Full Description
Biomedical Applications of Self-Healing Polymers addresses the critical need for materials that can self-repair, enhancing the durability and functionality of biomedical devices and tissue engineering scaffolds. The design, characterization, and fabrication of self-healing polymers is covered, as well as key preparation methods, classifications, and mechanisms of action. This book also explores the integration of nanoparticles in self-healing polymers and the creation of self-healing scaffolds for tissue regeneration. The second part of the book focuses on the biomedical applications of self-healing polymers, such as wound healing, drug delivery, cell and tissue engineering, medical devices, dental restorative materials, and 3D-printed biomedical constructs.
Sections include in vitro and in vivo evaluations, discussing current limitations and future prospects. This book is ideal for academics and researchers in materials science, biomedical engineering, and pharmaceutical and biomedical sciences.
Contents
Part 1: Design, Characterization, and Fabrication of Self-Healing Polymers
1. Introduction to Self-healing Polymers in Biomedical Applications
2. Different Methods for the Preparation of Self-healing Polymers
3. Classification and Characterization of Self-healing Polymers
4. Design and Fabrication of Self-healing Scaffolds for Tissue Regeneration
5. Self-healing Mechanisms
6. Nanoparticles in Self-healing Polymers
Part 2: Biomedical Applications of Self-Healing Polymers
7. Self-healing Polymers for Wound Healing
8. Self-healing Polymers for Drug Delivery
9. Self-healing Polymers for Cell and Tissue Engineering
10. Self-healing Polymers in Medical Devices
11. Self-healing Polymers in Dental Restorative Materials
12. Self-healing Polymers in 3D-printed Biomedical Constructs
13. In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation of Self-healing Polymers
14. Current Limitations and Future Prospects of Self-healing Polymers in Biomedicine
