Vipul Srivastava – författare

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of next-generation bio-inspired functional materials and their transformative role in advancing sustainable biomedical applications. Beginning with an introduction to the fundamentals of bio-inspired materials, it highlights their critical contribution to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The chapters cover innovative domains such as biodegradable and self-healing materials, nanotechnology-driven biomaterials, protein- and pectin-based biopolymers, and targeted drug delivery systems. Special emphasis is placed on tissue engineering, bioresorbable sensors, and sustainable 3D bioprinting technologies, offering insights into emerging biomedical solutions.Main Features of this book are:Encompasses fundamental concepts and emerging innovations in bio-inspired and sustainable materials for biomedical use.Highlights biodegradable, self-healing, bioresorbable, and green materials addressing environmental and clinical challenges.Discusses pioneering fields such as precision drug delivery, smart scaffolds for tissue regeneration, bioresorbable sensors, photothermal therapy, sustainable 3D-bioprinting, and soft robotics.Demonstrates the role of bio-inspired materials in achieving global sustainability and healthcare goals.Offers insights into challenges, opportunities, and research gaps for next-generation innovations.The book is targeted to researchers, clinicians, materials scientists, biomedical engineers, postgraduate students, policymakers, and industry innovators seeking sustainable, bio-inspired solutions for healthcare, translational research, and next-generation biomedical technologies worldwide interdisciplinary academic communities.

Advanced materials exhibiting novel properties with increased functionality are the future of technology. These materials have the potential to improve people’s quality of life as well as to make affordable sustainable materials a reality. The book details advanced novel materials for applications in frontier areas, discussing perovskites as promising materials for the future technology. It also discusses synthesis protocols for the design and development of some novel materials, spinel material synthesis and its structural analysis, green synthesis of metal oxides, the property profiles of the materials for behavioral change, and more.

This new book provides novel solutions to the problems confronted in the field of materials technology, helping to pave the way in designing new materials for the future. The authors provide a comprehensive and theoretical understanding as well as experimental findings integrated with theory for furthering research in materials science and engineering. The book looks at advances and trends, tools and technologies, and characterization of smart materials and novel materials, highlighting the correlation between structure-property-utility in the materials. The behavior of materials in general is attributed to their plethora of properties, and this volume sheds light on characteristic and unique architectures in the materials due to their structural and morphological features.