Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Biopolymer Fibers

Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Biopolymer Fibers discusses the use of biopolymer fibers in the development of biomedical applications. It provides a recent review of the main types of polymeric fibers and their impact in biomedicine and related fields. The development of different instruments, such as sensors, medical fibers, and textiles are discussed, along with how they greatly benefited by progress made in polymeric fibers. The book provides a comprehensive and updated reference on the latest research in the field of biopolymers and their composites in relation to medical applications. Provides a valuable resource of recent scientific progress, highlighting the application and use of polymeric fibers in biomedical engineering that can be used by researchers, engineers and academicsIncludes novel opportunities and ideas for developing or improving technologies in biopolymers by companies, biomedical industries, and other sectorsFeatures at least 50% of references from the last 2-3 years INDICE: 1. Polymer fibers in biomedical engineering2. Antimicrobial polymeric textiles3. Organic-inorganic micro/nano fibre composites for biomedical applications4. Polymer-fiber based bio-composites for medical sensing applications5. Nanocomposite electrospun micro/nanofibers for biomedical applications 6. 'Green' Polymeric Electrospun Fibers Based on Tree Gum Hydrocolloids: Fabrication, Characterizations and Application7. Aramid Fibers Composites to Innovative Sustainable Materials for Biomedical Applications8. Bio-based nanocomposites: strategies of cellulose functionalization and tissue affinity studies9. A review on polymer/titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanocomposites through electrospinning for biomedical applications in tissue engineering and wound infection treatment10. Polyethersulfone (PES) fibers in biomedical applications11. Spider silk fibers: synthesis, characterizations, and related biomedical applications12. Silk fiber composites in biomedical applications13. Silk fibroin and its composite with natural polymers for biomedical applications14. Keratin based matrices for biomedical applications15. Polyhydroxybutyrate: Development and applications as a biodegradable biotextile

• ISBN: 978-0-12-816872-1
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 480
• Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2019
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés