Nanotechnology Applications for Tissue Engineering

Sabu Thomas is a Professor and Director of the International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India. Professor Thomas is internationally recognized for his contributions to polymer science and engineering, with his research interests encompassing polymer nanocomposites, elastomers, polymer blends, interpenetrating polymer networks, polymer membranes, green composites, nanocomposites, nanomedicine, and green nanotechnology. His groundbreaking inventions in polymer nanocomposites, polymer blends, green bionanotechnology, and nano-biomedical sciences have significantly advanced the development of new materials for the automotive, space, housing, and biomedical fields. Professor Yves Grohens is the Director of the LIMATB (Material Engineering) Laboratory of Université de Bretagne Sud, France. His master's and PhD degrees were from Besançon University, France. After finishing his studies, he worked as assistant professor and later professor in various reputed universities in France. He is an invited professor to many universities in different parts of the world as well. His areas of interest include physicochemical studies of polymer surfaces and interfaces, phase transitions in thin films confinement, nano and bio composites design and characterization, and biodegradation of polymers and biomaterials. He has written several book chapters, monographs, and scientific reviews and has published 130 international publications. He is the chairman and member of advisory committees of many international conferences. Dr.Neethu Ninan was awarded PhD in Materials Engineering from Universite de Bretagne Sud, Lorient, France. She received Masters in Engineering in ‘Nanotechnology in Medical Science’ from Amrita Centre for Nanosciences, Kochi, India. She did her Bachelors of Engineering in ‘Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering’. She worked in collaboration with Universiti Technologi Mara (Malaysia), Mahatma Gandhi University (India) and Chonnam National University (South Korea). She is the editor of four books. She has written several articles, book chapters, and reviews in international journals. Her keen research areas are nanotechnology, composites, tissue engineering, drug delivery and zeolites.

1. Nanomedicine and Tissue Engineering 2. Design of biomaterials using nanotechnlogy 3. Electrospinning of polymers for tissue engineering. 4. Biomimetic nanofibers for muskuloskeletal tissue engineering 5. Hydrogels – Promising candidates for tissue engineering 6. 3D scaffolding for pancreatic islet replacement 7. Scaffolds with antibacterial properties 8. Dermal tissue engineering: Current trends 9. Chitosan and its application as tissue engineering scaffolds 10. Cell encapsulation in self-assembled hydrogel matrix 11. Nanotechnology enabled drug delivery for cancer therapy 12. Nanomedicine in Theranostics 13. Upconversion nanoparticles 14. Gold nanoparticles for cancer drug delivery 15. Role of nanogenotoxicology studies in safety evaluation of nanomaterials 16. Toxicology considerations in nanomedicine 17. Future of nanotechnology in tissue engineering