Bioactive Ceramic-Based Materials

Dear Colleagues,

Bioactive ceramics are widely used in healthcare for repairing or substituting damaged bone and dental tissues as they can withstand extreme stresses, high temperatures, and nuclear radiation and are highly corrosion resistant. There exists a great demand for ceramics used in medical industry, leading to an ever-expanding market. This Special Issue offers a broad outlook on the recent developments in the processing methods and characterisation of the active/inert bioceramics, bioceramic scaffolds, bioglass, bionanocomposites, and bioceramic coatings towards biomedical applications. Surface modification techniques (chemical vapour deposition, ionized blasting, electrochemical anodization, gamma irradiation, etc.) are capable of enhancing the surface properties without affecting the bulk characteristics. This Special Issue will also cover the recent trends in the improvement of the surface and biological properties, mechanical strength of bioceramics, bioglass, and their composites by surface and bulk modification techniques, leading to the development of advanced bioceramics. We also welcome manuscripts on the application of bioceramic-based scaffolds for drug delivery and wound healing applications.

This Special Issue will evaluate the original scientific research works, reviews, and technical reports concerning to the techniques and methods of synthesis including physical, chemical, surface, mechanical, and biological properties of bioceramic-based materials.

We welcome the submission of research papers as well as review articles. The research topics that we would like contributors to address include but are not limited to the following:

Dr. S. Narayana Kalkura
Dr. K. Thanigai Arul
Guest Editors

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 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

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. Materials is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly 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.