New Advances in Mechanical Behaviour of Biomaterials

Dear Colleagues,

At present, there are a large number of biomaterials developed for the manufacture of medical implants and devices. A desirable combination of properties, including mechanical, has always been an important target to achieve, in addition to biocompatibility, in order to produce medical implants that will have an acceptable performance in the body. This becomes more significant for those implants that are subjected to mechanical loads, such as orthopaedic implants under the mechanical loads of a patient’s physical activities. Given an implant failure can result in significant consequences, the mechanical behaviour of biomaterials used for medical implants and devices has continuously been a subject for research and advancement with the aim to improve the performance and longevity of implants in the body.

This Special Issue aims to present new advances and findings in the area of the mechanical behaviour of biomaterials. The scope includes (but is not limited to): mechanical properties, charactrisation and testing, microstructural evaluation, failure analysis, fatigue, fracture, wear, fretting wear, fretting corrosion (tribocorrosion), new/advanced biomaterials, in vitro and in vivo assessments, additively manufactured biomaterials, surface modifications, simulations, and modelling.

Research articles, review articles, as well as communications are invited.

Dr. Reza Hashemi
Guest Editor

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