Rapid Prototyping in Biomedical Engineering: Design, Fabrication, and Evaluation
A special issue of Micromachines (ISSN 2072-666X). This special issue belongs to the section "B：Biology and Biomedicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2026 | Viewed by 502
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There is a unique splendor in the beginning of an academic research project: it is curiosity-driven and full of potential. Every scientific journey begins by standing on the shoulders of giants; through this, progress is made, lessons are learned, and we move one step closer to understanding and curing a disease.
This Special Issue seeks contributions that detail the authentic lifecycle of biomedical engineering (BME) prototyping, from initial design to process optimization and validation. We welcome submissions from all researchers, especially junior researchers and students who have just started their research project in BME, including the following topics:
- Microfluidic solution for tissue chips and drug discovery;
- The design, fabrication, and validation of biomedical microdevices for disease modeling, biosensing, or diagnostics (in vitro or in vivo);
- Experimental methods or engineering approaches that reduce the major barriers between basic research discoveries and clinical trials.
Editorial Scope and Focus: To distinguish this Special Issue and promote methodological rigor, we will prioritize original research articles that demonstrate high transparency and reproducibility:
- Focused Context: Authors are encouraged to present concise introductions that trace the direct iteration of the innovation, avoiding broad historical reviews in favor of specific technical contexts.
- Replicable Methods: Methodologies must be described with sufficient detail to ensure independent reproducibility, placing a high value on technical completeness.
- Rigorous Evaluation and Failure Analysis: We explicitly welcome studies that define the boundaries of experimental techniques. These include rigorous "failure mode analysis" and the reporting of null results, provided that they offer a significant understanding of the limits and constraints of the methodology.
- Primary Research Only: To maintain a focus on experimental validation and data, review articles will not be considered for this specific Special Issue.
Dr. Xiang Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biomedical rapid prototyping
- microfabrication
- biofabrication
- methodological reproducibility
- process validation
- failure analysis
- design optimization
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