Functional and Smart Materials

2   Polymeric Biomaterials in Tissue Engineering

Akhilesh Kumar Maurya and Nidhi Mishra

Indian Institute of Information Technology

CONTENTS

2.1     Introduction

2.2     Polymeric Biomaterials

2.2.1     Natural Polymeric Biomaterials

2.2.1.1     Proteins

2.2.1.2     Polysaccharides

2.2.2     Synthetic Polymeric Biomaterials

2.2.2.1     Polyacrylates

2.2.2.2     Polyesters

2.2.2.3     Poly(Ortho-Esters)

2.2.2.4     Poly(Alkylene Oxalates)

2.2.2.5     Poly(Glycolic Acid)

2.2.2.6     Poly(Lactic Acid)

2.2.2.7     Other Synthetic Biomaterials

2.3     Application of Polymeric Biomaterials in Tissue Engineering

2.3.1     Bone Regeneration

2.3.2     Skin Regeneration

2.3.3     Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering

2.4     Conclusion

References

2.1   Introduction ...