Biomimetic Multifunctional Composites for Hard Tissue Regeneration
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 December 2021) | Viewed by 3987
Special Issue Editors
Interests: crystallization of biologically relevant minerals; bioimplants for hard tissue regeneration; surfactants selfassembly; dynamic light scattering characterization of (bio)nanomaterials
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Interests: polymeric biomaterial—synthesis of biopolymers and biodegradable polymers; biodegradation of polymeric materials; preparation of polymeric gel and hydrogels for various application including food packaging; biomineralized scaffold preparation for bone tissue engineering and other biomedical applications
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Population aging and the modern way of life are resulting in an increased frequency of chronic diseases. Among the most significant chronic diseases, hard tissue (bone and teeth) diseases take a special place due to the fact that they are present in all age groups, significantly reduce patient quality of life, and influence society in general. Hard tissue diseases could be a consequence of physical trauma, birth defects, other diseases (cancer), and numerous other reasons. Often, the only treatment for such diseases is implantation, with the aim of regenerating the tissue that has become damaged or diseased. Increased quality of life, improvement of surgical techniques and increased confidence of the patient in implantation procedures are resulting in a constant increase in the number of patients willing to subject themselves to implantation procedures. Nowadays, that number is close to million people worldwide.
However, a number of implants fail prematurely. In addition, due to the continuous population aging, many patients are outliving their implants. Although the frequency of the failures is not high, it is costly. The solution of such problems is being sought in the development of multifunctional materials which, in addition to replacing missing tissue and/or enabling its regeneration as well as having improved mechanical properties, act as local drug delivery system
This is not an easy task, as a single material could not satisfy all the conditions put on the “ideal” biomaterial and, therefore, the solution is being sought in composite materials. This choice is additionally motivated by nature, since expectational functionalities of hard tissues can be ascribed to them essentially being composite organic–inorganic materials.
Another constraint placed on any new biomaterial is that, in addition to high quality, it should be cost-effective in order to be available to as many patients as possible. These apparently opposing demands could both be met by using simple biomimetic methods of preparation.
In this Special Issue, novel trends in the development, characterization, and synthesis of composite materials either mimicking hard tissues in their architecture and/or being produced by biomimetic methods will be presented.
It is my pleasure to invite you to submit a manuscript for publication in this Special Issue. Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.
Dr. Maja Dutour Sikirić
Prof. Nabanita Saha
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- biomimetics
- biomineralization
- biomaterials
- nanocomposites
- hard tissue implants
- biomineralized polymeric hydrogel scaffold
- preparation methods
- physicochemical and structural characterization
- biological characterization
