Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Thermoset and Thermoplastic Polymers

Table of Contents

1. Introduction in thermoplastic and thermosetting polymers
2. Laser surface texturing of thermoplastics to improve biological performance
3. Light-mediated thermoset polymers
4. Thermoset, bioactive, metal-polymer composites for medical applications
5. Epoxy composites in biomedical engineering
6. Polyethylene and polypropylene matrix composites for biomedical applications
7. Polymethacrylates
8. Thermoset polymethacrylate-based materials for dental applications
9. Maleic anhydride copolymers as a base for neoglycoconjugate synthesis for lectin binding
10. Particulate systems of  PLA and its copolymers
11. Polylactide: the polymer revolutionizing the biomedical field
12. Poly(propylene fumarate)-based biocomposites for tissue engineering applications
13. Diblock and triblock copolymers of polylactide and polyglycolide
14. Characteristics of polymeric materials used in medicine
15. Application of polymethyl methacrylate, acrylic and silicone in ophthalmology

Authors

Valentina Grumezescu Scientific Researcher, National Institute for Lasers, Plasma and Radiation Physics, Magurele, Romania. Valentina Grumezescu is a Scientific Researcher at the National Institute for Lasers, Plasma & Radiation Physics, Magurele, Romania. She is an experienced researcher in the field of fabrication of biomedical thin coatings by laser processing. She has published over 40 research and review papers in the field of nanobiomaterials and several book chapters on the application of laser processing in biomedical field. She is also the assistant editor of the journal Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry. Alexandru Grumezescu Assistant Professor, Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science and Faculty of Medical Engineering, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania. Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu is a lecturer in the Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, at the Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania. He is an experienced researcher and published editor in the field of nano and biostructures. He is the editor-in-chief of two international open access journals: Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry, Letters and Applied NanoBioScience. Dr. Grumezescu has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers, authored nine books, and has served as an editor for more than 50 scholarly books.