Overview
- Provides an overview of functionalization and fabrication techniques
- Highlights biomedical applications of nanofibers in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
- Contributions from international experts in the field
Part of the book series: Advances in Polymer Science (POLYMER, volume 291)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Dr. R. Jayakumar - Professor at Polymeric Biomaterials Lab, School of Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine (ACNSMM), Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (University), Kochi-682041, India-specializing in the area of Polymeric Biomaterials. Dr. R. Jayakumar joined ASNSMM during November-2007. He received his Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry from the Anna University, Chennai, India (2002). He has over 265 Journal publications, 10 book chapter and 10 patents to his credit. His publications have been cited more than 24000 times with h-index-80. In addition, he has also edited and published 7 books. Dr. Jayakumar's research laboratory at ASNSMM is mainly interested in the development of polymeric nanofibers, nanogels, nanoparticles, nanocomposite scaffolds and injectable hydrogels for tissue engineering, drug delivery and wound healing applications. He was awarded the University Postdoctoral Fellowship from Chonbuk National University (2002-2003), South Korea and FCT Postdoctoral Fellowship from the Government of Portugal (2003-2005). In addition, he was also awarded the prestigious JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship (2005-2007) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan. He has received the “Best Paper Award” from Journal of Materials Science Materials in Medicine (Springer) and IET Nanobiotechnology Journal. He received “Faculty Researcher Award-2016” from Indian Chitin and Chitosan Society and “MRSI Medal-2017” from Materials Research Society of India. He also received “India Research Excellence-Citation Awards 2017 (Health & Medical Science area)” from Clarivate Analytics, Web of Science. He was selected as a “World Top 2% Scientists from India” in “Polymers” field by Stanford University, USA in the year of 2020 & 2021. He recently received “Chancellor’s Research Excellence Award-2021” from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (University), India. He also be listed in the “Top 10 Material Science Researchers from India”. He also completed more than 20 funded projects in Polymeric Biomaterials area.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Electrospun Polymeric Nanofibers
Book Subtitle: Insight into Fabrication Techniques and Biomedical Applications
Editors: R. Jayakumar
Series Title: Advances in Polymer Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-31403-2
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemistry and Material Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-31402-5Published: 28 April 2023
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-31405-6Due: 29 May 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-31403-2Published: 27 April 2023
Series ISSN: 0065-3195
Series E-ISSN: 1436-5030
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 468
Number of Illustrations: 93 b/w illustrations, 8 illustrations in colour
Topics: Materials Science, general, Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Nanochemistry, Regenerative Medicine/Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials