Glass/Ceramic Coatings for Biomaterials and Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Ceramic Coatings and Engineering Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 6275
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Interests: ceramic composites; advanced ceramic materials; organic preceramic precursors; aluminate glasses
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Dear Colleagues,
Biomaterials have revolutionized the field of healthcare and opened the path to personalized treatment and therapeutic methods never thought of before their invention. Biomaterials, as they are known today, are expected to bond tightly to both hard and soft body tissues and to stimulate regeneration, self-healing, and self-repair. Various groups of materials, from metals through glass and ceramics to polymers, are used today as biomaterials, all of them possessing both advantages and limitations. Many of them suffer from inferior mechanical properties, poor corrosion resistance resulting in release of toxic ions, very fast degradation, or a limited capacity to bond with the tissue. Bioactive glasses and ceramics are the materials of choice for many applications. However, due to their poor mechanical properties, they often cannot be used alone, especially in structural applications where the load-bearing capacity is a key issue. There exist at least two options for solving the problem. One is to combine glass/ceramics with other materials to produce a composite. Another is to apply a glass/ceramic coating on a mechanically stronger and tougher substrate, modifying the surface of the implant. This way, an entirely new surface is created that confers on the biomaterial additional properties that are quite different from those of the uncoated substrate. Such coatings can improve the stability of implants, improve their bond to the surrounding tissue, protect the substrate from corrosion, or control the rate of release of therapeutic substances. This aim of this Special Issue is to give a concise overview of current research on the development, testing, and use of glass/ceramic coatings on various substrates for biomedical applications. It will cover the following topics:
- recent developments in bioactive and hierarchical coatings on 3D porous scaffolds, joint prostheses, metallic substrates for orthopedic fixation, meshes and sutures for wound healing, ocular implants, and percutaneous devices;
- processes for the preparation of bioactive glass/ceramic coatings, including but not limited to additive manufacturing, physical vapor deposition (PVD), chemical vapor deposition (CVD), plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PE-CVD), and sol-gel;
- understanding the degradation mechanisms of bioactive coatings both in vitro and in vivo;
- computer modeling and simulations to predict coating properties and performance in contact with living tissues and in simulated environments.
Prof. Dr. Dušan Galusek
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- glass/ceramic coatings
- bioactive coatings
- preparation of coatings
- degradation of coatings
- in vivo testing
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