Biomimetic Approaches in Coatings Synthesis
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: closed (31 October 2024) | Viewed by 12485
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Interests: heat transfer at the micro/nano-scale from computation to experiment, including thermophysical properties measurement of nanostructured materials for different applications ranging from thermoelectric to medical
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Interests: laser processing of materials; synthesis of thin films by different pulsed laser techniques; biomaterials; biomimetic-modified metallic implants; polymeric coatings; drug delivery applications
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to invite you to submit to a Special Issue on the “Biomimetic approach in coatings synthesis”. In order to respond to the increasing demands of medical-targeted applications, the development of new products is required and implies the attainment of new functionalized materials and permanent optimization of coating systems. Recently, research on surfaces functionalization through less invasive, biomimetic approaches has been at the forefront of optimizing biointegration, bioactivation, and biomechanics. Both physical and chemical deposition techniques could be employed for coatings and thin films synthesis for targeted medical applications. Furthermore, different wet-chemistry steps and pyrolysis/combustion methods could also be applied in composite coatings synthesis .
Significant efforts are being made to continually develop new and improved biomimetic approaches for coatings synthesis to be used in biomedical applications.
In this context, this Special Issue aims to cover the recent experimental and theoretical developments in the field of biomimetic coatings and films, with focus on their preparation, characterization, applications, and industrialization. Researchers are invited to contribute manuscripts in the form of original full-length articles and critical reviews.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
- Medical thin film morphology, structure, and other properties induced by the applied deposition method.
- Deposition/growth and characterization of nanocomposite or multicomponent thin films for medical coatings.
- Nanoengineering on films to form nanotextured/nanofunctionalized surfaces, with the aim of bringing novel properties or functionalities over their bulk counterparts.
- Biodegradable coatings and interfaces
- Interactions of bio(macro)molecules with surfaces and skin medical remediation
- Improved implant surfaces for enhanced bioactivity, and advantageous cell–surface interactions to assist in regenerating tissue.
Dr. Anita Visan
Dr. Gianina Popescu-Pelin
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Keywords
- deposition techniques
- thin-films
- medical devices
- bioactivity
- biomimicry
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