Smart Materials for Tissue Engineering: Fundamental Principles

✍ Scribed by Qun Wang, Hans-Jorg Schneider, Mohsen Shahinpoor, Pietro Favia, Azizeh-Mitra Yousefi, Hiromi Miyoshi, Masami Okamoto, Mamoni Dash, Peter Dubruel, Hao Wang, Lauren E. Flynn, Lay Poh Tan, Akon Higuchi, Liang Guo, Uma Maheswari Krishnan, Arghya Paul, Vinicius Rosa, Michelle L. Oyen, ZhiYong Qian, Manuela E Gomes, Tai Hyun Park, Daidi Fan, Xuanming Duan, Noriho Kamiya, Claudio Nastruzzi

• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 658
• Series: Smart Materials Series
• Edition: Gld
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In recent years there has been tremendous progress in the area of tissue engineering research. This book focusses on the fundamental principles underpinning these recent advances in the materials science developed for tissue engineering purposes. Smart materials for tissue engineering are produced by modifying the physicochemical and biological properties of the scaffolds with response to external stimuli to enhance the tissue regeneration. The functions of living cells can be regulated by smart materials which respond to changes in the surrounding microenvironment. This book comprehensively documents the recent advancements in smart materials for tissue engineering and will provide an essential text for those working in materials science and materials engineering, in academia and industry

✦ Table of Contents

Content: Smart Design of Materials for Tissue Engineering
Smart Surfaces and Coating Materials for Tissue Engineering
Peptide-based Smart Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering
Stimuli-responsive Polymeric Materials for Tissue Engineering
Smart Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering
Self-assembled Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering
Natural Materials as Smart Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering
Engineering Cell Niche and Cell-Material Interactions
Smart Biomaterials for Stem Cells
Conducive Polymers as Smart Materials for Tissue Engineering
Silica and Silicon Materials as Smart Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering
Nucleic Acids Based Smart Materials for Tissue Engineering
Smart Carbon Nanotubes and Graphenes for Tissue Engineering
Smart Porous Materials for Tissue Engineering
Smart Nanofibrous Materials for Tissue Engineering
Thermo-sensitive Biomaterials in Tissue Engineering
Biomimetic and Bioresponsive Smart Materials for Tissue Engineering
Photoelectron Mediated Biomaterials Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering
Enzymes Mediated Smart Materials for Tissue Engineering
Magnetic-responsive Materials for Tissue Engineering
Multifunctional Smart Materials for Tissue Engineering
Surface Modification Plasma Processes for Tissue Engineering