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Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Biopolymer Fibers
- 1st Edition - March 20, 2019
- Editors: Valentina Grumezescu, Alexandru Grumezescu
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 6 8 7 2 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 6 8 7 3 - 8
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 ma… Read more
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Request a sales quoteMaterials 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 academics
- Includes novel opportunities and ideas for developing or improving technologies in biopolymers by companies, biomedical industries, and other sectors
- Features at least 50% of references from the last 2-3 years
KEYWORDS: composite biomaterials, biomedical engineering, thermoplastic polymers, thermosetting polymers, resorbable polymers, polymer fibers, inorganic nanoparticles, organic nanoparticles, hydrogels, tissue scaffolds, biomedical applications
- No. of pages: 478
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 20, 2019
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128168721
- eBook ISBN: 9780128168738
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Valentina Grumezescu
Valentina Grumezescu is a Scientific Researcher at the National Institute for Lasers, Plasma & Radiation Physics, Magurele, Romania.
She is an experienced researcher in the field of fabrication of biomedical thin coatings by laser processing. She has published over 40 research and review papers in the field of nanobiomaterials and several book chapters on the application of laser processing in biomedical field. She is also the assistant editor of the journal Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry.
Affiliations and expertise
Scientific Researcher, National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Magurele, RomaniaAG
Alexandru Grumezescu
Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu is a lecturer in the Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, at the Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania. He is an experienced researcher and published editor in the field of nano and biostructures. He is the editor-in-chief of two international open access journals: Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry, Letters and Applied NanoBioScience. Dr. Grumezescu has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers, authored nine books, and has served as an editor for more than 50 scholarly books.
Affiliations and expertise
Assistant Professor, Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science and Faculty of Medical Engineering, Politehnica University of Bucharest, RomaniaRead Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Biopolymer Fibers on ScienceDirect