Polymer and Photonic Materials Towards Biomedical Breakthroughs [electronic resource] /
Van Hoorick, Jasper.editor.
Ottevaere, Heidi.editor.
Thienpont, Hugo.editor.
Dubruel, Peter.editor.
Van Vlierberghe, Sandra.editor.
This book offers a complete overview of photonic-enhanced materials from material development to a final photonic biomedical application. It includes fundamental, applied, and industrial photonics. The authors cover synthesis, the modification and the processing of a variety of (bio)polymers including thermoplasts (e.g. polyesters) and hydrogels (e.g. proteins and polysaccharides) for a plethora of applications in the field of optics and regenerative medicine. .
Part I. Material Development & Processing -- Chapter 1. Development and characterization of photoresponsive polymers -- Chapter 2. Polymer processing through multiphoton absorption -- Chapter 3.Two-photon polymerization in tissue engineering -- Part II.Applications -- Chapter 4. Photoactivatable materials for cell biomechanics and mechanobiology -- Chapter 5. Photonics in drug delivery -- Chapter 6. Gene therapy approaches towards biomedical breakthroughs.
This book offers a complete overview of photonic-enhanced materials from material development to a final photonic biomedical application. It includes fundamental, applied, and industrial photonics. The authors cover synthesis, the modification and the processing of a variety of (bio)polymers including thermoplasts (e.g. polyesters) and hydrogels (e.g. proteins and polysaccharides) for a plethora of applications in the field of optics and regenerative medicine. .
Optical materials.
Electronic materials.
Biomedical engineering.
Lasers.
Photonics.
Regenerative medicine.
Tissue engineering.
Optical and Electronic Materials.
Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering.
Optics, Lasers, Photonics, Optical Devices.
Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering.