Hydrogels are made from a three-dimensional network of cross linked hydrophilic polymers or colloidal particles that contain a large fraction of water. In recent years, hydrogels have attracted significant attention for a variety of applications in biology and medicine. This has resulted in significant advances in the design and engineering of hydrogels to meet the needs of these applications. This handbook explores significant development of hydrogels from characterization and applications. Volume 1 covers state-of-art knowledge and techniques of fundamental aspects of hydrogel physics and chemistry with an eye on bioengineering applications. Volume 2 explores the use of hydrogels in the interdisciplinary field of tissue engineering. Lastly volume 3 focuses on two important aspects of hydrogels, that is, drug delivery and biosensing. Contains 50 colour pages.
Volume 1: Introduction To Hydrogels; Types and Chemistry of Natural Hydrogels; Types and Chemistry of Synthetic Hydrogels; Modeling of Hydrogel Behavior; Controlling Shape and Size of Hydrogel; Hydrogel Mechanics; Controlling Architecture and Shape of Hydrogels; Controlling Architecture and Shape of Hydrogels; Modifying Hydrogel Adhesiveness; Acrylate Based Hydrogels; Self-Assembling Hydrogels; Environment Responsive Hydrogels; Volume 2: Hydrogels in Regenerative Medicine (Nesrin Hasirc, Cemile Kilic, Aylin Komez, Gokhan Bahcecioglu and Vasif Hasirci); Determining Stem Cell Fate With Hydrogels (Aylin Acun, Andreana Panzo and Pinar Zorlutuna); Applications of Hydrogels in 3D Functional Tissue Models (Tamer Cirak, Tayfun Vural, Doga Kavaz and Emir Baki Denkbas); Engineering Regenerative Dextran Hydrogels for Acute Skin Wound Healing (Jie Cheng, Ying Jin, David M Owens, Jeremy J Mao and Guoming Sun); Application of Hydrogels in Ocular Tissue Engineering (Vipuil Kishore, Yunus Alapan, Ranjani Iyer, Ryan Mclay and Umut A Gurkan); Hydrogels in Bone Tissue Engineering: A Multi-Parametric Approach (Silvia M Mihaila, Rui L Reis, Alexandra P Marques and Manuela E Gomes); Hydrogels in Intervertebral Disk Repair (Cem Bayram, Murat Demirbilek and Emir Baki Denkbas); Hydrogels in Cartilage Tissue Engineering (Antonella Motta, Mariangela Fedel, Claudio Migliaresi); Application of Hydrogels for Tendon and Ligament Repair and Tissue Engineering (Matteo Stoppato, Friedrich von Flotow and Catherine K Kuo); Hydrogels in Bone Tissue Engineering (Minh Khanh Nguyen, Julia E Samorezov and Eben Alsberg); Hydrogels in Cardiac Tissue Engienering (Shauna M Dorsey and Jason A Burdick); Application of Hydrogels in Heart Valve Tissue Engineering (Jesper Hjortnaes and Frederick J Schoen); Hydrogels in Vascular Tissue Engineering (Blinder Yj, Mooney Dj and Levenberg S); Use of Hydrogels in the Engineering of Lung Tissue (Joaquin Cortiella, Jean A Niles, Stephanie P Vega, Lissenya Argueta, Adriene Eastaway and Joan E Nichols); Hydrogels for Hepatic Tissue Engineering (Kerim B Kaylan and Gregory H Underhill); Agarose Hydrogel Beads for Treating Diabetes (Nguyen Minh Luan, Yuji Teramura and Hiroo Iwata); Hydrogels in Urogenital Applications (James Turner and Jiro Nagatomi); Volume 3: Application of Hydrogels in Drug Delivery and Biosensing: Modeling Drug Release from Synthetic Hydrogels; Natural Polysaccharide-Based Hydrogels for Controlled Localized Drug Delivery; Design of Polymeric Hydrogels for Drug Delivery Applications; In Situ Crosslinked Hydrogels for Drug Delivery; Supramolecular Hydrogels for Drug Delivery; Biohybrid Hydrogels as Environment-Sensitive Materials for Systematic Delivery of Therapeutics; Application of Peg in Drug Delivery System; Hydrogels as Actuators for Biological Applications; Advances in Smart Hydrogels for Biosensing Applications; 3-D Cancer Models on Hydrogels; Hydrogels for Patterning Biomolecular Arrays; Protein-Immobilized Hydrogel Microstructures for Optical Biosensing; Cell-Encapsulating Hydrogels for Biosensing;
