Biomedical Applications of Polymeric Nanofibers Advances in Polymer Science

Multiscale Fibrous Scaffolds in Regenerative Medicine, by Sowmya Srinivasan, R. Jayakumar, K. P. Chennazhi, Erica J. Levorson, Antonios G. Mikos and Shantikumar V. Nair; Stem Cells and Nanostructures for Advanced Tissue Regeneration, by Molamma P. Prabhakaran, J. Venugopal, Laleh Ghasemi-Mobarakeh, Dan Kai Guorui Jin and Seeram Ramakrishna; Creating Electrospun Nanofiber-Based Biomimetic Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration, by Eleni Katsanevakis, Xuejun Wen and Ning Zhang; Synthetic/Biopolymer Nanofibrous Composites as Dynamic Tissue Engineering Scaffolds, by J. A. Kluge and R. L. Mauck; Electrospun Fibers as Substrates for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration, by Jörg Mey, Gary Brook, Dorothée Hodde and Andreas Kriebel; Highly Aligned Polymer Nanofiber Structures: Fabrication and Applications in Tissue Engineering, by Vince Beachley, Eleni Katsanevakis, Ning Zhang, Xuejun Wen; Electrospinning of Biocompatible Polymers and Their Potentials in Biomedical Applications, by Pitt Supaphol, Orawan Suwantong, Pakakrong Sangsanoh, Sowmya Srinivasan, Rangasamy Jayakumar and Shantikumar V. Nair; Electrospun Nanofibrous Scaffolds-Current Status and Prospects in Drug Delivery, by M. Prabaharan, R. Jayakumar and S. V. Nair.; Biomedical Applications of Polymer/Silver Composite Nanofibers, by R. Jayakumar, M. Prabaharan, K. T. Shalumon, K. P. Chennazhi and S. V. Nair.- Front Matter....Pages i-xii Multiscale Fibrous Scaffolds in Regenerative Medicine....Pages 1-20 Stem Cells and Nanostructures for Advanced Tissue Regeneration....Pages 21-62 Creating Electrospun Nanofiber-Based Biomimetic Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration....Pages 63-100 Synthetic/Biopolymer Nanofibrous Composites as Dynamic Tissue Engineering Scaffolds....Pages 101-130 Electrospun Fibers as Substrates for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration....Pages 131-170 Highly Aligned Polymer Nanofiber Structures: Fabrication and Applications in Tissue Engineering....Pages 171-212 Electrospinning of Biocompatible Polymers and Their Potentials in Biomedical Applications....Pages 213-239 Electrospun Nanofibrous Scaffolds-Current Status and Prospects in Drug Delivery....Pages 241-262 Biomedical Applications of Polymer/Silver Composite Nanofibers....Pages 263-282 Back Matter....Pages 283-287