Advanced Technologies for Processing Functional Biomaterials
A special issue of Journal of Functional Biomaterials (ISSN 2079-4983). This special issue belongs to the section "Synthesis of Biomaterials via Advanced Technologies".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 October 2024 | Viewed by 56
Special Issue Editor
Interests: laser–polymer interaction mechanisms; laser micro- and nanostructuring of polymers; direct laser interference patterning in polymers; laser-induced period surface structures in polymers; applications of modified polymers; functional polymers
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Biomaterials processing is a crucial stage that involves mechanical and chemical treatment of the source material to be developed into a biocompatible and bioactive product for a specific medical application. The processing of biomaterials involves changing the bulk or surface properties, obtaining a desired shape, or improving the biocompatibility of the material. Manufacturing and processing techniques for various biomaterials and structures are different. For example, for metal biomaterials, alloying, strain hardening, and annealing methods are common. Injection molding, melt extrusion, and electrospinning are suitable methods for processing polymeric biomaterials. Porous structures can be obtained using either the foaming process or the particle-leaching technique. The fabrication of 3D structures is important in tissue engineering; it is common to use freeze drying, gas foaming, electrospinning, laser-assisted techniques, and so on.
This Special Issue aims to provide readers recent advances in the processing techniques of all kinds of biomaterials. It is our pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for this Special Issue.
Dr. Daniel Sola
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- processing
- biocompatibility
- surface modification
- functionalization
- electrospinning
- laser processing
- 3D printing
