Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

I. Basic Degradation Study

Chapter 1
Biodegradation from the Viewpoint of a Polymer Chemist – Biodegradable Polyether Graft Polyesters
(Jens Köhler, Helmut Keul and Martin Möller, Institute of Technical and Macromolecular Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University and DWI – Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials e.V., Aachen, Germany)

Chapter 2
Constitutive Modeling and Mechanical Behavior Prediction of Biodegradable Polymers during Degradation
(André C. Vieira, Rui M. Guedes and Volnei Tita, Aeronautical Engineering Department, São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil, and others)

Chapter 3
Recent Trends in the Structural Characterization and Degradation of Biodegradable Polymers By Modern Mass Spectrometry
(Paola Rizzarelli and Sabrina Carroccio, Istituto per i Polimeri, Compositi e Biomateriali – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche; Catania, Italy)

Chapter 4
Real-time in-situ Electrical Monitoring of the Degradation of Biopolymers using Semiconductor Field-effect Devices
(A. Poghossian, S. Schusser, M. Bäcker, M. Leinhos and M. J. Schöning, Institute of Nano- and Biotechnologies (INB), FH Aachen, Germany)

Chapter 5
Biodegradation of Polycaprolactone Scaffolds
(Hanqing Feng and Qing Liu, Jiangyin Recongene Biomedical Technologies Co., Ltd, Jianyin, China, and others)

Chapter 6
Assessment of Polymer-based Nanocomposites Biodegradability
(A. V. Machado, A. Araújo and M. Oliveira, IPC –Institute for Polymers and Composites, Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal)

II. Biomedical and Environmental Application

Chapter 7
Biodegradable Polyester-based Stent: Current Status and Future Perspectives
(Ji Hoon Park, Kinam Park and Moon Suk Kim, Department of Molecular Science and Technology, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea, and others)

Chapter 8
Biodegradable Polymeric Stent: Current and Future Development
(Yunbing Wang, National Engineering Research Center For Biomaterials, Sichuan University, China)

Chapter 9
A Novel Therapeutic for Diabetic Retinopathy: Mast Cell Stabilizer Impregnated Synthetic Biodegradable Amino Acid-Based Poly(ester amide) Rods
(Daniel Knecht and C. C. Chu, Ezra Pharmaceutical, Inc., New York, USA)

Chapter 10
Development of Polyester-Drug Nanoconjugates for Cancer Targeting and Treatment
(Qian Yin, Rong Tong, Hua Wang and Jianjun Cheng, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA)

Chapter 11
Polycaprolactone Scaffolds for Stem Cell Research and Tissue Engineering
(Guixin Shi, Hugh Q.Zhao and Qing Liu, Beijing Advanced Medical Technologies Co., Ltd, Beijing, China, and others)

Chapter 12
Biopolymeric Magnetic Composites for Environmental Remediation of Aqueous Effluents
(María Fernanda Horst, Mariana Alvarez and Verónica Lassalle, INQUISUR-DTO.Química, Universidad Nacional del Sur 8000, Bahía Blanca, Argentina)

Chapter 13
Polyvinyl Alcohol Based Biodegradable Polymer Nanocomposites
(Kaiyan Qiu and Anil N. Netravali, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA, and others)

Chapter 14
Novel Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Sterilization of Absorbable Sutures and New Amino Acid-based Biomaterials as Suture Coating
(Janet L. Huie, J. Anastasia Nichols, Julien P. Fey, David Burns, Alicia Potuck and Chih-Chang Chu, NovaSterilis Inc., Lansing, NY, USA, and others)

Index