Smart Biomaterials

This book provides comprehensive coverage of smart biomaterials and their potential applications, a field that is developing at a very rapid pace. Because smart biomaterials are an emerging class of biomaterials that respond to small changes in external stimuli with large discontinuous changes in th...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ebara, Mitsuhiro, Kotsuchibashi, Yohei (Author), Narain, Ravin (Author), Idota, Naokazu (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tokyo Springer Japan 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
Series:NIMS Monographs
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
LEADER 02544nmm a2200373 u 4500
001 EB000739647
003 EBX01000000000000000591079
005 00000000000000.0
007 cr|||||||||||||||||||||
008 140602 ||| eng
020 |a 9784431544005 
100 1 |a Ebara, Mitsuhiro 
245 0 0 |a Smart Biomaterials  |h Elektronische Ressource  |c by Mitsuhiro Ebara, Yohei Kotsuchibashi, Ravin Narain, Naokazu Idota, Young-Jin Kim, John M. Hoffman, Koichiro Uto, Takao Aoyagi 
250 |a 1st ed. 2014 
260 |a Tokyo  |b Springer Japan  |c 2014, 2014 
300 |a X, 373 p. 118 illus., 107 illus. in color  |b online resource 
505 0 |a Introductory Guide to Smart Biomaterials -- Smart Hydrogels -- Smart Nano assemblies and Nanoparticles -- Smart Surfaces -- Smart Nano fibers -- Smart Bio conjugates -- Shape-Memory Materials 
653 |a Soft and Granular Matter 
653 |a Polymers 
653 |a Clinical Genetics 
653 |a Medical genetics 
653 |a Nanotechnology 
653 |a Soft condensed matter 
653 |a Biomaterials 
700 1 |a Kotsuchibashi, Yohei  |e [author] 
700 1 |a Narain, Ravin  |e [author] 
700 1 |a Idota, Naokazu  |e [author] 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b Springer  |a Springer eBooks 2005- 
490 0 |a NIMS Monographs 
028 5 0 |a 10.1007/978-4-431-54400-5 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54400-5?nosfx=y  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 620.19 
520 |a This book provides comprehensive coverage of smart biomaterials and their potential applications, a field that is developing at a very rapid pace. Because smart biomaterials are an emerging class of biomaterials that respond to small changes in external stimuli with large discontinuous changes in their physical properties, they have been designed to act as an “on–off” switch for, among others, bioseparation, immunoanalysis, drug delivery technologies, gene therapy, diagnostics, biosensors, and artificial muscles. After an introduction to the topic and the history of smart biomaterials, the author gives the reader an in-depth look at the properties, mechanics, and characterization of smart biomaterials including hydrogels, particles, assemblies, surfaces, fibers, and conjugates. Information on the wide range of applications for these materials follows, including drug delivery, tissue engineering, diagnostics, biosensors, bioseparation, and actuators. In addition, recent advances in shape memory biomaterials as active components of medical devices are also presented