TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ebara,Mitsuhiro
AU  - Kotsuchibashi,Yohei
AU  - Narain,Ravin
AU  - Idota,Naokazu
AU  - Kim,Young-Jin
AU  - Hoffman,John M.
AU  - Uto,Koichiro
AU  - Aoyagi,Takao
ED  - SpringerLink (Online service)
TI  - Smart Biomaterials
T2  - NIMS Monographs,
SN  - 9784431544005
AV  - R857.M3 
U1  - 620.11 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Tokyo
PB  - Springer Japan, Imprint: Springer
KW  - Gene Therapy
KW  - Polymers
KW  - Biomaterials
KW  - Nanotechnology
KW  - Materials Science
KW  - Polymer Sciences
KW  - Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics
N1  - Introductory Guide to Smart Biomaterials -- Smart Hydrogels -- Smart Nano assemblies and Nanoparticles -- Smart Surfaces -- Smart Nano fibers -- Smart Bio conjugates -- Shape-Memory Materials
N2  - This book provides comprehensive coverage of smart biomaterials and their potential applications, a field that is developing at a very rapid pace. Because smart biomaterials are an emerging class of biomaterials that respond to small changes in external stimuli with large discontinuous changes in their physical properties, they have been designed to act as an “on–off” switch for, among others, bioseparation, immunoanalysis, drug delivery technologies, gene therapy, diagnostics, biosensors, and artificial muscles. After an introduction to the topic and the history of smart biomaterials, the author gives the reader an in-depth look at the properties, mechanics, and characterization of smart biomaterials including hydrogels, particles, assemblies, surfaces, fibers, and conjugates. Information on the wide range of applications for these materials follows, including drug delivery, tissue engineering, diagnostics, biosensors, bioseparation, and actuators. In addition, recent advances in shape memory biomaterials as active components of medical devices are also presented
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54400-5
ER  -