
Polysaccharide-Based Nanocomposites for Gene Delivery and Tissue Engineering
- 1st Edition - June 2, 2021
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- Editors: Showkat Ahmad Bhawani, Zoheb Karim, Mohammad Jawaid
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 1 2 3 0 - 1
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 2 1 8 - 7
Polysaccharide-Based Nanocomposites for Gene Delivery and Tissue Engineering presents quantitative background on new polysaccharide nanocomposites in a clear and logical way, high… Read more

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Request a sales quotePolysaccharide-Based Nanocomposites for Gene Delivery and Tissue Engineering presents quantitative background on new polysaccharide nanocomposites in a clear and logical way, highlighting the most exciting applications in gene delivery and tissue engineering and their progress. The book focuses on the different types of polysaccharide nanocomposites for gene delivery and tissue engineering and covers polysaccharide hydrogels for tissue engineering and polysaccharide magnetic nanocomposites for gene delivery. Chapters cover various nanocomposites presented in twenty-one separate chapters. This book will be of great interest to all those researching the development and applications of polysaccharide-based nanocomposites for modeling.
As polysaccharide-based nanocomposites promise cutting-edge applications in gene delivery and tissue engineering, with their development at the forefront of modern medicine, this book is a welcome title on this exciting science.
- Presents quantitative background on new polysaccharide nanocomposites for advanced medicine
- Focuses on polysaccharide nanocomposites in relation to gene delivery and tissue engineering
- Highlights the most exciting, leading-edge applications in gene delivery and tissue engineering
- Covers polysaccharide hydrogels for tissue engineering and magnetic nanocomposites for gene delivery
- Offers a logical and useful presentation of polysaccharide nanocomposites organized first by application and then by nanocomposite
Biomedical engineers, pharmacologists, and materials scientists; Researchers specialising in polysaccharides, gene delivery, and tissue engineering; Chemists and chemical engineers; Postgraduate students in polymer technology, biomedical science, and biotechnology
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contributors
- Editors’ biographies
- Preface
- 1: Polysaccharides
- Abstract
- 1.1: Introduction
- 1.2: Natural polysaccharide nanomaterials
- 1.3: Polysaccharides in nano-form
- 1.4: Nano-starch
- 1.5: Nanocelluloses
- 1.6: Nano-alginate
- 1.7: Nano-pectin
- 1.8: Nano-chitin and chitosan
- 1.9: Conclusion
- 2: Introduction to nanocomposites
- Abstract
- 2.1: Introduction
- 2.2: Classification of nanocomposites
- 2.3: Structure and processing of nanocomposites
- 2.4: Benefits and new trends in nanocomposites
- 2.5: Future perspective and conclusion
- Section A: Polysaccharide-based nanocomposites
- 3: Chitosan and its derivatives-based dimensional frameworks as carrier for gene delivery
- Abstract
- 3.1: Introduction
- 3.2: Chitosan
- 3.3: Strategies for improving gene transfer efficiency
- 3.4: Challenges and limitations associated with chitosan-based nanocomposites for gene delivery
- 3.5: Conclusion and future assessments
- 4: Alginate-based hydrogels for tissue engineering
- Abstract
- 4.1: Introduction
- 4.2: Structure and composition of alginate
- 4.3: Hydrogels
- 4.4: Alginate hydrogels in tissue engineering
- 4.5: Limitations of using alginate hydrogels
- 4.6: Conclusion
- 5: Hyaluronic acid-based hydrogel for tissue engineering
- Abstract
- 5.1: Introduction to tissue engineering
- 5.2: Overview of hydrogel
- 5.3: Chemical modification of hyaluronic acid
- 5.4: Application of hyaluronic acid-based hydrogel in tissue engineering
- 5.5: Conclusion
- 6: Heparin-based nanocomposites for tissue engineering
- Abstract
- 6.1: Introduction
- 6.2: Preparation of heparin-based nanocomposites
