Nanomaterials in Tissue Engineering: Fabrication and Applications (Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials) - Hardcover

Akhilesh Gaharwar

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 085709596X ISBN 13: 9780857095961

Publisher: Woodhead Publishing Ltd, 2013

Synopsis

Nanomaterial technologies can be used to fabricate high-performance biomaterials with tailored physical, chemical, and biological properties. They are therefore an area of interest for emerging biomedical technologies such as scaffolding, tissue regeneration, and controlled drug delivery. Nanomaterials in tissue engineering explores the fabrication of a variety of nanomaterials and the use of these materials across a range of tissue engineering applications. Part one focuses on the fabrication of nanomaterials for tissue engineering applications. Part two highlights the application of nanomaterials in soft tissue engineering while the use of nanomaterials in hard tissue engineering applications, including bone, dental and craniofacial tissue engineering is discussed in part three.

Key Features: explores the fabrication of a variety of nanomaterials and their use across a range of tissue engineering applications; examines engineering nanoporous biomaterials, layer-by-layer self-assembly techniques for nanostructured devices, and the synthesis of carbon based nanomaterials.

Contents: Biomedical nanomaterials in tissue engineering. Part 1 Fabrication of nanomaterials for tissue engineering applications: Synthesis of polymeric nanomaterials for biomedical applications; Engineering nanoporous biomaterials; Layer-by-layer self-assembly techniques for nanostructured devices in tissue engineering; Synthesis of carbon based nanomaterials for tissue engineering applications; Fabrication of nanofibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering applications; Fabrication of nanomaterials for growth factor delivery in tissue engineering. Part 2 Application of nanomaterials in soft tissue engineering: Nanomaterials for engineering vascularised tissues; Nanomaterials for cardiac tissue engineering; Nanomaterials for neural tissue engineering; Nanomaterials for cartilage tissue engineering; Biomaterials and nano-scale features for ligament regeneration. Part 3 Application of nanomaterials in hard tissue engineering: Nanomaterials for hard-soft tissue interfaces; Mineralization of nanomaterials for bone tissue engineering; Nanomaterials for dental and craniofacial tissue engineering.

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About the Author

Dr Akhilesh K. Gaharwar works in the David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, and is also a research fellow in the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Materials at Harvard University, USA. Dr Shilpa Sant is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy and Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. She is also an affiliate faculty member at McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Pittsburgh, USA. Dr Matthew J. Hancock is a research scientist at Broad Institute, USA. Dr Adam A. Hacking is the director of the Laboratory for Musculoskeletal Research and Innovation (LMRI) in the Department of Orthopaedics at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 085709596X
• ISBN 13: 9780857095961
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 484
• Editor: Akhilesh Gaharwar, Shilpa Sant, Matthew Hancock