Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Absorbable Polymers - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0128184159 ISBN 13: 9780128184158

Publisher: Elsevier, 2019

Synopsis

Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Absorbable Polymers provides a detailed and comprehensive review of recent progress in absorbable biopolymers and their impact on biomedical engineering. The book's main focus lies in their classification, processing, properties and performance, biocompatibility, and their applications in tissue engineering, drug delivery, bone repair and regenerative medicine. The most up-to-date methods used to obtain such polymers and how to improve their properties is discussed in detail. This book provides readers with a comprehensive and updated review of the latest research in the field of absorbable polymers for biomedical applications.

• Provides knowledge of the range of absorbable polymers currently available, enabling the reader to make optimal materials selection decisions
• Presents detailed information on current and proposed applications of the latest developments
• Includes a strong emphasis on chemistry and physico-chemical characterization of these materials and their application in biomedical engineering

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About the Authors

Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu is a lecturer in the Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, at the Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania. He is an experienced researcher and published editor in the field of nano and biostructures. He is the editor-in-chief of two international open access journals: Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry, Letters and Applied NanoBioScience. Dr. Grumezescu has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers, authored nine books, and has served as an editor for more than 50 scholarly books.

Valentina Grumezescu is a Scientific Researcher at the National Institute for Lasers, Plasma & Radiation Physics, Magurele, Romania.
She is an experienced researcher in the field of fabrication of biomedical thin coatings by laser processing. She has published over 40 research and review papers in the field of nanobiomaterials and several book chapters on the application of laser processing in biomedical field. She is also the assistant editor of the journal Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry.

Edition details

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0128184159
• ISBN 13: 9780128184158
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 462
• Editor: Grumezescu Alexandru, Grumezescu Valentina