Biotribology of Medical Implants: Current Applications and Future Directions
A special issue of Lubricants (ISSN 2075-4442).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2025 | Viewed by 192
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomechanics; biotribology; digital twins; computational biomechanics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
With an increase in life expectations and a change in lifestyle with a lower level of activity, along with the aging population, designing personalized implants with long lifetimes and outstanding tribology performance is expected. In addition, according to the rapid progress in digital twins in healthcare, smart implants with sensing and actuation capabilities, and the advancement of additive manufacturing and 3D printing, the tribology of implantable patient-specific prostheses can be revolutionized in terms of modeling and simulation, design optimization, longevity, material solutions, and monitoring.
In this Special Issue, we intend to present advances in the tribology of medical implants. Contributions are welcome related to theoretical, computational, and experimental investigations in the tribology of medical implants, with a focus on topics such as personalized implants, design optimization, smart implants, digital twins, biomaterial solutions, machine learning, hybrid modeling, and monitoring.
Dr. Ehsan Askari
Dr. Abdellatif Abdelgaied
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- design optimization
- personalized implants
- modeling and simulation
- digital twins
- material solutions
- monitoring
- orthopedics and oral and cardiovascular tribology
- machine learning
- hybrid modeling
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