
Lignin-based Materials for Biomedical Applications
Preparation, Characterization, and Implementation
Description
Key Features
- Unlocks the potential of lignin-based materials with advanced properties for cutting-edge applications in areas such as drug delivery, gene delivery and tissue engineering
- Presents state-of-the-art methodologies used in the development of lignin-based nanoparticles, hydrogels, aerogels and nanofibers
- Explains the fundamentals of lignin, including structure and composition, extraction and isolation methods, types and properties, chemical modifications, and characterization techniques
Readership
Academia: Researchers and advanced students across bio-based polymers, polymer science, polymer chemistry, biomaterials, nanotechnology, materials science and engineering, drug delivery, biomedical engineering. Industry: Scientists and R&D with an interest in bio-based polymers, specifically for biomedical applications.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction to lignocellulosic materials
2 Lignin: an innovative, complex, and highly flexible plant
material/component
3 Lignin extraction and isolation methods
4 Types of lignin, properties, and structural
characterization techniques
5 Chemical modifications of lignin
6 Requirements and properties of biomaterials for
biomedical applications
7 Development of lignin-based nanoparticles: fabrication
methods and functionalization approaches
8 Lignin-based materials with UV-blocking property
9 Lignin-based materials with antioxidant and
antimicrobial properties
10 Lignin-based materials for drug and gene delivery
11 Fabrication of lignin-based hydrogels and their
applications
12 Present and future prospective of lignin-based materials
in biomedical fields
Product details
- No. of pages: 448
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Elsevier 2021
- Published: July 26, 2021
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128203033
- eBook ISBN: 9780128203040
About the Editors
Patrícia Figueiredo
Affiliations and Expertise
Hélder Santos
Affiliations and Expertise
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