Hydrogel Tissue Analogues explores the diverse range of preparations of hydrogels as a tissue analogue, with a focus on processing methods and rheological characterization. Applications of hydrogels for various tissues are described, along with regulatory aspects and clinically used products. Chapters focus on state-of-the-art research in the processing of hydrogels, with a spotlight on biomimetic approaches and bioprinting, rheological characterization and implications in the biomedical field, the applications of hydrogels in tissue regeneration, including bone, adipose, cartilage, cardiac, intervertebral disc and skin regeneration, as well as hydrogels for hemostasis, enhancing vascularization and treatment of infectious diseases, the bioadhesive nature of hydrogels, and regulatory aspects.
Table of Contents
Part�1 Introduction, Preparation and Characterization of Hydrogels 1. Introduction to Hydrogels 2. Preparation of Hydrogels for Biomedical applications: Biomimetic Approach 3. Bioprinting of Hydrogels 4. Rheological Characterization of Hydrogel and implications towards biomedical applications
Part 2 Application of Hydrogels 5. Bioadhesive Hydrogel 6. Tissue Sealants and hemostatic Hydrogels 7. Hydrogels for improving angiogenesis 8. Hydrogels for Bone Regeneration 9. Hydrogels for Cartilage Regeneration 10. Hydrogels for Cardiac tissue regeneration 11. Intervertebral disc regeneration using Hydrogel implants 12. Hydrogels for Adipose Tissue Engineering 13. Hydrogels for Skin regeneration 14. Hydrogels for Infectious Diseases 15. Hydrogels in Dentistry
Part 3 Regulation and clinical application of Hydrogels 16. Regulation of hydrogels based products for Biomedical application 17. Clinically used hydrogels for Biomedical application
Authors
Rangasamy Jayakumar Professor, Polymeric Biomaterials Lab, School of Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Polymeric Biomaterials Lab, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi-682041, India.. Professor, Polymeric Biomaterials Lab, School of Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Polymeric Biomaterials Lab, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi-682041, India.Prof. Jayakumar Rangasamy's research laboratory is mainly interested in the development of biopolymeric nanofibers, nanogels, nanoparticles, nanocomposite scaffolds and injectable hydrogels for Drug Delivery, Hemostasis, Infectious Diseases, Tissue Engineering, Regenerative Medicine and Wound Healing applications. He received his Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry from Anna University, Chennai, India (2002). He was awarded the University Postdoctoral Fellowship from Chonbuk National University (2002-2003), South Korea. In Portugal, he was awarded FCT Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Government of Portugal (2003-2005). In addition, he was also awarded the prestigious JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship (2005-2007) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan. He has published 265 articles in SCI Journals, edited 7 books, 12 book chapters and 12 patents to his credit. He is also reviewer and editorial board member of many international journals. His publications have been cited more than 23000 times with h-index-80. He has received the "Best Paper Award� from Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine (Springer) and IET Nanobiotechnology Journal. He received "Faculty Researcher Award-2016� from Indian Chitin and Chitosan Society and "MRSI Medal-2017� from Materials Research Society of India (MRSI). He also received "India Research Excellence-Citation Awards 2017 (Health & Medical Science area)� from Clarivate Analytics, Web of Science. He was selected as a "World Top 2% Scientists from India� in "Polymers� field by Stanford University, USA in the year of 2020 & 2021. He recently received "Chancellor's Research Excellence Award-2021� from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (University), India. He has also been listed in the "Top 10 Material Science Researchers from India�. Arun Kumar Rajendran Senior Researcher, School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, the Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. Dr. Arun Kumar Rajendran is a Senior Researcher at the School of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Institute of Chemical Processes, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea. His current research focuses on materials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, especially biopolymers and bioceramics. He was awarded his bachelors in dental surgery (B.D.S.) from Bharath University, Chennai, India (2010) and Master of technology (Nanosciene and Technology) from Amrita Vishwavidhyapeetham University, Kochi, India. He obtained his Doctoral degree (Ph.D.) from Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan (2019), along with the prestigious MEXT scholarship. His current role is supported by the prestigious KRF-Brain Pool fellowship awarded by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) (2020-present). He has around 20 international publications with more than 850 citations. He has also authored 3 book chapters and presented his works in various international conferences. He has won several best presentation awards for his works in the conferences. He also volunteers as a peer-reviewer in some of the international journals.
