Handbook of Polymers in Medicine

Dr. Masoud Mozafari is a Fellow at Lunenfeld Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Health Hospital, University of Toronto. He was previously Assistant Professor and Director of the Bioengineering Lab, at the Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Department, Materials and Energy Research Center, Cellular and Molecular Research Center, and Department of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine of the Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran. Dr. Mozafari’s research interests range across biomaterials, nanotechnology, and tissue engineering, and he is known for the development of strategies for the treatment of damaged tissues and organs, and controlling biological substances for targeted delivery into the human body. Dr. Mozafari has received several awards, including the Khwarizmi Award and the Julia Polak European Doctorate Award for outstanding translational research contributions to the field of biomaterials. He has also received the WIPO Medal for Inventors from The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), in recognition of his contributions to economic and technological development. Dr. Mozafari is currently working on the editorial board of several journals. Dr. Narendra P.S. Chauhan is Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemistry, Bhupal Nobles University, Udaipur, India. Dr. Chauhan’s research interests include conducting polymers, polymerization, polymeric materials, polymer synthesis, material characterization, nanocomposites, and biopolymers. Dr. Chauhan has worked as editor or author on 3 published books, in the areas of biocidal polymers, polyaniline, and inorganic and organometallic polymers, as well as contributing to numerous journal articles and book chapters on functionalized polymers and related topics.

1. An introduction into the use of polymers in medicine
2. Role of polymers' chemistry and physics for medical applications
3. Natural and synthetic polymers in medicine
4. Biomimetic/bioinspired polymeric materials
5. An overview on cell-polymer interactions
6. Protein adsorption on polymeric surfaces
7. Biocompatibility of polymers
8. Hemocompatible polymers for medical applications
9. Nanostructured polymeric materials for medicine
10. Hydrogels: recent advances in medicine
11. Poly(ethylene glycol) based biomaterials
12. Polyurethane as biomaterials for biomedical applications
13. Polymer-protein conjugate as therapeutic
14. Acrylates and amines-based cationic polymers
15. Oxazoline- and caprolactone-based polymeric materials
16. Azobenzene-based polymers for medical applications
17. Supramolecular polymers for medical applications
18. Conductive polymers for medical applications
19. Biodegradable/bioresorbable polymers for medical applications
20. Bioresorbable polymers for medical applications
21. Stimuli-responsive polymers for medical applications
22. Polcaprolactone as biomaterials
23. Phospholipid polymers for medical applications
24. Silicon-based polymers for biomedical application
25. Polymers in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
26. Polymers in wound repair and skin regeneration
27. Polymers in bone and orthopedic surgery
28. Emerging polymers in dentistry
29. Polymers for cardiovascular engineering
30. Polymers in corneal regeneration and ophthalmology
31. Polymers in cancer research and clinical oncology
32. Polymers in drug delivery and targeting
33. Polymer based biosensors for medical applications
34. Processing and characterization of polymeric biomaterials
35. Regulations and standards for polymers in medicine
36. Polymers in medicine: State-of-the-art and challenges