Nanotechnology/ Enginenring
Nanotechnology Vol. 11: Biomaterials
Description
Biomaterials are natural or synthetic materials that are intended to interact with biological systems to evaluate, treat, augment, or replace any tissue, organ or function of the body. A biomaterial substrate composed of nanometer-scale components is known as nano-biomaterial. Nano-biomaterials have an increased number of atoms at their surface and possess a higher surface area to volume ratio than conventional micro-scale biomaterials. Biomaterials are increasingly being used for medical applications like joint replacements, bone plates, bone cement, artificial ligaments and tendons, dental implants for tooth fixation, heart valves, artificial tissues, bioimaging and biosensing. The volume 11 is intended to serve as a reference book for students, teachers, researchers as well as professionals who are willing to acquire detailed understanding of the otherwise wide area of biomaterials for their potential biomedical applications. To meet the above objectives this volume covers following topics: Introduction of nano-biomaterials; Experimental techniques for synthesis of bio-nanomaterials and their applications in catalysis and sensing; Synthesis of fully interconnected macropore forming calcium phosphate cement (FMF-CPC) for artificial bone substitution; Biomedical applications of C60 buckeyballs, iron oxide nanoparticles, carbon nanotubes, quantum dots, gold nanoparticles, nano BaSO4, dendrimers and ceramics; Properties and applications of lipids, proteins and polysaccharides for drug delivery systems; Effect of sport and energy drinks on dental restorative materials; Stimulus-responsive nanomaterials for targeted drug delivery; Host tissue response to implanted biomaterial; Chitosan based nanoparticles - preparation methods and their biomedical and pharmaceutical applications. This volume contains 19 chapters from 63 researchers and/or academicians representing 15 countries, namely Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, India, Japan, Mexico, Nigeria, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, United States and Vietnam presenting an overview of the research being carried out in different parts of the world on biomaterials.
Table of Contents
Foreword to the Series, Editorial Members, About the Editor, List of Contributors, About the Series, Preface, Introduction to Nano-Biomaterials; Bio-Nanomaterials: Understanding Key Biophysics and their Applications; Nanoscale Biomaterials for Applications in Biomedicine; Engineered Biomaterials for Bone Tissue Regeneration with Potential Application of Interconnected Macropore Forming Calcium Phosphate Cement and -TCP Microspheres; Drug Nanocarriers Based on Biomacromolecules: How Far We’ve Come?; Effect of Sport and Energy Drinks on Properties of Conventional and Resin-modified Glass Ionomer Restorative Materials; Progress of Researches in the Association of Stem Cells and Biomaterials: Review; Nano-materials and Nano-structures: Breakthroughs in Medical Imaging; Stimulus-Responsive Nanomaterials for Delivering Therapeutic Molecules; Biogenic Metal Nanoparticles: A Novel Biomaterials for Pharmaceutical Applications; Bio(nano)materials for Imaging and Diagnosis; Biomaterials Based on Graphene or Graphene Oxide; Biomaterials as Modulators of the Macrophage Inflammatory Response; Doped Nanocrystalline Calcium Carbonate-Phosphate- Biomaterial with Transdermal Activity for Osteogenesis; Dendrimers, Nanoceramics and Nanosensors Bioapplications and Some Others; Validity of Evaluation of the Cellular Influence of Nanomaterials; Chitosan Based Biodegradable Polymeric Nanoparticulate System for Delivery of Bioactive Agent; Chitosan-based Nanoparticles as Growth Factor Delivery Systems for Tissue Engineering Applications; In vivo Fate of Synthetic Biomaterial-Based Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery; Appendix-I Table of Contents of Other Volumes of the Series–Vols. 1 to 10 & 12; Subject Index.