Full Description
Nanofiber Composite Materials for Biomedical Applications presents new developments and recent advances in nanofiber-reinforced composite materials and their use in biomedical applications, including biomaterial developments, drug delivery, tissue engineering, and regenerative medicine.
Unlike more conventional titles on composite materials, this book covers the most innovative new developments in nanofiber-based composites, including polymers, ceramics, and metals, with particular emphasis on their preparation and characterization methodology.
Selected case studies illustrate new developments in clinical and preclinical use, making the information critical for the development of new medical materials and systems for use in human health care, and for the exploration of new design spaces based on these nanofibers. This book is essential reading for those working in biomedical science and engineering, materials science, nanoscience, biomedical nanotechnology, and biotechnology.
Contents
Part I: Introduction to nanofiber composites
1. Introduction to nanofiber composites
Part II: Classification of nanofiber composites
2. Ceramic nanofiber composites
3. Polymer nanofiber composites
4. Metallic nanofiber composites
Part III: Properties of nanofiber composites
5. Physicochemical characterization of nanofiber composite
6. Mechanical characterization of nanofiber composites
7. Biological characterization of nanofiber composites
Part IV: Biomedical applications of nanofiber composites
8. Nanofiber composites in drug delivery
9. Nanofiber composites in biomolecular delivery
10. Nanofiber composites in gene delivery
11. Nanofiber composites in skin tissue engineering
12. Nanofiber composites in bone tissue engineering
13. Nanofiber composites in cartilage tissue engineering
14. Nanofiber composites in tendon tissue engineering
15. Nanofiber composites in skeletal muscle tissue engineering
16. Nanofiber composites in neural tissue engineering
17. Nanofiber composites in cardiac tissue engineering
18. Nanofiber composites in vascular tissue engineering
19. Nanofiber composites in blood vessel tissue engineering
20. Clinical/preclinical aspects of nanofiber composites
