Focus Issue: Journal of Materials Research

3D Printing of Biomedical Materials and Devices
Issue Date: October 14, 2021
Submission deadline: February 26, 2021

3D printing, or additive manufacturing, is a transformative technology platform that impacts various disciplines including biomaterials and biomedical devices. Use of 3D printing technology can shorten the product development time for biomedical devices, or help manufacture those devices on-demand. 3D printing can also help to innovate next-generation biomaterials and biomedical devices that would not be possible otherwise. In this Focus Issue, our intent is to capture the perspectives of professionals from different disciplines including science, engineering, and medicine to application of 3D printing in biomaterials and biomedical devices. More specifically, this Focus Issue is geared toward understanding of the structure-process-property relationship involving different materials under in vitro, in vivo and in silico environments. 

Suggested topical areas include, but not limited to:

• 3D printing of biomaterials
• Surface modification via 3D printing
• Drug delivery from 3D printed scaffolds
• Bioprinting 
• Texture and microstructure in 3D printed devices
• Mechanical properties of 3D printed materials
• Process development for 3D printed biomedical devices
• 3D printing in organ and tissue engineering applications
• Modeling and simulation involving 3D printed biomaterials and devices
• Patient-specific implants and biomedical devices 
• In-hospital medical 3D printing for improving patient care
• Creating pre-surgical models using 3D printing

Guest editors: 
Amit Bandyopadhyay, Washington State University, USA
Susmita Bose, Washington State University, USA
Aldo R. Boccaccini, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
Sourabh Ghosh, Indian Institute of Technology, India

MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION
To be considered for this issue, new and previously unpublished results significant to the development of this field should be presented. The manuscripts must be submitted via the JMR electronic submission system by February 26, 2021. Manuscripts submitted after this deadline will not be considered for the issue due to time constraints on the review process. Please select “3D Printing of Biomedical Materials and Devices” as the Focus Issue designation. Note our manuscript submission minimum length of 3250 words, excluding figures, captions, and references, with at least 6 and no more than 10 figures and tables combined. Review articles may be longer but must be pre-approved by proposal to the Guest Editors via jmr@mrs.org. The proposal form and author instructions may be found at www.mrs.org/jmr-instructions. All manuscripts will be reviewed in a normal but expedited fashion. Papers submitted by the deadline and subsequently accepted will be published in the Focus Issue. Other manuscripts that are acceptable but cannot be included in the issue will be scheduled for publication in a subsequent issue of JMR.