Study, Preparation and Characterization of Biomaterials for Food Packaging or Biomedical Use
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Coatings for Biomedicine and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 July 2025 | Viewed by 2436
Special Issue Editor
Interests: synthesis and characterization of biomaterials using the sol–gel technique or sol–gel coating method; Preparation of film materials for food packaging; composite materials; implant lifetime; surface modification; biocompatibility; FTIR-ATR spectroscopy; radical scavenging capacity; antibacterial activity; polymers; natural extracts
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The need to overcome the limits of current medical devices and food packaging materials has prompted many research groups to turn their attention towards techniques capable of modifying the surfaces of materials. This plays an essential role in defining the performance of a biomaterial, as the surface is more reactive than the core of the material. Therefore, the response of the human body to the implantation of a material, or the response of food to contact with a bioplastic, is a function of the reactions that occur at the tissue–implant/food–bioplastic interface.
Many macroscopic properties of materials (e.g. resistance to degradation and chemicals, hydrophilicity/hydrophobicity, bioactivity and biocompatibility, the refractive index, reflectance, photoluminescence and other optical properties) are related to the chemical and physical characteristics of the material surface. Therefore, surface modification can improve the implant integration process through the application of functional coatings to biologically implantable materials. This is a promising strategy to confer new properties to materials or to modify and improve existing ones (for example, the improvement of bioactivity and biocompatibility). Furthermore, surface modification can be employed to reduce food waste and the spread of plastics in the environment.
- The aim of this Special Issue is to provide a forum for papers focused on the following:
- The synthesis and characterization of new functionalized biomaterials;
- Coatings containing natural extracts with antioxidant and/or anticancer properties;
- Coatings for drugs with antibiotic and antibacterial properties;
- Coatings containing synthetic or natural polymers able to improve the chemical–physical properties of biomaterials;
- The characterization and modification of the surfaces of biomaterials already on the market.
Dr. Federico Barrino
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- films for food packaging
- surface modification
- biocompatibility
- antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activity
- bio-polymers
- natural extracts
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