Advances in Biodegradable Polymers: Review Reports   Amazon  Price: £80.00

Biodegradable plastics were developed in response to the environmental problems of disposal caused by the very inertness and durability for which plastics themselves were designed. Recycling can never replace biodegradation due to recovery and hygiene problems. The basic tenet of this book is that biodegradation and recycling are compatible and equally essential. The international team of authors provides an authoritative and comprehensive summary of the detailed technical information available on the manufacture and use of biodgradable polymers, enabling users to assess appropriate materials and processing technologies for their particular requirements. Biodegradability has been achieved by reverting to entirely natural material such as cellulose, starch, proteins and gums, but there is a general problem with such material of sensitivity to water and early biological attack. Certain ester polymers generated by bacteria have proved more useful technically but are far too costly for widespread use in packaging. The modification of common thermo plastics by incorporating starch fillers and autoxidants has offered a useful compromise between costs and technology. This book should be of interest to polymer scientists, chemists, technologists and engineers in industry and academia; and environmental chemists in academia, industry and government institutions.

In the book are a helpful glossary and a reading list for those interested in exploring the topic in greater depth

Brings together articles from leading researchers in the field of the synthesis and properties of biodegradable polymers utilized in tissue engineering. It should provide guidance on potential new materials or applications in the tissue engineering field

Table of Contents

Foreword/A. Atala
Preface/D. Mooney, A. Atala
Introduction:

History of Tissue Engineering Using Biodegradable Synthetic Polymer Scaffolds and Cells/B.E.Chaignaud, R.S. Langer, J.P. Vacanti
Patent, Intellectual Property and FDA Issues/P. Pabst, W.H. Kitchens
Fundamentals of Biodegradable Polymer Scaffolds: Synthesis and Properties of Biodegradable Polymers used as Synthetic Matrices for Tissue Engineering/D. Mooney, W.H. Wong
Bioactive Polymers/J. Hubbell, J.L. West
Applications:

Drug Delivery Related to Tissue Engineering/K. Leong
Tissue Engineering in the Epithelial System/G. Naughton, R. Bartel, J. Mansbridge
Tissue Engineering in the Genitourinary System/A. Atala
Tissue Engineering in the Vascular System/R.M. Nerem, L.S. Greer, D. Seliktar, T. Ziegler
Tissue Engineered Heart Valves/T. ShinM-^Roka, J.E. Mayer
Tissue Engineering in the Cartilage and Bone/Y. Cao, C. Ibarra, C.A. Vacanti
Tissue Engineering in Bone/A. Mikos, R.D. Bostrom
Tissue Engineering in the Liver/H. Lee, J.P. Vacanti

During the past 50 years polymers have totally changed human life and the plastics industry has developed durable materials increasingly adapted to specific uses. In response to demands for temporary applications, scientists are now working on polymeric systems that can serve as materials and undergo degradation at controlled and predetermined rates after task completion. This interdisciplinary text presents the latest international research in the field, covers both practical and theoretical aspects of the subject, and also includes mathematical modelling for biodegradation. It explores most of the basic problems relevant to polymer degradation and gives special emphasis to biodegradable applications. The book should be beneficial to research scientists involved in agricultural chemistry, biotechnology, cell and molecular biology, toxicology, environmental chemistry, materials sciences, polymer science, and medicinal and pharmaceutical chemistry.

 A source manual for the synthetic procedures, properties and application of bioerodible polymers, this work describes widely-available materials such as polylactides, collagen, and gelatin. Polymers of emerging importance such the genetically engineered and elastin based polymers are also discussed. Divided into three sections, each chapter focuses on one type of polymer, providing a concise and comprehensive review on the synthetic methods, properties, biodegradation, biocompatibilty and applications. The first section deals with synthetic absorbable polymers; section two addresses natural, semi-synthetic and biosynthetic polymers; and the final section covers the surface characterization of degradable polymers, modelling of biodegradation and nonmedical polymers.

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