Description
Book SynopsisDynamic soft materials that have the ability to expand and contract, change stiffness, self-heal or dissolve in response to environmental changes, are of great interest in applications ranging from biosensing and drug delivery to soft robotics and tissue engineering. This book covers the state-of-the-art and current trends in the very active and exciting field of bioinspired soft matter, its fundamentals and comprehension from the structural-property point of view, as well as materials and cutting-edge technologies that enable their design, fabrication, advanced characterization and underpin their biomedical applications. The book contents are supported by illustrated examples, schemes, and figures, offering a comprehensive and thorough overview of key aspects of soft matter. The book will provide a trusted resource for undergraduate and graduate students and will extensively benefit researchers and professionals working across the fields of chemistry, biochemistry, polymer chemistry, materials science and engineering, nanosciences, nanotechnologies, nanomedicine, biomedical engineering and medical sciences.
Table of ContentsThe Mutable Collagenous Tissue of Echinoderms: From Biology to Biomedical Applications; Synchrotron X-ray Imaging Combined with Multiscale Modeling Applied to Biological Soft Tissues; Biomimetic and Collagen-based Biomaterials for Biomedical Applications; Silk Fibroin-based Soft Biomaterial/Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Strategies; Protein Aggregation Suppression and Folding Promotion by Synthetic Molecules; Levan Polysaccharide for Biomedical Applications; Alginate Particulate Gels for Oral Drug Delivery; Extending the Functionality of Marine-origin Polysaccharides Through Chemical Modification for Biomedical Applications; Elastin-like Recombinamers (ELRs) for Biomedical Applications; Minimalistic Peptide Self-assembly into Supramolecular Biomaterials; Recent Advances in the Design of Surface-initiated Polymer Brushes for Biomedical Applications; Bioinspired and Bioinstructive Surfaces to Control Mesenchymal Stem Cells; Biomimetic Surface Modifications of Biomaterials Using a Layer-by-layer Technique; Smart Porous Silica–Polymer Nanomaterials for Theranostics; Liposomes for Biomedical Applications; Cyclodextrin-based Drug Delivery Systems Manufactured by Emergent Technologies: 3D-printing, Electrospinning, Microneedles, Microfluidics and MOFs; Soft Fibrillar Biomaterials by Fibre Spinning Routes; Shaping Soft Structures Using Bottom-up Layer-by-layer Assembly Technology for Biomedical Applications; Nanobiomaterials for Smart Delivery; Liposomes in Targeted Drug Delivery; Polysaccharide-based Hydrogels for the Controlled Delivery of Therapeutic Biomacromolecules; Stimuli-responsive Drug Delivery Hydrogels; Stimuli-responsive Nanocomposite Hydrogels Incorporating Soft Nanoparticles for Biomedical Applications; 3D-printed Soft Hydrogels for Cell Encapsulation; Decellularized Matrix Hydrogels for In Vitro Disease Modeling; Animal Protein-based Soft Materials for Tissue Engineering Applications; Soft Robotics Solutions for Minimally Invasive Surgery: The Need for Stiffness Controllability; Cell-based Soft Biomaterials
