Biomedical Applications of Hydrogels Handbook

1. Introduction to Hydrogels
Hossein Omidian, Kinam Park

2. Stimuli-Responsive Hydrogels and Their Application to Functional Materials
Ryo Yoshida, Teruo Okano

3. Feedback Control Systems Using Environmentally and Enzymatically Sensitive Hydrogels
Irma Y. Sanchez, Nicholas A. Peppas

4. Biomolecule-Responsive Hydrogels
Takashi Miyata

5. Stimuli-Responsive PEGylated Nanogels for Smart Nanomedicine
Motoi Oishi, Yukio Nagasaki

6. Stimuli-Sensitive Microhydrogels
Haruma Kawaguchi

7. In-Situ Gelling Stimuli-Sensitive PEG-Based Amphiphilic Copolymer Hydrogels
Doo Sung Lee, Chaoliang He

8. Biodegradable Hydrogels for Controlled Drug Release
Luis García, María Rosa Aguilar, Julio San Román

9. Thermo-Responsive Biodegradable Hydrogels from Stereocomplexed Poly(lactide)s
Tomoko Fujiwara, Tetsuji Yamaoka, Yoshiharu Kimura

10. Hydrogels-Based Drug Delivery System with Molecular Imaging
Keun Sang Oh, Soon Hong Yuk

11. Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering Applications
Rong Jin, Pieter J. Dijkstra

12. Composite Hydrogels for Scaffold Design, Tissue Engineering, and Prostheses
V. Guarino, A. Gloria, R. Santis, L. Ambrosio

13. Hydrogels for Cartilage Tissue Engineering
Pierre Weiss, Ahmed Fatimi, Jerome Guicheux, Claire Vinatier

14. Gelatin-Based Hydrogels for Controlled Cell Assembly
Xiaohong Wang, Yongnian Yan, Renji Zhang

15. Double Network Hydrogels as Tough, Durable Tissue Substitutes
Takayuki Murosaki, Jian Ping Gong

16. Hydrogels Contact Lenses
Jiri Michalek, Radka Hobzova, Martin Pradny, Miroslava Duskova

17. Electroconductive Hydrogels
Ann M. Wilson, Gusphyl Justin, Anthony Guiseppi-Elie

18. Self-assembled Nanogel Engineering
Nobuyuki Morimoto, Kazunari Akiyoshi

19. Engineered High Swelling Hydrogels
Hossein Omidian, Kinam Park

20. Superabsorbent Hydrogels
Grigoriy Mun, Ibragim Suleimenov, Kinam Park, Hossein Omidian

Keywords: Materials Science, Biomaterials