Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Hydrogels and Polymer-based Scaffolds
- 1st Edition - March 20, 2019
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editors: Alina Maria Holban, Alexandru Grumezescu
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 6 9 0 1 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 1 6 9 0 2 - 5
Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Hydrogels and Polymer-Based Scaffolds discusses the use of a wide variety of hydrogels as bioactive scaffolds in regenerative medicine,… Read more
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Request a sales quoteMaterials for Biomedical Engineering: Hydrogels and Polymer-Based Scaffolds discusses the use of a wide variety of hydrogels as bioactive scaffolds in regenerative medicine, including updates on innovative materials and their properties. Various types of currently investigated scaffolding materials and hydrogels are discussed, as is their future roles and applications, the main techniques for scaffold fabrication, and their characterization procedures. Readers will be able to use this book as a guide for the selection of the best materials for a specific application.
- Provides a valuable resource of recent scientific progress, highlighting the most well-known applications of hydrogels as bioactive scaffolds in regenerative medicine
- Includes novel opportunities and ideas for developing or improving technologies in biomaterials, and in related biomedical industries
- Features at least 50% of references from the last 2-3 years
KEYWORDS: tissue engineering scaffolds, biodegradable implants, composites in tissue engineering, hydrogels, biocompatibility, bioengineering applications
- Edition: 1
- Published: March 20, 2019
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 562
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128169018
- eBook ISBN: 9780128169025
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Alina Maria Holban
Alina-Maria Holban is a lecturer in Microbiology and Immunology, at the Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest; and associate researcher at the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania. Her primary area of research is the development of bionanomaterials with antimicrobial applications. Dr. Holban has published 75 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 42 conference/symposia proceedings, and has edited more than 21 edited books.
Affiliations and expertise
Botany and Microbiology Department, Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest, 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: Hydrogels and Polymer-based Scaffolds on ScienceDirect