Polymeric Biomaterials

Biomaterials have had a major impact on the practice of contemporary medicine and patient care. Growing into a major interdisciplinary effort involving chemists biologists engineers and physicians biomaterials development has enabled the creation of high-quality devices implants and drug carriers with greater biocompatibility and biofunctionality. The fast-paced research and increasing interest in finding new and improved biocompatible or biodegradable polymers has provided a wealth of new information transforming this edition of Polymeric Biomaterials into a two-volume set. This volume Polymeric Biomaterials: Structure and Function contains 25 authoritative chapters written by experts from around the world. Contributors cover the following topics: The structure and properties of synthetic polymers including polyesters polyphosphazenes and elastomers The structure and properties of natural polymers such as mucoadhesives chitin lignin and carbohydrate derivatives Blends and compositesâfor example metalâpolymer composites and biodegradable polymeric/ceramic composites Bioresorbable hybrid membranes drug delivery systems cell bioassay systems electrospinning for regenerative medicine and more Completely revised and expanded this state-of-the-art reference presents recent developments in polymeric biomaterials: from their chemical physical and structural properties to polymer synthesis and processing techniques and current applications in the medical and pharmaceutical fields. . Language: English