Nanotechnology and Tissue Engineering: The Scaffold

SECTION I: Importance of Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering Tissue Engineering: The Therapeutic Strategy of the Twenty-First Century, F. Yang, W.L. Neeley, M.J. Moore, J.M. Karp, A. Shukla, and R. Langer Top-Down Analysis of a Dynamic Environment: Extracellular Matrix Structure and Function, M. Veiseh, E.A. Turley, and M.J. Bissell Functions and Requirements of Synthetic Scaffolds in Tissue Engineering, T. Shyam Karande and C. Mauli Agrawal Microfabrication Techniques in Scaffold Development, C.J. Bettinger, J.T. Borenstein, and R. Langer SECTION II: Effect of Nanostructures on Cellular Responses and Tissue Regeneration Cell Response to Nanoscale Features and Its Implications in Tissue Regeneration: An Orthopedic Perspective, B. Ercan and T. Webster Surface Modification of Biomaterials at the Nanoscale: Biomimetic Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Applications, D.A. Lee and C.T. Laurencin SECTION III: Promising Nanofabrication Techniques to Develop Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering Electrospun Polymeric Nanofiber Scaffolds for Tissue Regeneration, S. Prasad Nukavarapu, S.G. Kumbar, J.G. Merrell, and C.T. Laurencin Structure and Mechanical Properties of Electrospun Nanofibers and Nanocomposites, E. Phay Shing Tan and C. Teck Lim Electrospinning Techniques to Control Deposition and Structural Alignment of Nanofibrous Scaffolds for Cellular Orientation and Cytoskeletal Reorganization, J.K. Wise, M. Cho, E. Zussman, C.M. Megaridis, and A.L. Yarin Nanolithographic Techniques in Tissue Engineering, B. Moody and G.S. McCarty Designer Self-Assembling Peptide Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, A. Horii, X. Wang, and S. Zhang SECTION IV: Applications of Nanostructured Scaffolds in Biology and Medicine Nanotechnologies in Neural Tissue Engineering, V. Mukhatyar, J. Yeh, and R. Bellamkonda Nanotechnologies for Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering, K.A. Wieghaus and E.A. Botchwey Nanostructures for Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering, S. Liao, C.K. Chan, and S. Ramakrishna Index