The Synthesis and Characterization of Biocompatible Materials

Dear Colleagues,

The recent advances in biomaterials field are tremendous, with new biomaterials and related devices constantly being developed and introduced in medical practice. Even if the amount of the research resources is exponentially increasing from decade to decade, however, the scientific community still encounters difficulties. One challenge involves the development of specific new and performant biomaterials. Another important issue is linked to the access to actual new scientific information, with some aspects related to the synthesis of new biomaterials being unavailable to the scientific community, especially due to economic reasons on behalf of the developers and research companies.

In this Special Issue of Materials (ISSN 1996-1944) on "The Synthesis and Characterization of Biocompatible Materials”, we are targeting the presentation of actual and niche experiments that are being conducted on the development of biomaterials into various research capacities and resources. In order to provide performant biomaterials, we need to optimize the material synthesis methods and to characterize the obtained ones in a correct, complex, and modern way. The targeted materials include all the biomaterials types and combinations, with a focus on synthesis methods and performances. Special attention should be given to explaining the phenomena related to reaction kinetics and mechanisms. Submitted manuscripts may cover all aspects on biocompatible materials characterization methods and may be related to the composition, morphology, structure, properties, and in vitro and in vivo behavior.

We invite all colleagues to submit manuscripts (full papers, reviews or short notes) in open access to this Special Issue. We also encourage the dissemination of this invitation to any colleagues that might be interested.

Prof. Habil. Florin Miculescu
Prof. Habil. Anisoara Cimpean
Guest Editors

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