Intro
Nanotechnology in Medicine and Biology
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Contents
Contributors
Preface
Chapter 1 Nanobiomaterials for three-dimensional bioprinting
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Inkjet bioprinting
1.3 Bioplotting
1.4 Fused-deposition modeling
1.5 Selective laser sintering
1.6 Stereolithography
1.7 3D printing for complex tissue and organ regeneration
1.7.1 Bone
1.7.2 Cartilage and osteochondral tissue
1.7.3 Neural tissue
1.7.4 Vascular tissue
1.7.5 Organs
1.8 4D printing
1.9 Conclusion and future perspectives
Acknowledgments
2.5.1.3 Dendrimers
2.5.2 Inorganic nanobiomaterials for drug delivery and imaging
2.5.2.1 Carbon-based nanomaterials
i) Fullerenes
ii) Carbon nanotubes
iii) Graphene and graphene oxide
2.5.2.2 Gold nanoparticles
2.5.2.3 Magnetic nanoparticles
2.5.2.4 Quantum dots
2.5.2.5 Mesoporous silica nanoparticles
2.6 Conclusion and future perspectives
References
Chapter 3 Nanobiomaterials in hard tissue repair
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Biomaterials in hard tissue engineering
3.2.1 Problems in biomaterials
3.2.2 Why nanobiomaterials are a potential solution?
3.3 Nanobiomaterials in tissue engineering
3.3.1 Polymeric nanobiomaterials
3.3.1.1 Polymers of natural origin
3.3.1.2 Synthetic polymers
3.3.2 Ceramic nanobiomaterials
3.3.2.1 Bioceramics
3.3.2.2 Bioglass: Bioactive ceramic materials
3.3.3 Metallic nanobiomaterials
3.3.4 Nanobiomaterials from carbon
3.3.5 Nanobiomaterial composites
3.4 Role of stem cells
3.5 Conclusion and future perspectives
References
Chapter 4 Application of nanobiomaterials in soft tissue engineering
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Tissue engineering
4.2.1 Nanotechnology in scaffold designing
4.2.2 Nanobiomaterials in soft tissue regeneration
4.3 Nanobiomaterials in cartilage tissue engineering
4.3.1 Cartilage tissue
4.3.2 Rationale for cartilage tissue engineering
4.3.3 Cartilage tissue engineering
4.3.4 Nanobiomaterials in cartilage tissue engineering
4.3.4.1 Nanofibers in cartilage tissue engineering
4.3.4.2 Nanocomposites in cartilage tissue engineering
4.4 Nanobiomaterials in tendon/ligament tissue engineering
4.4.1 Tendon/ligament tissue
4.4.2 Rationale for tendon/ligament tissue engineering