Engineering applications of bio-materials

This book gives an overview of the existing self-healing nanotextured vascular approaches.

This book covers the key basics of tissue engineering as well as the latest advances in the integration of both antimicrobial and osteoinductive properties.

This book is the first to focus specifically on cancer nanotheranostics.

Cotton fiber is the most important natural fiber used in the textile industry.

This thesis presents the development of theranostic gold nanostars (GNS) for multimodality cancer imaging and therapy.

This is the first concise book that includes different aspects of naturally-derived components for wound healing.

This authoritative reference presents the modern concepts of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and biomaterials as they pertain to the dental field.

This volume gives a state-of-the-art overview on macrophage functions in various invertebrate and vertebrate systems and diseases.

This book covers the recent innovations relating to various bioactive natural products (such as alkaloids, glycosides, flavonoids, anthraquinones, steroids, polysaccharides, tannins and polyphenolic compounds, volatile oils, fixed oils, fats and waxes, proteins and peptides, vitamins, marine products, camptothecin, piperines, carvacrol, gedunin, GABA, ginsenosides) and their applications in the pharmaceutical fields related to academic, research and industry.

This book provides an up-to-date perspective on oral biofilms and dental materials, equipping readers with a sound understanding of their mutual interactions.

This book provides understanding of raw materials, manufacturing and biomedical applications of different polymeric and natural composites such as drug delivery, growth factor delivery, orthopedics, dentistry and wound dressing.

This book presents and discusses recent scientific progress on Cell and Stem Cell Engineering.

This book gives a comprehensive overview of the unique roles that non-coding repetitive elements such as satellite DNAs play in different physiological and evolutionary processes.

This book combines fundamental concepts of biochemistry and the dental sciences to provide an authentic, coherent and comprehensive text for dental students.

This book provides an overview of the lastest developments in biobased materials and their applications in food packaging.

This book presents a collection of studies on state-of-art techniques developed specifically for lignocellulose component derivation, and for the production of functional materials, composite polymers, carbonaceous biocatalysts, and pellets from lignocellulosic biomass, with an emphasis on using sustainable chemistry and engineering to develop innovative materials and fuels for practical application.

This book presents the synthesis, processing and application of selected functional biopolymers as new advanced materials.

This book is the second edition of Soft Actuators, originally published in 2014, with 12 chapters added to the first edition.

The work of the RILEM Technical Committee (TC -236 BBM) was dedicated to the study of construction materials made from plant particles.

This edited volume comprises the proceedings of ICACE-2015.

This book covers the latest developments in metalloenzymes, including characterizing metal bridging in proteins and peptides, copper(II) complexes of marine peptides,  high-spin Co(II) in model and  metalloprotein systems to enzymes such as the  molybdenum-containing enzymes, CW and pulse EPR of cytochrome P450 enzymes and the radical S-adenosylmethionine FeS family.

This thesis presents original research on how to seamlessly integrate electronics with living biological systems.

This books provides a compendium of electrospinning strategies and related technologies for the production of biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications.

This volume gathers the proceedings of the International Conference on Medical and Biological Engineering, which was held from 16 to 18 May 2019 in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Genetic transformation is a key technology, in which genes are transferred from one organism to another in order to improve agronomic traits and ultimately help humans.

Biomaterials as a research theme is highly socially relevant with impactful applications inhuman healthcare.

This book is the second in a two-volume set devoted to bioelectrochemical systems (BESs) and the opportunities that they may offer in providing a green solution to growing energy demands worldwide.

In recent years, numerous scientific investigations have studied the anatomical, biomechanical and functional role of structures involved in the human knee joint.

Written by an academic and industry insider, this book provides an informed study on polysaccharide structural analysis and characterization.

This book discusses topics related to the topological structure and biological function of gene networks regulated by microRNAs.

This textbook discusses the new relationship between artificial, synthetic material and living matter, and presents defined examples of approaches aiming for the creation of artificial cells.

The book comprehensively covers the different topics of graphene based biopolymer and nanocomposites, mainly synthesis methods for the composite materials, various characterization techniques to study the superior properties and insights on potential advanced applications.

This book presents the peer-reviewed proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computational and Bioengineering (CBE 2020) jointly organized in virtual mode by the Department of Computer Science and the Department of BioScience & Sericulture, Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam (Women's University), Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India, during 4-5 December 2020.

This textbook provides essential knowledge for biomedical product development, including material properties, fabrication processes and design techniques for different applications, as well as process design and optimization.

This book presents selected papers from the International Conference on Advances in Materials Processing and Manufacturing Applications (iCADMA 2020), held on November 5-6, 2020, at Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India.

This book comprises select peer-reviewed papers presented at the International Conference on Biomedical Engineering Science and Technology: Roadway from Laboratory to Market (ICBEST 2018) organized by Department of Biomedical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India.

This book effectively links the latest scientific advances to current technological applications of polymers, mainly focusing on biodegradable polymers obtained from biomass.

This book explores various nanotechnology applications and their effect on the food industry, innovation and environmental issues.

This book investigates the latest developments in supramolecular assembly systems for mimicking biological structures and functions.

This book shows the various sandwich assays that are constructed from recognition molecules, such as antibodies, oligonucleotide sequences and aptamers, developed as a result of nano- and biotechnology advances.

This book provides a concise introduction to soft matter modelling, together with an up-to-date review of the continuum mechanical description of soft and biological materials, from the basics to the latest scientific materials.

This book provides a comprehensive presentation of the most frequently used high resolution manufacturing techniques available, as well as the polymeric materials used for each of the techniques.

This book presents an authoritative account of the potential of advanced composites such as composites, biocomposites, composites geopolymer, hybrid composites and hybrid biocomposites in aerospace application.

This book provides cutting-edge, up-to-date research findings on the use of bionanocomposites in biodegradable and environmental applications, while also detailing how to achieve bionanocomposites preparation, characteristics, and significant enhancements in physical, chemical, mechanical, thermal properties and applications.

This book presents the state of the art on the topic of recycling of plastic building materials, comprising a synthetic market analysis, and presenting the latest developments in plastic recycling technologies.

Challenges in Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials & Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Volume 2 of the Proceedings of the 2022 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the second volume of six from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book compiles the relevant information related to genome editing tools and their roles in crop improvement.

This book presents recent advances in nanostructured biomaterials.

This book is focused on marine based biomedical carriers for delivery of therapeutics.