About this Research Topic
Over the past few decades, demand for biomaterials and other healthcare-related materials has grown dramatically around the world and is currently at an all-time high. There are a variety of biomaterials developed by various researchers for particular host locations. But surface engineering and modification are required to tailor the material’s properties to make them suitable for the host location. In order to meet the requirements of the biomedical industry, the field of functional surfaces is growing rapidly. The high ace of research and development in this particular area of science and technology is bringing new and viable resources/methods/techniques for the sake of a better-quality life, and at the same time improving the lifestyle of modern society and affordable health care services.
Metallic (Titanium, steel, and magnesium), ceramic (Co-Cr based), and polymeric (PLA) biomaterials are being actively used for dental, hip, knee, acetabular-cup, stents, orthopedic accessories, and surgical accessories owing to their unique biomechanical properties and excellent bioactivity. Despite their high biomechanical integrity, their applicability has been found limited due to the inability to meet the requirements of osseointegration i.e. the incomplete bonding between the implant and surrounding tissues. The surface of the implant needs to be subjected to some mechanical/physical/chemical treatments to maximize its bioactivity when interfacing with surrounding natural tissue. Surface engineering/modification of implant material is required to tailor the surface characteristics and properties suitable for the host location. For example, the HIP stem required a rich coating of bioactive materials with structural porosities; the Knee implant required a super finished surface with surface roughness in a nano-meter.
The proposed special issue “Health-care-related Biomaterials and Surface Engineering for forefront of applications” will particularly focus the hidden technologies and advanced manufacturing methods which may not be standardized by the research fraternity, however, are greatly benefitting the biomedical industrial engineers in different aspects. Therefore, it has been aimed to provide such projects, research activities, and innovations with a global platform to strengthen the knowledge of the concerned community.
Being an interdisciplinary Special issue, it will aim to compile excellence in the field of Materials Science related to health-care and their surface engineering includes coating, deposition, cladding, Nanotechnology, surface finishing, precision machining, processing, and emerging advanced manufacturing technologies to enhance the performance of biomedical Implants in terms of hardness, corrosion, wear and fatigue. Using aforementioned technologies, this Special Issue will welcome the original and unpublished research articles, reviews, and case studies.
Topics include but are not limited to:
• Metallic, ceramic and polymeric biomaterials
• Bioactive materials and substances
• 3D printing and additive manufacturing of biomaterials
• Biomaterials for soft tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
• Bone and tooth tissue engineering
• Microporous, mesoporous, and nanoporous biomaterials
• Biomaterials for drug delivery
• Hybrid biomaterials and composites
• Functional surface and their performance: Wear, corrosion, Fatigue
• Chemical reactions on surfaces
• Phase transitions, reconstruction, roughening, and melting
• Surface Engineering: Coatings/Deposition/Diffusion/finishing
• Spray Technologies and Advanced Coatings Techniques
Metallic (Titanium, steel, and magnesium), ceramic (Co-Cr based), and polymeric (PLA) biomaterials are being actively used for dental, hip, knee, acetabular-cup, stents, orthopedic accessories, and surgical accessories owing to their unique biomechanical properties and excellent bioactivity. Despite their high biomechanical integrity, their applicability has been found limited due to the inability to meet the requirements of osseointegration i.e. the incomplete bonding between the implant and surrounding tissues. The surface of the implant needs to be subjected to some mechanical/physical/chemical treatments to maximize its bioactivity when interfacing with surrounding natural tissue. Surface engineering/modification of implant material is required to tailor the surface characteristics and properties suitable for the host location. For example, the HIP stem required a rich coating of bioactive materials with structural porosities; the Knee implant required a super finished surface with surface roughness in a nano-meter.
The proposed special issue “Health-care-related Biomaterials and Surface Engineering for forefront of applications” will particularly focus the hidden technologies and advanced manufacturing methods which may not be standardized by the research fraternity, however, are greatly benefitting the biomedical industrial engineers in different aspects. Therefore, it has been aimed to provide such projects, research activities, and innovations with a global platform to strengthen the knowledge of the concerned community.
Being an interdisciplinary Special issue, it will aim to compile excellence in the field of Materials Science related to health-care and their surface engineering includes coating, deposition, cladding, Nanotechnology, surface finishing, precision machining, processing, and emerging advanced manufacturing technologies to enhance the performance of biomedical Implants in terms of hardness, corrosion, wear and fatigue. Using aforementioned technologies, this Special Issue will welcome the original and unpublished research articles, reviews, and case studies.
Topics include but are not limited to:
• Metallic, ceramic and polymeric biomaterials
• Bioactive materials and substances
• 3D printing and additive manufacturing of biomaterials
• Biomaterials for soft tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
• Bone and tooth tissue engineering
• Microporous, mesoporous, and nanoporous biomaterials
• Biomaterials for drug delivery
• Hybrid biomaterials and composites
• Functional surface and their performance: Wear, corrosion, Fatigue
• Chemical reactions on surfaces
• Phase transitions, reconstruction, roughening, and melting
• Surface Engineering: Coatings/Deposition/Diffusion/finishing
• Spray Technologies and Advanced Coatings Techniques
Keywords: Biomaterials, Health-care, Functional surface, Surface Engineering, Tissue engineering
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