Advances in Polymeric Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications
- 388 pages
- English
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Advances in Polymeric Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications
About This Book
Advances in Polymeric Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications examines advanced polymer synthetic strategies for developing novel biomaterials for use in medicine. With a strong focus on fundamentals and structure, the authors also explore their fabrication, along with their current and potential biomedical applications. The book begins with a look at the fundamentals of polymeric nanomaterials and their properties and then discusses the design of biomaterials and their applications in drug delivery. Further chapters explore important applications, such as imaging and regenerative medicine, including current challenges and future trends.
This valuable resource is especially useful for materials and polymer scientists, and bioengineers wishing to broaden their knowledge of polymeric nanobiomaterials.
- Covers the complete spectrum of polymer nanomaterials used in biomedical applications
- Includes various applications, such as drug delivery, gene delivery, bio-imaging, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, anti-microbial agents, and neuroscience
- Explores fundamental correlations between structures, properties and applications, as well as synthetic strategies for polymer nanomaterials
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Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- List of contributors
- Biographies
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Fundamentals of polymeric nanostructured materials
- Chapter 2. Synthesis of polymer nanomaterials, mechanisms, and their structural control
- Chapter 3. Polymeric nanomaterials in drug delivery
- Chapter 4. Nanostructures in gene delivery
- Chapter 5. Dendrimer-based nanoformulations as drug carriers for cancer treatment
- Chapter 6. Polymer nanomaterials in bioimaging
- Chapter 7. Polymeric nanoparticles used in tissue engineering
- Chapter 8. Polymeric nanomaterials as broad-spectrum antimicrobial compounds
- Chapter 9. Polymeric nanomaterials for targeting the cellular suborganelles
- Chapter 10. Polymeric nanomaterials in neuroscience
- Chapter 11. Polymeric nanomaterials for ocular drug delivery
- Chapter 12. Current and future challenges in polymeric nanomaterials for biomedical applications
- Index