Due to the tissue and organ shortage, tissue engineering strategies combining engineering principles and methods and biological sciences in creating implantable tissues have been viewed as the most promising technologies for regenerating damaged tissues and organs. As native tissues or organs are composed of proteins within nanoscale and cells directly interact with nanostructured extracellular matrices (ECM), nanobiomaterials such as nanofibers, nanotubes, nanoparticles and other nanofabricated devices with smaller than 100 nm in at least one dimension are capable of contributing to cell growth and tissue regeneration.
The aim of this special issue is to demonstrate the latest achievement of nanotechnology and its development in tissue engineering field. The eleven research articles comprising this special issue cover topics including the fabrication, characterization, and application of nanobiomaterials. Research articles on biomaterial surface technology, cell-biomaterials interaction and nanobiomaterials properties are also included in this issue.
Electrospinning is a well-established technique aiming at producing ultrafine fibers
by electrically charging a suspended droplet of polymer melt or solution. There are
various kinds of materials that can be electrospun into nanofibrous structures,
which have promising applications in tissue engineering. The first four papers of
this special issue discussed the electrospinning technique for tissue engineering
application. The first paper “
The following two papers are related to surface morphology and micropatterning
technology. Specifically, the fifth paper “
In the seventh paper, “
The editors appreciate all the authors and coauthors of these articles comprising the special issue for their scientific contribution. Moreover, the editors would like to express their thanks to all the reviewers for their effort and dedication. They hope that this special issue will attract a wide range of the readers who are working or will join this challenging and fast-developing field and continuously motivate their research and work.