Advances in Polymeric Nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications

Polymeric nanomaterials have become increasingly useful for a wide range of applications in therapeutics, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. This is because their properties, such as stability, size, shape, surface charge, surface chemistry, mechanical strength, porosity, and so on, can be tailored toward the specific functionalities that are required to meet the needs of targeted biomedical application.

Advances In Polymeric Nanomaterials For Biomedical Applications examines advanced polymer synthetic strategies for developing novel biomaterials for use in medicine. With a strong focus on fundamentals and structure, the authors also explore their fabrication, as well as current and potential biomedical applications.

The book begins with a look at the fundamentals of polymeric nanomaterials and their properties. The text goes on to discuss the design of biomaterials and their applications in drug delivery. Further chapters explore other important applications such as imaging and regenerative medicine, including current challenges and future trends.

This valuable resource is especially useful for materials and polymer scientists, and bioengineers wishing to broaden their knowledge of polymeric nanobiomaterials.

• Covers the complete spectrum of polymer nanomaterials used in biomedical applications
• Includes various applications such as drug delivery, gene delivery, bio-imaging, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, anti-microbial agents and neuroscience together for the first time in this area
• Explores fundamental correlations between structures, properties and applications as well as synthetic strategies for polymer nanomaterials