Recent Advances of Nanomaterials for Tissue Engineering

Dear Colleagues,

Nanomaterials are of great interest due to their peculiar physical and chemical properties, which make them excellent candidates for biotechnology and medical applications. Among other things, recent research has shown the possibility to design and produce nanostructured materials that can be implanted to replace or repair missing or damaged tissues in the human body, positively interacting with the host organs.

Nanostructured biocompatible materials of different chemical natures, both inorganic (such as titanium and its alloys) or organic (as for example PCL, elastin, chitosan) can be bio-activated by modifying their surface through functionalization with appropriate biomolecules, also exploiting the high surface-to-volume ratio typical of nanostructures. Several biomolecules can be used for the bioactivation of the material, such as peptide sequences and oligosaccharides, with the goal being to elicit a specific biological response from the hosting body, since the design of a biomedical device destined to a biological environment must depend on the knowledge of the phenomena that takes place in the same biological site after the implant.

The goal of this Special Issue is to collect top-quality contributions in the field of nanostructured materials for tissue engineering applications. High-level studies focusing on the design, preparation, and structural and morphological characterization of biocompatible nanomaterials, either inorganic, organic, or organometallic, envisaged for applications in the field of tissue engineering are welcome.

We are pleased to invite you to submit a contribution to this Special Issue of Nanomaterials, and we look forward to receiving your contributions.

Prof. Dr. Chiara Battocchio
Dr. Giovanna Iucci
Guest Editors

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• biocompatible nanomaterials
• tissue engineering
• surface bioactivation
• regenerative medicine
• smart biomaterials