Hydrogels : design, synthesis and application in drug delivery and regenerative medicine /
editors, Thakur Raghu Raj Singh, Lecturer in Pharmaceuticals, School of Pharmacy, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK, Garry Laverty, Lecturer in Pharmaceuticals, School of Pharmacy, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK, Ryan Donnelly, Chair in Pharmaceutical Technology, School of Pharmacy, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
- 1 online resource (vii, 352 pages)
chapter 1 Microarchitecture of Water Confined in Hydrogels / chapter 2 The Fate of Thixotropy in Hydrogels / chapter 3 Hydrogel Network Parameters / chapter 4 Mechanisms of Drug Release from Hydrogels in Medical Applications / chapter 5 Hydrogel Coatings for Medical Device Applications / chapter 6 Hydrogels for Bone Regeneration: An Overview / chapter 7 Hydrogels in Wound Management / chapter 8 Hydrogels for Imaging, Sensing and Diagnostics / chapter 9 Engineering Hyaluronan (HA) Hydrogels with Bioactive and Mechanical Signals -- chapter 10 Hydrogel Nanomaterials for Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy / chapter 11 Thermosensitive Hydrogels for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering -- chapter 12 Silk Hydrogels for Drug and Cell Delivery / chapter 13 In Situ Forming Phase-Inversion Injectable Hydrogels for Controlled Drug Release -- chapter 14 Transdermal Applications of Hydrogels / chapter 15 Preparation of Photocurable Hydrogels / chapter 16 Stimuli-Responsive Biomolecular Hydrogels for Medical Applications -- chapter 17 Bioengineering Complexity and Tuneability in Hydrogels / chapter 18 Synthetic Hydrogels for 3D Cell Culture / Rolando Barbucci -- Rolando Barbucci -- Sina Naficy -- B. McGeerver -- Nicola J. Irwin -- Sreekanth Pentlavalli -- Enrica Caló, Lucy Ballamy andVitaliy V. Khutoryanskiy -- Dietmar Puchberger -- Ricardo A. Pires -- F. Philipp Seib -- Helen L. Quinn -- Hitomi Shirahama -- Alvaro Mata -- Chien-Chi Lin.
"Hydrogels are crosslinked, macromolecular polymeric materials arranged in a three-dimensional network, which can absorb and retain large amounts of water. Hydrogels are commonly used in clinical practice and experimental medicine for a wide range of applications, including drug delivery, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, diagnostics, cellular immobilization, separation of biomolecules or cells, and barrier materials to regulate biological adhesions. This book elucidates the underlying concepts and emerging applications of hydrogels and will provide key case studies and critical analysis of the existing research."--Provided by publisher.