Advanced Coatings for Manufacturing Prosthetic Tubular Devices
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 2021) | Viewed by 23619
Special Issue Editor
2. Academy of Romanian Scientists, 54 Splaiul Independenței St., Bucharest, Romania
Interests: bio(nano)materials; synthesis methods; materials processing and design; advanced coatings; tissue engineering; drug delivery; characterization methods
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue is dedicated to highlighting the most recent progress achieved in the development of coatings on the surface of prosthetic tubular devices, especially stents and catheters.
Several years ago, cardiovascular diseases exceeded the number of deaths induced by cancers as the most important cause of death worldwide. In many cardiovascular diseases, the use of stents and catheters is essential and this is why research has intensified and important advances have been recorded. Advances in the field are assured by exploiting coating technologies, with the developed coatings being able to change major surface properties (such as biocompatibility, hemocompatibility, antiadhesive and antibiofilm capacity, etc.), which strongly influence the performance of these prosthetic tubular devices.
Many deposition techniques have recently been developed or improved, some of them being suitable for the coating of these devices, even for the coating of the stents, which, compared to other prosthetic tubular devices, have very complex geometry. Among these techniques, physical and chemical deposition techniques such as pulsed laser deposition (PLD), sputtering techniques, matrix-assisted pulsed laser evaporation (MAPLE), dip coating, sol-gel, and electrochemical deposition techniques are some of the most exploited techniques for designing coated stents. Special attention will be paid to some characteristics such as anti-adherent, anti-encrustation, antimicrobial, antibiofilm, and antitumoral activities induced by the coating or due to the release of biologically active agents.
For this Special Issue, short communications/letters, original papers, and reviews are welcome dealing with coated prosthetic tubular devices, especially stents and catheters.
Potential topics:
The aim of this Special Issue is to serve as a forum for specialists, students, as well as papers in the following concepts regarding multifunctional coatings on the surface of the prosthetic tubular devices, especially stents and catheters:
- Mono-component or composite coatings for prosthetic tubular devices;
- Anti-adherent, anti-encrustation, antimicrobial, antibiofilm or antitumoral coatings;
- Drug eluting coatings.
Prof. Dr. Anton Ficai
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.
Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Coatings is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- Prosthetic tubular devices: Stents and Catheters
- Design and manufacturing
- Multifunctional coatings
- Surface treatment
- Resorbable versus non-resorbable prosthetic tubular devices
Benefits of Publishing in a Special Issue
- Ease of navigation: Grouping papers by topic helps scholars navigate broad scope journals more efficiently.
- Greater discoverability: Special Issues support the reach and impact of scientific research. Articles in Special Issues are more discoverable and cited more frequently.
- Expansion of research network: Special Issues facilitate connections among authors, fostering scientific collaborations.
- External promotion: Articles in Special Issues are often promoted through the journal's social media, increasing their visibility.
- e-Book format: Special Issues with more than 10 articles can be published as dedicated e-books, ensuring wide and rapid dissemination.
Further information on MDPI's Special Issue polices can be found here.