Micro- and Nanoscale Mechanical Properties of Biomaterials
A special issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944). This special issue belongs to the section "Biomaterials".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 April 2024) | Viewed by 3016
Special Issue Editors
Interests: mechanical properties; surface characterization; atomic force microscopy; dynamics modelling techniques
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2. School of Sciences, European University Cyprus, Nicosia 2404, Cyprus
Interests: cancer diagnosis; disease prognosis; atomic force microscopy imaging, mechanical nanocharacterization; cell and tissue nanocharacterization
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The micro- and nanomechanical characterization of biological samples offers the possibility of retrieving the biophysical properties of tissues, cells, fibrous components and biomolecules. During recent decades, important achievements towards the development of groundbreaking experimental techniques for determining the mechanical properties of highly heterogeneous materials have been presented. It is also significant to note that new mathematical models for data processing have also been recently developed. In addition, determining the mechanical properties of biological materials and biomaterials at the micro- and nanoscale has opened new prospects regarding various applications such as disease diagnosis and prognosis (e.g., cancers and osteoarthritis). It is expected that mechanical characterization will play a key role in the future towards the development of rigorous user-independent disease diagnosis and prognosis based on rigorous mathematical criteria.
This Special Issue welcomes contributions in the form of full articles, short communications, or review articles on new results related to:
- The mechanical characterization of biological samples and biomaterials at the micro- and nanoscale;
- Experimental techniques for micro- and nanomechanical characterization;
- Experimental techniques that combine imaging modes with mechanical property determination;
- Applications of mechanical characterization in disease diagnosis and prognosis;
- New mathematical models for data processing.
Dr. Stylianos Vasileios Kontomaris
Dr. Andreas Stylianou
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- elastic and viscoelastic properties
- scanning probe microscopy
- biomaterials
- cells
- tissues
- disease diagnosis and prognosis
- tissue engineering
- biomaterials surface characterization
- mathematical modelling of biological materials
- nanocharacterization of new materials
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