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Title

Nanotechnology and tissue engineering : the scaffold / Cato T. Laurencin, Lakshmi S. Nair [editors].

Publication

Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2008], ©2008.

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Additional Authors

• Laurencin, Cato T.
• Nair, Lakshmi S.

Description

xvii, 359 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 26 cm

Summary

"Nanofabrication gives us the ability to mimic biological structures with molecular level precision. Offering a natural progression of topics, Nanotechnology and Tissue Engineering: The Scaffold provides a state-of-the-art account of groundbreaking research in this rapidly emerging area of biomedical engineering."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Nanostructures
• Nanotechnology
• Tissue engineering
• Tissue Scaffolds
• Tissue Engineering > methods
• Biomedical materials

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Sect. I. Importance of Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering -- Ch. 1. Tissue Engineering: The Therapeutic Strategy of the Twenty-First Century / Fan Yang, William L. Neeley, Michael J. Moore, Jeffrey M. Karp, Anita Shukla and Robert Langer -- Ch. 2. Top-Down Analysis of a Dynamic Environment: Extracellular Matrix Structure and Function / Mandana Veiseh, Eva A. Turley and Mina J. Bissell -- Ch. 3. Functions and Requirements of Synthetic Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering / Tejas Shyam Karande and C. Mauli Agrawal -- Ch. 4. Microfabrication Techniques in Scaffold Development / Christopher J. Bettinger, Jeffrey T. Borenstein and Robert Langer -- Sect. II. Effect of Nanostructures on Cellular Responses and Tissue Regeneration -- Ch. 5. Cell Response to Nanoscale Features and Its Implications in Tissue Regeneration: An Orthopedic Perspective / Batur Ercan and Thomas Webster -- Ch. 6. Surface Modification of Biomaterials at the Nanoscale: Biomimetic Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications / Duron A. Lee and Cato T. Laurencin -- Sect. III. Promising Nanofabrication Techniques to Develop Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering -- Ch. 7. Electrospun Polymeric Nanofiber Scaffolds for Tissue Regeneration / Syam Prasad Nukavarapu, Sangamesh G. Kumbar, Jonathan G. Merrell and Cato T. Laurencin -- Ch. 8. Structure and Mechanical Properties of Electrospun Nanofibers and Nanocomposites / Eunice Phay Shing Tan and Chwee Teck Lim -- Ch. 9. Electrospinning Techniques to Control Deposition and Structural Alignment of Nanofibrous Scaffolds for Cellular Orientation and Cytoskeletal Reorganization / Joel K. Wise, Michael Cho, Eyal Zussman, Constantine M. Megaridis and Alexander L. Yarin -- Ch. 10. Nanolithographic Techniques in Tissue Engineering / Benjamin Moody and Gregory S. McCarty -- Ch. 11. Designer Self-Assembling Peptide Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine / Akihiro Horii, Xiumei Wang and Shuguang Zhang -- Sect. IV. Applications of Nanostructured Scaffolds in Biology and Medicine -- Ch. 12. Nanotechnologies in Neural Tissue Engineering / Vivek Mukhatyar, Julie Yeh and Ravi Bellamkonda -- Ch. 13. Nanotechnologies for Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering / Kristen A. Wieghaus and Edward A. Botchwey -- Ch. 14. Nanostructures for Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering / Susan Liao, Casey K. Chan and Seeram Ramakrishna.

ISBN

• 9781420051827 (hardcover : alk. paper)
• 1420051822 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

• 2008013040
• 99933526550

OCLC

• ocn214300054
• 214300054
• SCSB-5467366

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries