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Emergent Materials - Special Issue

Emerging material science trends in Nanomedicine, Biosensor, Microfluidics and 3D Bioprinting technologies

Biomaterials can be defined as synthetic or natural materials to be interacted with biological entities. Biomaterials can be introduced into the body as part of an implanted medical device or used to replace a diseased tissue or an organ. Biomaterials are also used in therapeutic applications such as targeted drug delivery via nano-materials. Another application is for diagnostics purposed as biosensors or lab-on-a-chip devices. Therefore, biomaterials may vary in size from sub-nano, all the way to whole organ size depending on the application. Biocompatibility is enhanced by incorporation of live cells, an approach known as regenerative medicine or tissue engineering. Most common approach for tissue engineered constructs is 3D bioprinting. Despite the substantial benefits, there is scarcity of medical applications with biomaterials. New technologies are needed enabling to investigate complex interactions of novel materials with biological entities and/or samples. These efforts require application of interdisciplinary technologies.

This special issue aims to provide a collection of research and review articles for the recent advances at the frontiers of research in Biomaterials, Biosensors and Microfluidics applications in the biomedical field. Potential topics include but are not limited to the following:

  • Bioprinting Technologies for Tissue Engineering
  • Scaffold Technologies for Tissue Engineering
  • Nanomaterials for Immunotherapy 
  • Nanomaterials for Targeted Drug Delivery
  • Lab on a chip applications
  • Organ on a chip applications
  • Biomaterials for medical devices
  • Implant biomaterials 
  • Smart Biomaterials
  • Biomaterials for Biosensors

  • Fabrication of Biomaterials

Emergent Materials Journal was one of the main sponsor for the First International Biomaterials Conference in Qatar, entitled as “Biomaterials, Biosensor, and Microfluidics Technologies for Medical Applications”, organized on May 6-7, 2023 at Qatar University. This special issue is intended to present the high quality work of the researchers participated to the conference, and we welcome other papers as well. Journal`s current impact factor is 3.8 with Q2 ranking in the Biomaterials Area.
 

Below is the link for the biomaterials conference in Qatar: https://www.qu.edu.qa/conference/biomaterial-conference


Submission dates:

Opening date: 1 October 2023

Closure date: 1 June 2024


Guest Editors:

Huseyin C Yalcin: hyalcin@qu.edu.qa (this opens in a new tab)
Qatar University, Biomedical Research Center, Qatar

Nureddin Ashammakhi: n.ashammakhi@ucla.edu (this opens in a new tab)
Michigan State University, Dept of Biomedical Engineering, USA

Itthipon Jeerapan: itthipon.j@psu.ac.th (this opens in a new tab)
Prince of Songkla University, Faculty of Science, Thailand


  



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