Functional Nanomaterials for Regenerative Tissue Medicines

This book covers nanomaterials in tissue engineering for regenerative therapies of heart, skin, eye, skeletal muscle, and the nervous system. It emphasizes fundamental design concepts and emerging forms of nanomaterials in soft and hard tissue engineering.

Auteur

Mariappan Rajan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Natural Products Chemistry, School of Chemistry, Madurai Kamaraj University, India. He is an experienced researcher and is mainly interested in developing biodegradable polymeric nanocarrier systems, nanohydrogels, nanoparticles, nanocomposite scaffolds, bioceramic materials, and mineral substituted scaffolds for drug delivery, tissue engineering, spinal cord regeneration, and wound dressing applications. Rajan has published more than 100 peer-reviewed publications, twelve book chapters, and four edited books. He has multiple editorial duties in many reputed international journals.

Contenu

1. Nanomaterials into Biological System Interactions: State of the Art 2. Nanoengineered Biomaterials for Tissue Regeneration: Properties Overview 3. Patterning Nanomaterials for the Delivery of Growth Factors for Tissue Repair/Regeneration 4. Natural and Synthetic Tissue Regenerative Materials 5. Peptide-Based Functional Nanomaterials for Soft-Tissue Repair 6. Scaffold Nanomaterial for Cardiac Tissue Regeneration 7. Nanomaterial for Kidney Disease Management 8. Materials for Liver Regeneration, Liver-Cell Targeting, and Normal Liver Tissue Care 9. Hydroxyapatite-Based Nanomaterials for Bone Tissue Regeneration 10. Polymeric Biomaterials for Bone Tissue Repair and Regeneration 11. Nanotherapeutics for Enhancing Burn Wound Healing 12. Nanomedicinal Materials for Diabetic Wound Healing and Tissue Regeneration 13. Novel Biologicals and Technological Platforms for Dental Clinical Use 14. Surgical Nanomaterials for Spinal Deformities: Design of Materials and Their Investigations 15. Future Directions of Nanomaterials in Artificial Organ Transplantation