Blood-Compatible Materials: Preparation, Modification and Functionalization: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Biomimetics (ISSN 2313-7673). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomimetics of Materials and Structures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024 | Viewed by 325
Special Issue Editor
Interests: blood-compatible materials; heparin mimetic materials; protein–surface interactions; cell–surface interactions; surface modification and biofunctionalization of materials for microfluidic chips
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Blood-compatible materials possess properties that enable their use in contact with blood. They are widely required in a variety of medical devices. Their range of applications includes vascular access products, extracorporeal blood treatments, and cardiovascular implantable medical devices. Despite more than 70 years of continuous efforts, materials that are ideally compatible with blood in all aspects have not been obtained. All medical devices that come into contact the blood stream are susceptible to thrombotic complications, even in the presence of anticoagulants. With an ever-increasing use of blood-contacting devices, there is an urgent need to develop truly blood-compatible materials.
This Special Issue of Biomimetic, entitled “Blood-Compatible Materials: Preparation, Modification and Functionalization”, calls for contributions from researchers in all realms of blood-compatible materials. This subject is inherently interdisciplinary and thus we welcome theoretical, experimental, and review contributions from physicists, chemists, biologists, material scientists, engineers, and all those who are engaged and interested in this fast-growing field.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Antifouling materials;
- Bioactive materials;
- Biomimetic materials;
- Blood–material interactions;
- Computer simulation for design of blood-compatible materials;
- Characterization tools/protocols to evaluate blood compatibility.
Dr. Xiaoli Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- blood compatibility
- thrombosis
- surface modification
- protein adsorption
- antifouling
- cell behavior
- biomimetic
