Electrospun Biomaterials and Related Technologies

This books provides a compendium of electrospinning strategies and related technologies for the production of biomaterials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications. It gives a broad overview of the field as well as cutting-edge research on electrospinning and how it is applied to engineer biomaterials. This is an ideal book for biomaterials scientists, engineers, students, and researchers.
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Presents cutting-edge research performed in the area of electrospinning with applications in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
Provides readers from the biomaterials field as well as those new to the field with a broad overview of the multiple applications of electrospun biomaterials
Summarizes the latest research from the past ten years on electrospinning and related technologies

List of contents

Overview of electrospinning biomaterials.- Electrospun collagen scaffolds.- Polysaccharide-based nanofibers.- Electrospinning of biocompatible synthetic polymers.- Biomaterials produced via green electrospinning.- Engineering the extracellular matrix via electrospinning.- Dynamic electrospun scaffolds.- Electrospinning composite nanofibers.

About the author

Jorge Almodovar is in the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez.

Summary

Present cutting-edge research performed in the area of electrospinning with applications in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
Provides readers from the biomaterials field as well as those new to the field with a broad overview of the multiple applications of electrospun biomaterials

Summarizes the latest research from the past ten years on electrospinning and related technologies

Product details

• Assisted by: Jorg Almodovar (Editor), Jorge Almodovar (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2019
• EAN: 9783319888828
• ISBN: 978-3-31-988882-8
• No. of pages: 282
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 236 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 460 g
• Illustrations: VII, 282 p. 58 illus., 34 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Biochemistry, biophysics; Biotechnologie, B, Technische Anwendung von Biomaterialien, biochemistry, biotechnology, Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biochemistry, general, Materials science, Biomaterials, Biochemical Engineering, Chemical Bioengineering, electrospun scaffolds, Dynamic electrospun scaffolds, Electrospinning nanofibers, Engineering extracellular matrix, Electrospinning composite nanofibers, composite nanofibers