Functional Biomaterials

This book emphasizes fundamental concepts of biomaterials science, structure-property relationships and processing methods, and biological responses in biomedical engineering. It focuses on recent advancements in biomedical applications, such as tissue engineering, wound healing, drug delivery, cancer treatments, bioimaging, and theranostics.

Dr. Anuj Kumar is Assistant Professor (International Faculty Member), School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, South Korea. He is also DBT-Ramalingaswami Fellow and BK21 Participating Professor. He received his PhD in Polymer Science and Engineering (Major in Polymers & Biomaterials) from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR), India in 2014. Also, he received two Master's degrees in Fibre Science and Technology (MTech) and Organic Chemistry (MSc) in 2009 and 2006 from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) and Chaudhary Charan Singh University (CCSU) Meerut, India. Dr. Durgalakshmi Dhinasekaran is a DST-INSPIRE Faculty, Department of Medical Physics, Anna University, Chennai, India. She is also Assistant Professor of Physics, Ethiraj College, Chennai, India. She received her PhD in the field of Physics-Nanoscience from National Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology from University of Madras, Chennai, India in 2015. Dr. Irina Savina is Senior Lecturer, School of Applied Science, University of Brighton, UK. She graduated from Ryazan State Pedagogical University, Russia, with qualification of Teacher of Biology and Chemistry. She completed her PhD at A.N. Nesmeyanov Institute of Organoelement Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, and postdoctoral studies at University of Gent in Belgium and at Lund University in Sweden. Prof. Sung Soo Han is Professor, School of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, South Korea. He received his PhD (Polymer and Textile Engineering), MS (Textile Engineering), and BS (Textile Engineering) from Seoul National University, Korea.

Chapter 1. Stimuli-responsive Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering and Drug and Delivery Applications. Chapter 2. 3D Printing of Hydrogels for Cartilage Tissue Engineering Applications. Chapter 3. Advances in 3D Hydrogel Matrix and their role in Neural Tissue Engineering. Chapter 4. Evolution of Biogenic Synthesized Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications. Chapter 5. 3D Bio-printing of Hydrogels for Bones and Skin Tissue Regeneration. Chapter 6. Design and Development of Biopolymers based Gene Delivery Applications. Chapter 7. Stimuli Responsive Microgels as Drug Carriers and Theranostics. Chapter 8. Bioactive Glasses (BGs): Multifunctional Delivery Systems for Cancer Theranostic Applications. Chapter 9. Cryogels, Macroporous Hydrogels, as Promising Materials for Tissue Engineering and Drug Delivery. Chapter 10. Constructing Three-Dimensional Microenvironments Using Engineered Biomaterials for Bone and Cartilage Tissue Regeneration. Chapter 11. Collagen-Based Functionalized Nanocomposite for Bone Tissue Regeneration. Chapter 12. Composite hydrogels for Adipose Tissue Engineering. Chapter 13. Recent Progress in Organic-Inorganic Hybrids for Bone Tissue Reconstruction. Chapter 14. Biomaterials and Microfluidics Systems Used for Modeling Pathological Tissues.