Advances in Metallic Materials for Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Metals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 February 2026 | Viewed by 30
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metallic materials have been used for a long time as biomaterials in medical applications such as prosthetics and implants to replace or restore the functionality of damaged or diseased biological tissues. These materials are subjected to very complex biological and structural environments within our bodies, requiring specific solutions for each application, such as surface modifications to optimize biocompatibility or prevent the formation of biofilms, the manufacturing of customized components, or even presenting controlled absorption over time.
With the rapid advancement in the development of new alloys, surface treatments and new methods of manufacturing metallic components for biomedical use, this Special Issue, ‘Advances in Metallic Materials for Biomedical Applications’, seeks to bring the state of the art in that field. Both reviews and articles are welcome. This Issue welcomes contributions in the fields of surface coatings and treatments, single-crystal alloys for implants, additive manufacturing, resorbable alloys, metal matrix composites, shape memory and high entropy alloys for biomedical applications.
Dr. Antonio Shigueaki Takimi
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- coatings
- single-crystal implants
- additive manufacturing
- resorbable alloys
- surface modifications
- metal-matrix composites
- high-entropy alloys
- biomedical alloys
- shape-memory alloys
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