Advanced Healthcare Materials

Offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary view of cutting-edge research on advanced materials for healthcare technology and applications Advanced healthcare materials are attracting strong interest in fundamental as well as applied medical science and technology. This book summarizes the current state of knowledge in the field of advanced materials for functional therapeutics, point-of-care diagnostics, translational materials, and up-and-coming bioengineering devices. Advanced Healthcare Materials highlights the key features that enable the design of stimuli-responsive smart nanoparticles, novel biomaterials, and nano/micro devices for either diagnosis or therapy, or both, called theranostics. It also presents the latest advancements in healthcare materials and medical technology. The senior researchers from global knowledge centers have written topics including: State-of-the-art of biomaterials for human healthMicro- and nanoparticles and their application in biosensorsThe role of immunoassaysStimuli-responsive smart nanoparticlesDiagnosis and treatment of cancerAdvanced materials for biomedical application and drug deliveryNanoparticles for diagnosis and/or treatment of Alzheimers diseaseHierarchical modelling of elastic behavior of human dental tissueBiodegradable porous hydrogelsHydrogels in tissue engineering, drug delivery, and wound careModified natural zeolitesSupramolecular hydrogels based on cyclodextrin poly(pseudo)rotaxanePolyhydroxyalkanoate-based biomaterialsBiomimetic molecularly imprinted polymers