Emerging Biomaterials and Bio-Composites Across Disciplines: Design, Characterization and 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: 20 May 2025 | Viewed by 906
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biocomposites design; ambient conditions manufacturing; biocontsruction; regenerative architecture
Interests: biomaterials; environmental protection; water treatment; biomass and biochar
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Dear Colleagues,
Medical applications have historically driven biomaterials’ development in drug delivery and tissue scaffolding in search of biocompatibility and enhanced human health; however, certain bio-composites’ natural biodegradability, adaptability to environmental parameters, and capacity to encapsulate active molecules for sensing and response have sparked new research in non-medical applications. This is particularly the case in the context of sustainability and the creation of biodegradable or environmentally friendly materials with unprecedented functions—bridging optical, mechanical, biological, and chemical properties.
This Special Issue discusses biomaterials and bio-composites at the center of biomedical innovation, but they are increasingly informing and interfacing with other fields such as sustainable apparel development, bio-based consumer products, eco-attuned building construction systems, or blend discovery via artificial intelligence. This multi-disciplinary interplay is due to both challenges and opportunities in biomaterials and bio-composites’ multifunctional structures, property variability, new processing techniques, responses to environmental factors, and programmable durability.
Recommended Topics
- Design and development of multifunctional bio-composites.
- Interdisciplinary research in biomaterials and bio-composites.
- Artificial intelligence applied to bio-composite property prediction.
- Applications of bio-composites beyond medical fields.
Dr. Laia Mogas-Soldevila
Dr. Ioana Chiulan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- novel biomaterials and bio-composites
- multifunctional bio-composites
- bio-composite processing
- biomaterials’ property prediction
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