Innovative Surface Modification Techniques for Biodegradable Implants
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 March 2021) | Viewed by 6675
Special Issue Editor
Interests: surface engineering; additive manufacturing; microstructures; surface integrity; wear performance; functional performance; mechanical properties
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Dear Colleagues,
We would like to invite you to submit your interesting work to this Special Issue on "Innovative Surface Modifications for Biodegradable Implants”. Over the years, as alternatives to permanent or temporary metal implants, biodegradable materials have attracted a great deal of interest from researchers around the world. Different biodegradable materials including metals (e.g., Mg alloys) and polymers (e.g., PLA) are being developed and studied with the aim of their potential application as orthopedic (e.g., bone plates, screws, pins) and cardiovascular (e.g., stents) implants. However, one major issue that still limits the efficacy of clinical application is their rapid degradation in human body fluid, which causes the loss of mechanical integrity before the complete bone healing. To address this, researchers have investigated different surface-modification approaches to slow the degradation (i.e., corrosion) rate while retaining adequate surface integrity. Approaches including protective passive coatings (e.g., Ca-P HA, LDH, PCL, PLLA) and mechanical treatments (e.g., peening, burnishing, machining) have widely been studied to improve corrosion resistance and biological properties. This has led to the recent clinical trials of biodegradable implants in Australia, Germany, and Korea. Overwhelming research in this regard has also shown that many factors involved in the modification process, substrate materials, surface characteristics, and corrosion mechanisms influence the final outcomes. Despite the reasonable success achieved to date, the development of new and innovative surface treatments and deeper understanding of the process mechanics and the degradation mechanism are crucial to realize the full potential of biodegradable implants. The aim of this Special Issue is to present the latest experimental and theoretical developments in the field, through a combination of original research papers and review articles from leading research groups around the world.
In particular, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Innovative coating materials;
- Novel coating techniques;
- Novel mechanical treatments;
- Experimental, theoretical, and simulation analysis of the surface modification techniques;
- Modelling and experimental characterization of degradation mechanisms;
- Development of new biodegradable materials and assessment of their properties;
- Hybrid surfacing strategies combining coating and mechanical treatment;
- Application trials of biodegradable implants in vitro or in vivo.
Dr. Mohammad Uddin
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biodegradable implants
- surface engineering
- coatings
- mechanical treatment
- corrosion
- surface integrity
- biocompatibility
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