Design, Characterization and Fabrication of Polymer Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering covers core elements of scaffold design, from properties and characterization of polymeric scaffolds to fabrication techniques and the structure-property relationship. Particular attention is given to the cell-scaffold interaction at the molecular level, helping the reader understand and adapt scaffold design to improve biocompatibility and function.
The book goes on to discuss a range of tissue engineering applications for polymeric scaffolds, including bone, nerve, cardiac and fibroblast tissue engineering.
Design, Characterization and Fabrication of Polymer Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering is an important, interdisciplinary work of relevance to materials scientists, polymer scientists, biomedical engineers and those working regenerative medicine.
1. Chapter 1. A brief introduction to tissue engineering - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. Importance of scaffold in tissue engineering - p. 15 3. Chapter 3. Scaffold' properties and materials used in scaffold designing - p. 43 4. Chapter 4. Polymer in scaffold designing - p. 90 5. Chapter 5. Fabrication of a polymeric scaffold - p. 127 6. Chapter 6. Role of the polymeric structure and nanocomposites in tissue engineering - p. 151 7. Chapter 7. Structure–property relationship in a polymer/nanocomposite-based scaffold - p. 197 8. Chapter 8. Characterization of polymeric scaffolds - p. 235 9. Chapter 9. Tissue engineering approaches - p. 257 10. Chapter 10. Tissue engineering applications - p. 277 11. Chapter 11. Cell–polymeric scaffold interaction - p. 325 12. Chapter 12. Current research technology and practical applicability - p. 345 13. Chapter 13. Therapeutical and clinical approaches - p. 363 14. Index - p. 383
Design, Characterization and Fabrication of Polymer Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering covers core elements of scaffold design, from properties and characterization of polymeric scaffolds to fabrication techniques and the structure-property relationship. Particular attention is given to the cell-scaffold interaction at the molecular level, helping the reader understand and adapt scaffold design to improve biocompatibility and function.
The book goes on to discuss a range of tissue engineering applications for polymeric scaffolds, including bone, nerve, cardiac and fibroblast tissue engineering.
Design, Characterization and Fabrication of Polymer Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering is an important, interdisciplinary work of relevance to materials scientists, polymer scientists, biomedical engineers and those working regenerative medicine.
1. Chapter 1. A brief introduction to tissue engineering - p. 1 2. Chapter 2. Importance of scaffold in tissue engineering - p. 15 3. Chapter 3. Scaffold' properties and materials used in scaffold designing - p. 43 4. Chapter 4. Polymer in scaffold designing - p. 90 5. Chapter 5. Fabrication of a polymeric scaffold - p. 127 6. Chapter 6. Role of the polymeric structure and nanocomposites in tissue engineering - p. 151 7. Chapter 7. Structure–property relationship in a polymer/nanocomposite-based scaffold - p. 197 8. Chapter 8. Characterization of polymeric scaffolds - p. 235 9. Chapter 9. Tissue engineering approaches - p. 257 10. Chapter 10. Tissue engineering applications - p. 277 11. Chapter 11. Cell–polymeric scaffold interaction - p. 325 12. Chapter 12. Current research technology and practical applicability - p. 345 13. Chapter 13. Therapeutical and clinical approaches - p. 363 14. Index - p. 383
