Biomedical, Therapeutic and Clinical Applications of Bioactive Glasses. Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials

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Book
September 2018
Elsevier Science and Technology
ID: 4482892

Biomedical, Therapeutic and Clinical Applications of Bioactive Glasses is an essential guide to bioactive glasses, offering an overview of all aspects of the development and utilization of this cutting-edge material. The book covers vital issues, including mesoporosity, encapsulation technologies, scaffold formation and coatings for a number of applications, including drug delivery, encapsulation, scaffolds and coatings. Readers will gain a strong understanding and practical knowledge of the therapeutic aspects of bioceramics, with a focus on glasses from a clinical point-of- view. Researchers, students and scientists involved in bioceramics, bone tissue engineering, regeneration and biomedical engineering will find this to be a comprehensive resource.

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Part I: Fundamentals of Bioactive Glasses

1. Bioactive Glass Containing Coatings by Electrophoretic Deposition: Development and Applications

2. Multifunctional Bioactive Glasses and Glass-Ceramics: Beyond 'Traditional' Bioactivity

3. Synthesis and Characterization of Doped Bioactive Glasses

Part II: Therapeutic Applications of Bioactive Glasses

4. Mesoporous Bioactive Glasses: Fabrication, Structure, Drug Delivery Property, and Therapeutic Potential

5. 3D Scaffolds of Borate Glass and Their Drug Delivery Applications

6. Bioactive Glasses in Gene Regulation and Proliferation

7. Lithium-Containing Bioactive Glasses for Bone Regeneration

8. Boron-Containing Bioactive Glasses for Bone Regeneration

9. The Use of Bioactive Glasses in Periodontology

10. Bioactive Glasses for Cancer Therapy

11. Bioactive Surface Coatings for Enhancing Osseointegration of Dental Implants

12. Angiogenic Attributes of Multifaceted Bioactive Glass: Its Therapeutic Potential on Soft Tissues and Drug Delivery Utilization

Part III: Bioactive Glasses for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine

13. Bioactive Glasses and Glass-Ceramics for Ophthalmological Applications

14. Bioactive Glasses for Treatment of Bone Infections

15. Bioactive Glass Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering

16. Functionally Graded Bioactive Glass-Derived Scaffolds Mimicking Bone Tissue

17. Bioactive Glass and Glass Fiber Composite: Biomedical/Dental Applications

18. Novel Techniques of Scaffold Fabrication for Bioactive Glasses

19. Silica Nanospheres

Authors

Gurbinder Kaur Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Dr. Gurbinder Kaur earned her PhD degree from Thapar University in 2012. She was the principle investigator for the project (based on fuel cells), awarded by the Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi (2010-12). She is the recipient of the fellowship under the RFSMS scheme of the University Grants Commission (UGC), 2010. After completing her doctorate, she moved to Virginia Tech, USA to work as a postdoctoral fellow. She was an integral part of the research team of the host institute to address the complex issues of the leakage losses in the planar design of SOFC. She is also a recipient of postdoctoral fellowship from the UGC, New Delhi (2014) for pursuing research work in the field of bioactive glasses. She has been working on a variety of different materials and applications, including high-temperature energy materials, bioactive materials, and optical materials. She is the author/editor of seven books based on her research work with reputed publishing houses such as Elsevier LLC and Springer.

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