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 health
Micro- and nanoparticles and their application in biosensors
The role of immunoassays
Stimuli-responsive smart nanoparticles
Diagnosis and treatment of cancer
Advanced materials for biomedical application and drug delivery
Nanoparticles for diagnosis and/or treatment of Alzheimers disease
Hierarchical modelling of elastic behavior of human dental tissue
Biodegradable porous hydrogels
Hydrogels in tissue engineering, drug delivery, and wound care
Modified natural zeolites
Supramolecular hydrogels based on cyclodextrin poly(pseudo)rotaxane
Polyhydroxyalkanoate-based biomaterials
Biomimetic molecularly imprinted polymers