Engineering applications of bio-materials

This volume presents the recent developments on the biomedical applications of chitosan and its derivatives.

This book focuses on controlling morphology of different scales for polymers.

Regenerative medicine is the main field of groundbreaking medical development and therapy using knowledge from developmental and stem cell biology as well as advanced molecular and cellular techniques.

Many breakthroughs in experimental devices, advanced software, as well as analytical methods for systems biology development have helped shape the way we study DNA, RNA and proteins, on the genomic, transcriptional, translational and posttranslational level.

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 covers the latest advances, applications, and challenges in orthopedic biomaterials.

In this monograph, the graphene-based field-effect transistor (FET) biosensors are shown to be an emerging sensing platform.

Before the concept of history began, humans undoubtedly acquired life benefits by discovering medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs) that were food and medicine.

Challenges in Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials and Processes in Conventional and Multifunctional Materials, Volume 2 represents one of seven volumes of technical papers presented at the Society for Experimental Mechanics SEM 12th International Congress & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, held at Costa Mesa, California, June 11-14, 2012.

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

This detailed book explores techniques used in research efforts to adopt and combine the best capabilities from natural and artificial vector systems to assemble improved delivery technologies aimed for specific applications.

This detailed volume presents a series of protocols dealing with different aspects of inclusion body (IB) processing, from cloning procedures to purification of refolded product.

"e;Functional Materials textbook is not simply a review of the vast body of literature of the recent years, as it holds the focus upon various aspects of application.

This book presents a mechanistic approach-mathematical modeling-for carrying out dental materials research.

This book discusses the current biomaterials used for dental applications and the basic sciences underpinning their application.

This book provides a holistic compilation on applications of carbon nanostructures, especially in advanced healthcare applications.

This volume highlights some recent developments on plants used widely as botanical dietary supplements and herbal medicines, especially in terms of knowledge of the chemical types and diverse biological activities of their constituents, as well as laboratory approaches for their quality control and taxonomic identification.

Currently, hemoglobin (Hb)-based oxygen carriers (HBOCs) are leading candidates as red blood cell substitutes.

This book represents the first European effort to provide a collection of test descriptions used in evaluation of the compatibility of biomaterials in contact with tissues and blood.

This book presents an introduction to biomaterials with the focus on the current development and future direction of biomaterials and medical devices research and development in Indonesia.

The book covers the fundamental aspects of biomaterials, including their introduction, types, synthesis, and characterization.

Many plants, animals, and microbes use adhesive polymers and structures to attach to inert substrates, to each other, or to other organisms.

This volume presents the proceedings of the CLAIB 2014, held in Parana, Entre Rios, Argentina 29, 30 & 31 October 2014.

This book explores the innovative landscape of functionalized cellulose materials, emphasizing sustainable manufacturing practices and their wide-ranging applications.

This book offers innovative ideas and solutions from tropical fruits and crops for engineering problems.

There is now compelling evidence that the complexity of higher organisms correlates with the relative amount of non-coding RNA rather than the number of protein-coding genes.

This book provides a concerted supply chain perspective for dealing with pandemics on the scale of COVID-19.

This book highlights leading-edge research in multi-disciplinary areas in Physics, Engineering, Medicine, and Health care, from the 6th IRC Conference on Science, Engineering and Technology (IRC-SET 2020) held in July 2020 at Singapore.

This book comparatively examines the China-South Africa trade relationship over three decades through the prism of four other relationships South Africa has with states that have been China's most contentious neighbours in the Indo-Pacific (India, Japan, Taiwan and the USA).

This book describes the multiple aspects of (i) preparation of the magnetic core, (ii) the stabilization with different coatings, (iii) the physico-chemical characterization and (iv) the vectorization to obtain specific nanosystems.

This book focuses on the regulation of transcription and translation in Archaea and arising insights into the evolution of RNA processing pathways.

This book gathers an in-depth collection of 45 selected papers presented at the Global Conference on Global Warming 2014 in Beijing, China, covering a broad variety of topics from the main principles of thermodynamics and their role in design, analysis, and the improvements in performance of energy systems to the potential impact of global warming on human health and wellbeing.

5thInternational Symposium on the Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Volume 6 of the Proceedings of the 2015SEM Annual Conference& Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the sixth volume of nine from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

This book reviews the state-of-the-art in multiscale computer modeling, in terms of both accomplishments and challenges.

In this book basic and some more advanced thermodynamics and phase as well as stability diagrams relevant for diffusion studies are introduced.

This book explores the potential of multi-functional carbon nanotubes for biomedical applications.

This volume provides a practical guide providing step-by-step methods and protocols on vaccine development and production.

This book provides an overview of the composition of polymeric and ceramic bone cements.

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.

In this book, Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa and a region in the lowest income group per capita, is used to demonstrate the potential for healthcare reorganization and collaboration with the introduction of "e;successful"e; technologies centered around available, bio-compatible, and sustainable natural resources.

Musculoskeletal tissues are hard to heal if damaged by disease or trauma.

This handbook is the most authoritative and up-to-date reference on spine technology written for practitioners, researchers, and students in bioengineering and clinical medicine.

The ribosome is a macromolecular machine that synthesizes proteins with a high degree of speed and accuracy.

This book provides updated information on marine-based biomedical carriers and their therapeutic potential.

This book highlights cutting-edge studies in the development of cell-inspired biomaterials and synthetic materials that manipulate cell functions and provide the next generation with contemporary tools for treating complex human diseases.

This book focuses on essential synaptic plasticity emulations and neuromorphic computing applications realized with the aid of three-terminal synaptic devices based on ion-coupled oxide-based electric-double-layer (EDL) transistors.

Dieser Buchtitel ist Teil des Digitalisierungsprojekts Springer Book Archives mit Publikationen, die seit den Anfängen des Verlags von 1842 erschienen sind.

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

This book is the first publication to widely introduce the contributions of nanoarchitectonics to the development of functional materials and systems.

Metamaterials are advanced composite materials which have exotic and powerful properties.