Overview
- Editors:
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Werner E. G. Müller
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ERC Advanced Investigator Group, Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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Xiaohong Wang
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ERC Advanced Investigator Group, Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
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Heinz C. Schröder
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ERC Advanced Investigator Group, Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
- Summarizes the state-of-the art in this rapidly growing field
- Comprehensively reviews the potential biomedical applications of inorganic polymers
- Written by eminent experts
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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- Tatyana Kulakovskaya, Igor Kulaev
Pages 39-63
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- Narjes Javaheri, Carolina M. Cronemberger, Jaap A. Kaandorp
Pages 117-141
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- Marco Giovine, Sonia Scarfì, Marina Pozzolini, Antonella Penna, Carlo Cerrano
Pages 143-174
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- Ines Mancini, Andrea Defant
Pages 175-195
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- Heinz C. Schröder, Xiaohong Wang, Ute Schloßmacher, Matthias Wiens, Werner E. G. Müller
Pages 197-234
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- Werner E. G. Müller, Heinz C. Schröder, Zhijian Shen, Qingling Feng, Xiaohong Wang
Pages 235-259
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- Xiaohong Wang, Heinz C. Schröder, Ute Schloßmacher, Werner E. G. Müller
Pages 261-294
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Back Matter
Pages 295-303
About this book
In recent years, inorganic polymers have attracted much attention in nano-biomedicine, in particular in the area of regenerative medicine and drug delivery. This growing interest in inorganic polymers has been further accelerated by the development of new synthetic and analytical methods in the field of nanotechnology and nanochemistry. Examples for biomedical inorganic polymers that had been proven to exhibit biomedical effects and/or have been applied in preclinical or clinical trials are polysilicate / silica glass (such as naturally formed “biosilica” and synthetic “bioglass”) and inorganic polyphosphate. Some members of the mentioned biomedical inorganic polymers have already been applied e.g. as “bioglass” for bone repair and bone tissue engineering, or they are used in food processing and in dental care (inorganic polyphosphates). However, there are a number of further biological and medicinal properties of these polymers, which have been elucidated in the last few years but not yet been applied for treatment of humans. In addition to polysilicates and polyphosphate, there are a series of other inorganic polymers including polyarsenate and polyvanadate, whose biological / biomedical properties have been only marginally studied so far. Moreover, the combined application of inorganic polymers and organic polymeric molecules (formation of organic-inorganic hybrid materials) provides a variety of new materials with novel property combinations and diverse applications in nanomedicine. The planned book summarizes the present state of knowledge on a large group of inorganic polymers that had hitherto been mainly considered with regard to their chemistry but not comprehensively reviewed with respect to their potential biomedical applications.
