Electrospun Polymeric Nanofibers: Insight into Fabrication Techniques and Biomedical Applications

This volume discusses the fabrication techniques, surface functionalization, and biomedical applications of polymeric fibers with different scales and structures. It highlights the development of multiscale, tubular, and layered fibrous scaffolds for biomedical applications, as well as the surface/chemical functionalization of fibers to enhance their biological properties. Recent advances and applications in tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and drug delivery are also presented. The book provides expert knowledge on the fabrication techniques, development of hybrid structures, and potential applications of fibrous scaffolds in various biomedical fields.

Format: Hardback
Length: 468 pages
Publication date: 28 April 2023
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG

This comprehensive volume explores the diverse fabrication techniques, surface functionalization, and biomedical applications of polymeric fibers with varying scales and structures. It provides an overview of various fabrication methods, including Co-axial, Centrifugal, Melt, and Yarning, to create multiscale, tubular, and layered fibrous scaffolds for biomedical purposes. The chapters delve into the surface/chemical functionalization of fibers, enhancing their biological properties and developing hybrid, layered, and external stimuli-responsive fibrous scaffolds with potential applications in biosensors and other biomedical fields. Additionally, recent advancements and applications of polymeric multiscale fibers in tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and drug delivery are presented. The potential use of fibrous scaffolds in bone, neural, tendon/ligament, and cardiac tissue engineering, nanofibers as antimicrobial wound dressings, and their role in cancer theragnostics and skin/periodontal infections are discussed. The volume offers expert insights into fabrication techniques, the development of diverse scale and hybrid structure fibers, surface functionalization, layered and external stimuli-responsive fibrous scaffolds. It serves as a valuable resource for material/biomaterials scientists, bioengineering, and biotechnologists, enhancing their understanding of the innovative applications of fibrous scaffolds in drug delivery, tissue engineering, wound dressings, and regenerative medicine.

Weight: 875g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783031314025
Edition number: 1st ed. 2023