Biomedical applications of smart technologies : selected, peer reviewed papers from the Symposium J "Biomedical applications of smart technologies" of CIMTEC 2012--4th international conference "Smart materials, structures and systems", held in Montecatini Terme, Italy, June 10-14, 2012 / edited by Pietro Vincenzini, E. Pasquale Scilingo.

The 16 peer-reviewed papers collected here together offer a plenitude of up-to-date information on ""Biomedical Applications of Smart Technologies"". The papers are conveniently arranged into: Chapter 1: Active and Stimuli Responsive Materials, Chapter 2: Medical Diagnostics and...

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Corporate Author: International Conference on "Smart Materials, Structures, and Systems"
Other Authors: Vincenzini, P., 1939-, Scilingo, E. Pasquale
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Stafa-Zurich, Switzerland ; Faenza : Trans Tech Publications Ltd./Techna Group, [2013]
Series:Advances in science and technology (Faenza, Italy) ; 86.
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Table of Contents:
  • Biomedical Applications of Smart Technologies; Preface and Committees; Table of Contents; Chapter 1: Active and Stimuli Responsive Materials; Progress in Interactive Textiles for Health Monitoring; Design of Biodegradable Injectable Polymers Exhibiting Temperature-Responsive Sol-Gel Transition; Development of Biocompatible Y-Stabilized ZrO2 Fabricated by Spark Plasma Sintering; Sol-Gel Synthesis and Characterization of Lanthanide-Substituted Nanostructured Calcium Hydroxyapatite; Apatite Coating on Titanium Samples Obtained by Powder Metallurgy.
  • Fabrication of Scaffold for Bone Regeneration by Taylor Made StereolithographyChapter 4: Targeted Drug and Gene Delivery; Design and Development of Light-Sensitive Chitosan-Based Nanocarriers for Gene Delivery; Dependence of Sub-Micron Vaterite Container Release Properties on pH and Ionic Strength of the Surrounding Solution; Hepatocyte-Specific Gene Delivery with Galactose-Bearing Cationic Polymers with Different Molecular Structures; Characterization of Hydrogels Based on PVP/Sodium Alginate Containing Pseudoboehmites Nanoparticles Treated with Octadecylamine for Pharmaco Applications.
  • Development of Nanosystems to Release AtenololKeywords Index; Authors Index.