Functional Biomaterials for Skin Reconstruction and Wound Healing
A special issue of Journal of Functional Biomaterials (ISSN 2079-4983). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2025 | Viewed by 8
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Dear Colleagues,
Skin acts as a protective barrier against external harmful agents while controlling thermal and water regulation. When it is injured, wound healing occurs as a natural response of the organism to restore the skin’s physiological structure and function. Wound healing is a dynamic process consisting of four major overlapping and interconnected stages:hemostasis, inflammation, proliferation, and remodeling. With several cellular and molecular events involved in each phase, disruption in the proper sequence and balance of these phases can lead to incomplete wound healing, affecting the functional reconstruction and healing of the injured tissues.
Over the years, various biomaterials formulated in fibers, films, hydrogels, and 3D scaffolds have been developed to promote tissue regeneration and accelerate wound healing. For effective wound healing, functional biomaterials exhibiting appropriate mechanical properties, biodegradability and biocompatibility, should have the ability to restore the skin’s barrier function, reduce scar formation, manage the excess of exudates, control fluid loss, and prevent infection.
This Special Issue aims to include original research articles and reviews on the design, development, and characterization of natural, synthetic, or composite functional biomaterials for their utilization as tissue engineering scaffolds, wound dressing materials, and drug-release systems in skin reconstruction and wound healing applications.
Dr. Stefanos Kikionis
Dr. Aikaterini Koutsaviti
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- viomaterials
- biopolymers
- natural polymers
- skin injury
- wound healing
- wound dressings
- tissue engineering
- drug delivery
- cell scaffolds
- regenarative medicine
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