Design, Characterization and Fabrication of Polymer Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering

Dipankar Chattopadhyay, Beauty Das

• Publisher: Woodhead Publishing
• Year: 2024
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• eBook ISBN:
  9780323958387
• Subtopic: Biotechnology in Medicine
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Design, Characterization and Fabrication of Polymer Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering covers core elements of scaffold design, from properties and characterization of polymeric scaffolds to fabrication techniques and the structure-property relationship. Particular attention is given to the cell-scaffold interaction at the molecular level, helping the reader understand and adapt scaffold design to improve biocompatibility and function. The book goes on to discuss a range of tissue engineering applications for polymeric scaffolds, including bone, nerve, cardiac and fibroblast tissue engineering. Design, Characterization and Fabrication of Polymer Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering is an important, interdisciplinary work of relevance to materials scientists, polymer scientists, biomedical engineers and those working regenerative medicine. - Helps the reader determine the most appropriate polymer for scaffold design by characterization, properties and structure-property relationship - Discusses material-cell interactions at the molecular level, aiding in determining suitability - Covers core elements of scaffold design, including fabrication techniques

Table of contents

• Title of Book
• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• Preface
• Chapter 1 A brief introduction to tissue engineering
• Chapter 2 Importance of scaffold in tissue engineering
• Chapter 3 Scaffold' properties and materials used in scaffold designing
• Chapter 4 Polymer in scaffold designing
• Chapter 5 Fabrication of a polymeric scaffold
• Chapter 6 Role of the polymeric structure and nanocomposites in tissue engineering
• Chapter 7 Structure–property relationship in a polymer/nanocomposite-based scaffold
• Chapter 8 Characterization of polymeric scaffolds
• Chapter 9 Tissue engineering approaches
• Chapter 10 Tissue engineering applications
• Chapter 11 Cell–polymeric scaffold interaction
• Chapter 12 Current research technology and practical applicability
• Chapter 13 Therapeutical and clinical approaches
• Index