Hard and Soft Tissue Biomechanics ‘In Translation’
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Cell Biology and Tissue Engineering".
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We have the pleasure to announce the launch of a new Special Issue in Life titled “Hard and Soft Tissue Biomechanics ‘in Translation’”.
Many of our readers have skills in biomaterials, biomechanics, and mechanics of materials research and seek an appropriate forum to disseminate their work. There can be many reasons for engaging in biological material research, and knowing how hard and soft tissues act in their mechanical environment is fundamental in the understanding of how organisms, organs, and tissue systems work. Much of this basic and fundamental research aims to answer structure/function relationships in tissues. By knowing this, we can develop a wider perspective of how these materials perform and why they do so. As Rik Huiskes put it succinctly on pondering what the bone material is all about: ‘if bone is the answer, then what is the question?’
In this issue, we invite you to share your ideas both on the biomimetic inspiration that comes from abstracting basic knowledge from tissues, but more importantly on how this knowledge is translated into applications, actions, and deliverables in medicine and applied science. How can it be the steppingstone for something tangible in our modern society? Hence the title “Hard and Soft Tissue Biomechanics ‘in Translation’”, meaning what can we make of tissues by looking either backwards (biomimetics into translation) or forwards (biomechanics of materials translated into applications).
The topics of the Special Issue include (but are not restricted to) the following:
- Biomechanics of cells, tissues, and biomaterials;
- Hard–soft tissue interface;
- Bioinspired 3D printed and electrospun materials;
- Imaging-based mechanics of tissues and biomaterials;
- Deep learning and computational modelling;
- Other techniques with the potential to complement, inform, and expand knowledge of hard and soft tissues.
Full papers, communications, and reviews are all welcome.
Prof. Dr. Peter Zioupos
Prof. Dr. Gianluca Tozzi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hard tissue biomechanics
- soft tissue biomechanics
- applications
- biomedical engineering
- ageing and disease—tissue properties
- bone analogues
- biomaterials
- soft tissue replacement
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