I’ve been having a look at some of the reviews we’ve published in the RSC materials journals and thinking about why we publish review articles. Journals publish different types of reviews. Many are in-depth critical overviews of a topic, others act as tutorials for people moving into a new areas or learning new techniques, some focus specifically on applications or highlight just the most important developments over the last couple of years. I’d be interested to hear what you think makes up a good review. For our part we see reviews as an integral part of our journals and we hope they provide a great overview of the latest trends, opinion, and groundbreaking research for our readers. If you’re interested Biomaterials Science will publish just two broad types of review: reviews and mini-reviews.
Below I’ve gathered together a selection of reviews on biomaterials and materials interfacing with biology. Hopefully this will give you a flavour of the reviews published by RSC journals in this area. The articles are all free to download until 3rd September. I hope you enjoy reading them.
Feature Article
Interactions of cells with silk surfaces
Aldo Leal-Egaña and Thomas Scheibel
J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 14330-14336
Frontier
Microengineered physiological biomimicry: Organs-on-Chips
Dongeun Huh , Yu-suke Torisawa , Geraldine A. Hamilton , Hyun Jung Kim and Donald E. Ingber
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 2156-2164
Critical Reviews
Designer nanomaterials using chiral self-assembling peptide systems and their emerging benefit for society
Zhongli Luo and Shuguang Zhang
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, 41, 4736-4754
Temperature-responsive compounds as in situ gelling biomedical materials
Hyo Jung Moon , Du Young Ko , Min Hee Park , Min Kyung Joo and Byeongmoon Jeong
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, 41, 4860-4883
Targeted polymeric therapeutic nanoparticles: design, development and clinical translation
Nazila Kamaly , Zeyu Xiao , Pedro M. Valencia , Aleksandar F. Radovic-Moreno and Omid C. Farokhzad
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, 41, 2971-3010
Engineered approaches to the stem cell microenvironment for cardiac tissue regeneration
Ebrahim Ghafar-Zadeh , John R. Waldeisen and Luke P. Lee
Lab Chip, 2011, 11, 3031-3048
Tutorial Reviews
Cyborg cells: functionalisation of living cells with polymers and nanomaterials
Rawil F. Fakhrullin , Alsu I. Zamaleeva , Renata T. Minullina , Svetlana A. Konnova and Vesselin N. Paunov
Chem. Soc. Rev., 2012, 41, 4189-4206
Brain slice on a chip: opportunities and challenges of applying microfluidic technology to intact tissues
Yu Huang , Justin C. Williams and Stephen M. Johnson
Lab Chip, 2012, 12, 2103-2117
Review Articles
Self-assembly of biodegradable polyurethanes for controlled delivery applications
Mingming Ding , Jiehua Li , Hong Tan and Qiang Fu
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 5414-5428
Shear-thinning hydrogels for biomedical applications
Murat Guvendiren , Hoang D. Lu and Jason A. Burdick
Soft Matter, 2012, 8, 260-272
Graphene: a versatile nanoplatform for biomedical applications
Yin Zhang, Tapas R. Nayak, Hao Hong and Weibo Cai
Nanoscale, 2012, 4, 3833-3842
Highlight
Electronic interfaces switchable by logically processed multiple biochemical and physiological signals
Evgeny Katz, Vera Bocharova and Marina Privman
J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 8171-8178
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