Issue is to collect state-of-the art research papers and reviews on the fabrication strategies of molecular layers for modern medical applications. The topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Methods for molecular layers’ fabrication;
- Self-assembled mono/bi-layers;
- Molecular chemistry and biomimetics;
- Engineered proteins;
- Molecular layers for drug delivery;
- Advanced biosensors;
- Protective/diffusion barrier layers.
With deep respect and the hope for cooperation,
Dr. Liviu Duta
Dr. Valentina Grumezescu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- molecular layers
- engineered proteins
- nanotechnology
- medical applications
