vbid/9780128169025

Description

Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Hydrogels and Polymer-Based Scaffolds discusses the use of a wide variety of hydrogels as bioactive scaffolds in regenerative medicine, including updates on innovative materials and their properties. Various types of currently investigated scaffolding materials and hydrogels are discussed, as is their future roles and applications, the main techniques for scaffold fabrication, and their characterization procedures. Readers will be able to use this book as a guide for the selection of the best materials for a specific application.

• Provides a valuable resource of recent scientific progress, highlighting the most well-known applications of hydrogels as bioactive scaffolds in regenerative medicine
• Includes novel opportunities and ideas for developing or improving technologies in biomaterials, and in related biomedical industries
• Features at least 50% of references from the last 2-3 years

Typham this is the title: Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Hydrogels and Polymer-based Scaffolds