- 6.3: How heparin-based nanocomposites assist in tissue engineering
- 6.4: Heparin-based systems and their tissue engineering applications
- 6.5: Conclusion
- 7: Polysaccharide-based nanocomposites for gene delivery and tissue engineering
- Abstract
- 7.1: Introduction
- 7.2: Polysaccharides
- 7.3: Nanocomposite fabrication
- 7.4: Prospects and conclusions
- 8: Dextran and pullulan-based hybrid materials for tissue engineering applications
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 8.1: Introduction
- 8.2: Nanocomposite as tissue engineering scaffolds: Trends and recent progress
- 8.3: Dextran and pullulan-based nanocomposites and their application in tissue engineering
- 8.4: Conclusion
- 9: Gellan and xanthan-based nanocomposites for tissue engineering
- Abstract
- 9.1: Introduction
- 9.2: Extraction and processing
- 9.3: Structure and properties
- 9.4: Application
- 9.5: Conclusions and further directions
- 10: Xanthan gum-based nanocomposites for tissue engineering
- Abstract
- 10.1: Introduction
- 10.2: Structure, biochemistry, and modifications of xanthan gum
- 10.3: Applications of xanthan gum
- 10.4: Xanthan gum nanocomposites for tissue engineering
- 10.5: Conclusion and future perspective
- 11: Polysaccharide-based 3D bioprinter inks for tissue engineering
- Abstract
- 11.1: Introduction
- 11.2: 3D printable polysaccharides
- 11.3: Conclusion and future trends
- Section B: Polysaccharide based nanocomposites
- 12: Chitosan-based nanocomposites for gene delivery: Application and future perspectives
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 12.1: Introduction
- 12.2: Chitosan—A biopolymer
- 12.3: Properties of chitosan
- 12.4: Significance of chitosan nanocomposites
- 12.5: Applications of chitosan nanocomposites
- 12.6: Application in gene delivery
- 12.7: Future perspective and concluding remarks
- 13: Starch-based nanocomposites for gene delivery
- Abstract
- 13.1: Introduction
- 13.2: Starch-based nanocomposites
- 13.3: Applications of starch-based nanocomposites
- 13.4: Final remark and future perspective
- 14: Chitosan magnetic nanocomposites for gene delivery
- Abstract
- 14.1: Introduction: Gene therapy
- 14.2: Chitosan
- 14.3: Magnetic nanocomposite
- 14.4: Chitosan magnetic nanocomposite in gene therapy
- 14.5: Conclusion
- 15: Starch magnetic nanocomposites for gene delivery
- Abstract
- 15.1: Introduction
- 15.2: Starch
- 15.3: Magnetic nanoparticles
- 15.4: Surface modification of magnetic nanoparticles
- 15.5: Gene delivery
- 15.6: Magnetofection for gene delivery
- 15.7: Nanocomposites for targeted gene delivery system
- 15.8: Conclusions and future perspectives
- 16: Hyaluronic acid-magnetic nanocomposites for gene delivery
- Abstract
- 16.1: Introduction
- 16.2: Hyaluronic acid nanocomposites as a therapeutic vector for gene delivery
- 16.3: Conclusion
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: June 2, 2021
- Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
- No. of pages: 358
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128212301
- eBook ISBN: 9780128232187
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Showkat Ahmad Bhawani
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Zoheb Karim
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Mohammad Jawaid
Dr. Mohammad Jawaid is currently affiliated with the Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering at United Arab Emirates University. Previously he was a senior fellow (professor) in the Laboratory of Biocomposites Technology at the Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia. He is an eminent scientist with more than twenty years of teaching, and research experience in composite materials. His research interests include hybrid reinforced/filled polymer composites, and advanced materials such as graphene/
nanoclay/fire retardant, lignocellulosic reinforced/filled polymer composites, and the modification and treatment of lignocellulosic fibres and solid wood, and nanocomposites and nanocellulose fibres.