Bioresorbable Materials and Bioactive Surface Coatings

Dr. Anoushka Khanna is a project scientist at the Department of Textile and Fibre Engineering, IIT Delhi, India. She obtained her M.Sc. degree (2016) in Toxicology from Jamia Hamdard and Ph.D. degree (2022) from University of Delhi, India and INMAS, DRDO. She was the first-rank holder in her masters and was bestowed with the prestigious DST INSPIRE fellowship during her doctoral studies. She has more than 5 years’ experience in the field of radiation countermeasures and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Dr. Navneet Sharma is an Assistant Professor at the Amity Institute of Pharmacy, Amity University, India. He has an M.Pharm, Ph.D and PGDRA, and his expertise lies in the realm of biomaterials and applied R & D, especially needs-based product development. He has taken pivotal roles as an investigator in three projects supported by DST-India. He has won several awards, including eight national and international awards. The most prestigious among them are SCO and Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India Covid-19 best innovation award 2020, and Department of Science and Technology, Young Scientist Award for the year 2018 and 2022. He has more than 40 publications including four books, five book chapters, 10 patents and 4 technologies successfully transferred to the industry.B. S. Butola is a Professor at the Department of Textiles & Fibre Engineering, IIT Delhi, India. His research interests include functionalization of textiles with metal oxides, use of shear thickening fluids for improving the impact performance of ballistic textiles, polymeric nanocomposites and smart colorants. He has edited 7 books. Dr. Harpal Singh is an Emeritus Professor at the Centre for Biomedical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) and AIIMS Delhi, India with an extensive career in research and teaching spanning over four decades. He earned his Ph.D. in 1982 from IIT Delhi, following an M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry from Kanpur University in 1977. His research interests include Polymeric Biomaterials, Nanomedicine, Drug Delivery Systems, Antimicrobial Polymers for Water Disinfection, Medical diagnostics & Synthesis and Modification of Polymers for Biomedical and Industrial Applications. Prof. Singh has published over 140 research papers, 70 conference papers and holds 15 patents. His leadership roles include serving as Executive Director of Stanford India Biodesign and the School of International Biodesign at IIT Delhi. He has also completed numerous research and consultancy projects for various government and private organizations, cementing his reputation as a leader in biomedical engineering and polymer research.

• Introduction to bioresorbable materialsBioresorbable polymers and its typesBioresorbable materials in dentistryBioresorbable metallic alloys and compositesHydrogels and soft dissolvable materialsBiodegradation mechanisms and evaluationLeveraging machine learning and deep learning in research: tools, algorithms, and applicationsSurface modification techniquesBioactive surface coatings and its typesStrategies to functionalize biodegradable materials through surface modifications for antimicrobial propertiesBioresorbable medical implantsBioresorbable materials in tissue engineering and regeneration: design and applicationsBioresorbable materials in controlled drug delivery systems/smart drug delivery systemsBioresorbable materials in plastic and reconstructive surgeryApplications of bioactive surface coatings/modificationsBiocompatibility testing and safety considerations for bioresorbable implants/medical productsRegulatory guidelines for bioresorbable medical devicesClinical case studies (commercially available bioresorbable medical implants)Conclusion and outlook