Polymer and Photonic Materials Towards Biomedical Breakthroughs [Hardcover]

This book offers a complete overview of photonic-enhanced materials from material development to a final photonic biomedical application. It includes fundamental, applied, and industrial photonics. The authors cover synthesis, the modification and the processing of a variety of (bio)polymers including thermoplasts (e.g. polyesters) and hydrogels (e.g. proteins and polysaccharides) for a plethora of applications in the field of optics and regenerative medicine.  

Part I: Polymer development and processing

1)      Introduction into photonic-enhanced materials (Sandra Van Vlierberghe / Heidi Ottevaere)  

2)      Development and characterization of photo-responsive polymers (Izabela Stancu / Andreas Lendlein) 

3)      Polymer processing through two-photon poly

merization (Aleksander Ovsianikov)

4)      Nanomanufacturing/nanophotonics in the biomedical field (Shaochen Chen)

Part II: Applications

5)      Detection mechanisms in sensing applications (G?nter Gauglitz, T?bingen)

6)      Lab-on-chip technology (Anders Kristensen  DTU / Andreas Manz - Saarbrucken)

7)      Single cell manipulation (

Martin Wegener)

8)      2PP constructs for tissue engineering purposes (Fergal J. OBrien)

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