Biocompatible Membranes for Bone Regeneration

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue on “Biocompatible Membranes for Tissue Regeneration”. The search for new tissue regeneration strategies is an international priority, fueled by the debilitating pain associated with bone diseases and the increasing challenge that our aging population represents from a medical and socioeconomic point of view. The most impressive studies on the synthesis and characterization methods, applications, and properties of membranes used in bone tissue engineering will be disseminated in the pursuit of a better and accessible biomaterial, which may represent the future of therapeutic clinical approaches. This Special Issue aims to gather experienced researchers, chemists, biologists, microbiologists, pharmacists, engineers, and medical specialists interested in topics linked to biocompatible membranes with prospective applications in tissue regeneration. 

In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but not be limited to) the following:

• Nanoassembly and layer-by-layer nanotechnologies for membrane materials;
• Characterization and analysis of membrane structure and function;
• Ceramic membranes, metallic membranes, membranes from carbon-based materials;
• Natural/synthetic polymeric membranes;
• Nanostructured membranes;
• 3D-printed biocompatible membranes for tissue regeneration;
• Nanoparticle-loaded membranes for bone regeneration;
• Membranes for guided bone regeneration;
• Resorbable/non-resorbable membranes.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Dr. Ionela Andreea Neacsu
Dr. Vladimir-Lucian Ene
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. Membranes is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly 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 2200 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.