Advanced Alloys for Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 5030
Special Issue Editor
Interests: thin films and nanotechnology; nanomaterials synthesis; material characterization; X-ray diffraction; gas sensors; mesoporous materials
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Dear Colleagues,
Alloys are used in medicine for a wide range of applications, especially in cardiology, dentistry, and orthopedics: stents, catheters, wires, needles, implants or joint replacements to name a few. In spite of the very varied demands, there are only a few metallic alloys that meet the minimal requirements of nontoxicity and biocompatibility, for example, Ti(Nb, Ta), Mg(Zn), CoCr, and stainless steel. Once additional functional requirements are considered, such as corrosion resistance inside the human body, mechanical properties similar to those of bones or bioactivity, long-term functionality ,and generally speaking ever-growing demands for a better, healthy life, the development of a novel biomedical use becomes indeed a complex, multidisciplinary challenge in which materials scientists and technologists, as well as healthcare specialists, must attain the targeted bulk mechanical properties for the desired shapes and sizes and concomitantly confer the most suitable physicochemical properties to the surface, as the biomaterial surface is largely responsible for suitable interaction with the surrounding living tissue and fluids.
Therefore, practically every application requires the development of a specific material, which can be identified not by the component alloy, but by a whole set of bulk and surface structures and properties. The aim of this Special Issue is to offer researchers involved in the development of advanced medical materials a medium for presenting and disseminating original contributions in the field, especially novel approaches integrating added functionalities.
Dr. Jose Maria Calderon-Moreno
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- titanium
- magnesium
- cobalt-chromium
- stainless steel
- implants
- bioactivity
- cytocompatibility
- long-term behavior
- sensors
- electrodes
