Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Hydrogels and Polymer-Based Scaffolds

ISBN-13: 9780128169018 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 562 str.

Alexandru Grumezescu; Alina Maria Holban

Spis treści

1. Interactions between tissues, cells, and biomaterials: an advanced evaluation by synchrotron radiation-based high-resolution tomography 2. Bioprinted scaffolds 3. Fundamentals of chitosan-based hydrogels: elaboration and characterization techniques 4. Bioreabsorbable polymers for tissue engineering: PLA, PGA, and their copolymers 5. Technological challenges and advances: from lactic acid to polylactate and copolymers 6. PLGA scaffolds: building blocks for new age therapeutics 7. Electrospun biomimetic scaffolds of biosynthesized poly(ß-hydroxybutyrate) from Azotobacter vinelandii strains. cell viability and bone tissue engineering 8. Polyurethane-based structures obtained by additive manufacturing technologies 9.  Composites based on bioderived polymers: potential role in tissue engineering: Vol VI: resorbable polymer fibers 10. Composite scaffolds for bone and osteochondral defects 11. Plasma treated and untreated thermoplastic biopolymers/biocomposites in tissue engineering and biodegradable implants 12. The design of two different structural scaffolds using ß-tricalcium phosphate (ß-TCP) and collagen for bone tissue engineering. 13. Composite materials based on hydroxyapatite embedded in biopolymer matrices: ways of synthesis and application 14. Study of microstructural, structural, mechanical, and vibrational properties of defatted trabecular bovine bones: natural sponges 15. Laser processing of biopolymers for development of medical and high-tech devices