Bioprinting and Nano-Biomaterials in Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
A special issue of Nanomaterials (ISSN 2079-4991). This special issue belongs to the section "Biology and Medicines".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2023) | Viewed by 3420
Special Issue Editor
Interests: design for additive manufacturing; reverse engineering; 3D/4D printing; bioprinting; design methods; creative design; design of experiments; mechanical analysis; modeling and simulation; lattice structures; lightweight structures; biomechanics; biomimetics and bioinspiration; prosthesis design; scaffold design for tissue engineering; design of drug delivery systems; computer-aided molecular design; dental materials; nanomaterials; polymers and composites
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The combination of 3D bioprinting technologies and nano-biomaterials may open a wide range of perspectives towards the generation of highly complex cell-laden constructs in the field of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. The possibility to overcome critical weaknesses of obtained products, at the same time improving their structural and functional features, will allow the success of existing studies, especially in the perspective of in vitro and in vivo applications. Cell behavior over time may benefit from natural mimicking microenvironment, specific biochemical and biophysical cues, as well as from a specific array of bioactive stimuli able to modulate cell fate. Morphological, topographical, and chemical features of 3D bioprinted structures, through the employment of micro- or nano-structured bioactive materials, may be—directly or indirectly—involved in tissue regeneration processes.
Smart, instructive cell-free or cell-laden structures able to tune and guide tissue reconstruction represents the greatest challenge in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
More recently, the possibility has emerged to create active structures in which sensing, motion, and shape or functionalities can be modified with time by applying external stimuli. These responsive structures could broaden applications in 4D bioprinting for regenerative medicine and drug delivery applications.
The present Special Issue would attract ideas regarding contributions from leading scientists and research groups in the specific field, with the aim of giving a balanced view of the current state-of-the-art and perspectives. Review articles, as well as original research, could contribute to summarize the state of the art and to provide recent advances or novel guidelines and tools in improving the knowledge on this intriguing topic.
Dr. Russo Teresa
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- 3D/4D printing
- bioprinting
- design for additive manufacturing
- biomechanics
- biomimetics
- bioinspiration
- gels/hydrogels
- bioactive nanomaterials
