Main description:

This book provides understanding of raw materials, manufacturing and biomedical applications of different polymeric and natural composites such as drug delivery, growth factor delivery, orthopedics, dentistry and wound dressing.

Contents:

1 Natural polymers-based biocomposites: State of art, new challenges and opportunities

2 Natural fiber reinforced polymer composites: Manufacturing and biomedical applications

3 Polymeric biocomposites from renewable and sustainable natural resources

4 Soy protein based composites and nanocomposites for biomedical applications

5 Processing and biomedical application of micro and nanocellulose based polymeric composites

6 Polymer/carbon nanocomposites for biomedical applications

7 Magnetic polymer nanocomposites: Manufacturing and biomedical applications

8 Jackfruit seed starch-based composite beads for controlled drug release

9 Biopolymeric-inorganic composites for drug delivery applications

10 Polymeric nanocomposites for cancer targeted drug delivery

11 Biopolymer-ceramic nanocomposite scaffolds for orthopaedic drug delivery in bone tissue engineering

12 Biodegradable polymer-based composites for tissue regeneration

13 Natural polymer-based composite wound dressings

14 Natural polymer-based composites for delivery of growth factors

15 Biopolymer-based nanocomposites in dentistry