Advanced Healthcare Materials

Advanced materials are attracting strong interest in the fundamental as well as applied sciences and are being extensively explored for their potential usage in a range of healthcare technological and biological applications. Advanced Healthcare Nanomaterials summarises the current status of knowledge in the fields of advanced materials for functional therapeutics, point-of-care diagnostics, translational materials, up and coming bio-engineering devices. The book highlights the key features which enable engineers to design stimuli-responsive smart nanoparticles, novel biomaterials, nano/micro-devices for diagnosis, therapy (theranostics).The leading contributor researchers cover the following topics:

• 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

The book is written for readers from diverse backgrounds across chemistry, physics, materials science and engineering, medical science, pharmacy, biotechnology, and biomedical engineering. It offers a comprehensive view of cutting-edge research on advanced materials for healthcare technology and applications.

Ashutosh Tiwari is an Associate Professor at the Biosensors and Bioelectronics Centre, Linkoping University, Sweden; Editor-in-Chief, Advanced Materials Letters; Secretary General, International Association of Advanced Materials; a materials chemist and also a docent in applied physics at Linkoping University, Sweden. He has published more than 350 articles, patents, and conference proceedings in the field of materials science and technology and has edited/authored more than fifteen books on the advanced state-of-the-art of materials science. He is a founding member of the Advanced Materials World Congress and the Indian Materials Congress.