Magnetic Scaffolds for Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2021) | Viewed by 3451
Special Issue Editors
Interests: biomaterials; magnetic materials; multifunctional materials; smart materials; biopolymers; rheology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The innovative use of magnetic fields in biomedical applications has experienced an exponential increase in recent years. Among the applications of magnetism in medicine, there are diagnostic (e.g., MRI, NMR), surgical (e.g., electrosurgical cutting), and therapeutic applications (e.g., hyperthermia).
The number of publications describing the creation of multi-functional biomaterials sensitive to magnetic fields is rapidly growing, which is a proof of the advantages that magnetic materials can offer to the biomedical field. In particular, the magnetic components of biomaterials are exploited as remotely controlled tools with potential for diagnostic and therapeutic actions (theranostic applications). Also, magnetic fields can be used as exogenous stimuli to induce changes in the physical, chemical, and structural properties of biomaterials. In this context, multifunctional magnetic scaffolds are objects of particular interest, because they can be imagined as bioactive materials that can be manipulated directly in situ.
This Special Issue “Magnetic Scaffolds for Biomedical Applications” is aimed to point out the evolution and new potential biomedical applications of this new research field, encouraging original contributions related to any aspect of the new magnetic materials, including how they perform in physiological environments and, possibly, in tissue regeneration.
Dr. Stefania Nardecchia
Dr. Wagner O. Rosa
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- porous scaffolds
- magnetic scaffolds
- multifunctional materials
- magnetic hydrogels
- biomaterials
- materials science
- theranostic applications
- regenerative medicine
- lab on a chip
