Full Description
This book is written to serve as textbook on biomaterials and biopolymers for faculty and students and thus contains a broad introduction and basic terms, followed by major developments over the years with some emphasis on recent developments and future prospects.
It provide a comprehensive overview in biomaterials and biopolymers. All relevant aspects of modern biomaterials, including: synthesis and characterization, biocompatibility and host response, the implementation of novel manufacturing processes, and advanced medical and biotechnological applications. Each chapter provides an overview of a specific field, its importance, the chemistry of biomaterials and the relations between chemical structure and the applications. Each chapter ends with a future prospective/concepts and a friendly quiz/multiple answer questions with answers that serves as a resource to provide guided additional practice.
Contents
Introduction to Biomaterials.- Biodegradable Polymers.- Natural and semi-natural polymers.- Fundamentals and Biomedical Applications of Smart Hydrogels.- Engineering biomaterials for nucleic acid-based therapies.- Mechanics of Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine.- Biomaterials for controlled drug delivery applications.- BIOMATERIALS APPLICATION: IMPLANTS.- Living Biomaterials.- Therapeutic Polymer Conjugates and their Characterization.- Biocompatibility of Polymers.- Sterilization techniques of biomaterials (implants and medical devices).
