Stimuli-Responsive Materials for Tissue Engineering

Senentxu Lanceros-Mendez is Research Professor and Scientific Director of the Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures in Leioa, Spain. His work is focused in the area of polymer based smart materials for sensors and actuators, energy, and biomedical applications. Clarisse Ribeiro is Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics of the University of Minho, Portugal. Unai Silvan is Research Associate at the Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures in Leioa, Spain.

Introduction

PART I. SMART AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING
Electroactive Materials for Tissue Engineering
Magnetoactive Materials for Tissue Engineering
Shape Memory Polymers for Tissue Engineering Applications
Photo-Responsive Materials for Tissue Engineering
Controlled Degradation of Stimuli-Responsive Materials for Tissue Engineering

PART II. TISSUE REGENERATION STRATEGIES BASED ON SMART AND ACTIVE BIOMATERIALS
Active Biomaterials for Bone Tissue Regeneration
Muscle and Heart Tissue Regeneration Based on Stimuli-Responsive Materials
Neural Tissue Regeneration Based on Stimuli-Responsive Materials
Skin Tissue Regeneration Based on Stimuli-Responsive Materials

SUMMARY AND OUTLOOK