Advanced Functional Polymers for Biomedical Applications

Table of Contents

1. Advanced functional polymers: An introduction in the context of biomedical engineering 2. Grafted biopolymers I: Methodology and factors affecting Grafting 3. Grafted biopolymers II: Synthesis and characterisation 4. Conjugated polymers having semiconducting properties 5. Supramolecular metallopolymers 6. Amphiphilic hyperbranched polymers 7. Heterotelechelic multiblock polymers using click chemistry 8. Phenolic and epoxy based copolymers and terpolymers 9. Maleimide and acrylates based functional polymers 10. Functional protein to polymer surfaces: An attachment 11. Functionalized photo-responsive polymers 12. Functionalized coordinating polymers 13. Functionalized bioconductive polymers 14. Functionalized polymers for drug/gene delivery applications 15. Functionalized polymers for diagnostic engineering 16. Functionalized polymers for tissue engineering and regenerative medicines 17. Characterization methodologies of functional polymers 18. State-of-the-art and future perspectives of functional polymers

Authors

Masoud Mozafari Research Fellow, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Canada. Dr. Masoud Mozafari is a Fellow at Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Health Hospital, University of Toronto. He was previously Assistant Professor and Director of the Bioengineering Lab, at the Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Department, Materials and Energy Research Center, Cellular and Molecular Research Center, and Department of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine of the Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran. Dr. Mozafari's research interests range across biomaterials, nanotechnology, and tissue engineering, and he is known for the development of strategies for the treatment of damaged tissues and organs, and controlling biological substances for targeted delivery into the human body. Dr. Mozafari has received several awards, including the Khwarizmi Award and the Julia Polak European Doctorate Award for outstanding translational research contributions to the field of biomaterials. He has also received the WIPO Medal for Inventors from The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in recognition of his contributions to economic and technological development. Dr. Mozafari is currently working on the editorial board of several journals. Narendra Pal Singh Chauhan Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Bhupal Nobles University, Udaipur, India. Dr. Narendra P.S. Chauhan is Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Bhupal Nobles University, Udaipur, India. Dr. Chauhan's research interests include conducting polymers, polymerization, polymeric materials, polymer synthesis, material characterization, nanocomposites, and biopolymers. Dr. Chauhan has worked as editor or author on 3 published books, in the areas of biocidal polymers, polyaniline, and inorganic and organometallic polymers, as well as contributing to numerous journal articles and book chapters on functionalized polymers and related topics.