Biomedical applications of mesoporous ceramics : drug delivery, smart materials, and bone tissue engineering / María Vallet-Regí, Miguel Manzano García, Montserrat Colilla
Published
Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2013]
Biocompatible and bioactive mesoporous ceramics -- Mesoporous ceramics as drug delivery systems -- Stimuli-responsive drug delivery systems based on mesoporous silica -- Mesoporous silica nanoparticles in nanomedicine -- Bone tissue regeneration
Summary
"This book provides a comprehensive overview of silica-based mesoporous materials with special attention given to their use in drug delivery systems, sophisticated stimuli-responsive materials, and bone tissue engineering. The text provides a comprehensive overview of the basic aspects of the properties of mesoporous materials, with a focus on textural properties such as surface and porosity. Starting from this consolidated knowledge, it then addresses various aspects of more sophisticated stimuli-responsive materials, where drugs can be encapsulated inside the porous framework and then released when desired. The final chapters are dedicated to bone tissue engineering"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (ebrary, viewed on July 11, 2014)