Tissue, cell and organ engineering /
edited by Challa S.S.R. Kumar.
- Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, c2006.
- xxi, 519 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
- Nanotechnologies for the life sciences ; 9 .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface. - List of authors. - 1. Nanotechnology and tissue engineering: the scaffold bases approach. - 2. Polymeric nanofibers in tissue engineering. - 3. Electrospinning technology for nanofibrous scaffolds in tissue engineering. - 4. Nanofibrous scaffolds and their biological effects. - 5. Nanophase biomaterials for tissue engineering. - 6. Orthopedic tissue engineering using nanomaterials. - 7. Hydroxyapatite nanocrystals as bone tissue substitue. - 8. Magnetic nanoparticles for tissue engineering. - 9. Applications and implications of single-walled carbon nanotubes in tissue engineering. - 10. Nanoparticles for cell engineering - a radical concept. - 11. Nanoparticles and nanowires for cellular for cellular engineering. - 12. Nanoengineering of biomaterial surface. - Index.