Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Absorbable Polymers

AvAlexandru Grumezescu,Valentina Grumezescu

Häftad, Engelska, 2019

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Beskrivning

Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Absorbable Polymers provides a detailed and comprehensive review of recent progress in absorbable biopolymers and their impact on biomedical engineering. The book's main focus lies in their classification, processing, properties and performance, biocompatibility, and their applications in tissue engineering, drug delivery, bone repair and regenerative medicine. The most up-to-date methods used to obtain such polymers and how to improve their properties is discussed in detail. This book provides readers with a comprehensive and updated review of the latest research in the field of absorbable polymers for biomedical applications.

Provides knowledge of the range of absorbable polymers currently available, enabling the reader to make optimal materials selection decisions
Presents detailed information on current and proposed applications of the latest developments
Includes a strong emphasis on chemistry and physico-chemical characterization of these materials and their application in biomedical engineering

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2019-06-18
Mått:191 x 235 x 24 mm
Vikt:950 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:462
Förlag:Elsevier Science
ISBN:9780128184158

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Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu is a lecturer in the Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, at the Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania. He is an experienced researcher and published editor in the field of nano and biostructures. He is the editor-in-chief of two international open access journals: Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry, Letters and Applied NanoBioScience. Dr. Grumezescu has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers, authored nine books, and has served as an editor for more than 50 scholarly books. Valentina Grumezescu is a Scientific Researcher at the National Institute for Lasers, Plasma & Radiation Physics, Magurele, Romania. She is an experienced researcher in the field of fabrication of biomedical thin coatings by laser processing. She has published over 40 research and review papers in the field of nanobiomaterials and several book chapters on the application of laser processing in biomedical field. She is also the assistant editor of the journal Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Degradation versus resorption2. Plant-derived resorbable polymers in tissue engineering3. Current trends and biomedical applications of resorbable polymers4. Resorbable polymers in bone repair and regeneration5. Biomedical applications of composite resorbable fibers6. Biodegradable polymer nanocomposites for tissue engineering: synthetic strategies and related applications7. Poly(lactic acid) and poly(lactic-co-glycolic) acid nanoparticles: versatility in biomedical applications8. Collagen as a potential biopolymer for the production of porous matrices (scaffolds) with application in tissue engineering9. Resorbable polymer matrices: chitosan-substituted collagen-based biomaterials10. Biocompatible chitosan in unique applications for tissue engineering11. Microbial cellulose: production and application12. Alginate as a versatile polymer matrix with biomedical and food applications13. Analytical methods in resorbable polymer development and degradation tracking14. Recent progress in polyester-urethanes