Biomedical Applications of Smart Materials -- Committees -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- CHAPTER 1: ADVANCES IN SMART MATERIALS SYNTHESIS AND FUNCTIONALITY -- Self-Oscillating Gel as Smart Materials -- Bioinspired Polymer Surfaces for Nanodevices and Nanomedicine -- Smart Hydrogels that Respond to Target Biomolecules -- Encouraging Nature with Ceramics: The Roles of Surface Roughness and Physio-Chemistry on Cell Response to Substituted Apatites -- Synthesis of Bioactive Hydroxyapatite-Zirconia Toughened Composites for Bone Replacement -- Photoluminescence Response and Particle Size Control of CdSe Quantum Dots by Wet Chemical Synthesis for Biomedical Applications -- Purification, Dispersion and Biofunctionalization of Singlewall Carbon Nanotubes -- CHAPTER 2: ENABLING TOOLS -- Biomedical Applications of Micro-Nano-Technologies -- Microsystems for Blood Cell Counting -- The Effect of Magnetic Field on Magnetotactic Bacteria Behaviors -- Low Voltage Microgripper for Single Cell Manipulation -- Simulation of Water Flow in a Coated Nano Pore by a Molecular Dynamics -- CHAPTER 3: MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS -- Wearable Biosensors for Monitoring Wound Healing -- Intelligent Wearable Systems Achievements, Challenges and Perspectives -- Artificial Control of the Bacterial Cell-to-Cell Communication with Autoinducer Recognition Gel -- Ultrasonic Transducer Based on β-PVDF for Fluidic Microagitation in a Lab-on-a-Chip Device -- Fabrication of a Microfluidic Device for the Detection of a Specific Biomolecule -- Thin Film Microsensor for Electrical and Optical Blood Diagnostics -- CHAPTER 4: REGENERATIVE MEDICINE AND TISSUE ENGINEERING -- Novel Nitrogen Rich Polymers and Chitosan for Tissue Engineering of Intervertebral Discs -- Electrospun Nanofibre Membranes as Wound Dressing Materials -- Fabrication of Titanium Fiber Scaffold for Biomaterial Use.

Fabrication of α-TCP, HAp Functionally Graded Porous Beads -- Addition of Surface Function to Zirconia for Biomaterial Use -- CHAPTER 5: NEW THERAPEUTICS AND INTELLIGENT DELIVER SYSTEMS -- Supramolecular Approach to Gene Delivery -- A New Drug Vehicle - Lipid Coated Biodegradable Nanoparticles -- Base Invaders. Coupling Experiments and Multiscale Modeling of Dendrimer-Based siRNA Delivery Agents -- Trastuzumab Decorated Nanoparticles for Targeted Chemotherapy of Breast Cancer -- Inhibition of Alzheimer Amyloid Aggregation with Sulfate Glycopolymers -- Electrical Field Responsive Polypyrole in Poly(Acrylic Acid) Hydrogel for Transdermal Drug Delivery -- Preparation and Characterization of Highly Water Soluble Drug Loaded PLA Microcapsules -- Effect of Electric Field Strength on the Diffusion of Salicylic Acid through Polyacrylamide Hydrogels -- New Antibacterial, Antiadhesive Films Based on Self Assemblies of Modified Tetraetherlipids -- CHAPTER 6: MINI / MICRO IMPLANTABLE DEVICES -- Energy Efficient Biomedical Signal Processing in Implantable Devices -- Implantable Electronics for the Recovery of Neuromuscular Functions -- Towards an Integrated, Fully-Implantable Vestibular Prosthesis for Balance Restoration -- Estimate Biocompatibility and Injection-Molding Processability of Ti-Based Metallic Glasses for Dental Implant -- Polysiloxane Coatings on Biomedical Micro Devices: Plasma Etching and Properties of Protection Layer -- CHAPTER 7: MEDICAL APPLICATIONS OF SHAPE MEMORY MATERIALS AND SMART TEXTILES -- Theory and Experiments for Mechanically-Induced Remodeling of Tissue Engineered Blood Vessels -- Fatigue Properties of Superelastic Ti-Ni Filaments Used in Braided Cables for Bone Fixation -- Design of a Progressively Expandable Stent Using Finite Elements -- Functional Materials for Wearable Sensing, Actuating and Energy Harvesting.

Bio-Sensing Textile for Medical Monitoring Applications -- Keywords Index -- Authors Index.