Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Hydrogels and Polymer-based Scaffolds

Alina-Maria Holban is a lecturer in Microbiology and Immunology, at the Faculty of Biology, University of Bucharest; and associate researcher at the University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania. Her primary area of research is the development of bionanomaterials with antimicrobial applications. Dr. Holban has published 75 papers in peer-reviewed journals, 42 conference/symposia proceedings, and has edited more than 21 edited books. Alexandru Mihai Grumezescu is a lecturer in the Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, at the Faculty of Applied Chemistry and Materials Science, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania. He is an experienced researcher and published editor in the field of nano and biostructures. He is the editor-in-chief of two international open access journals: Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry, Letters and Applied NanoBioScience. Dr. Grumezescu has published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers, authored nine books, and has served as an editor for more than 50 scholarly books.

• 1. Interactions between tissues, cells, and biomaterials: an advanced evaluation by synchrotron radiation-based high-resolution tomography2. Bioprinted scaffolds3. Fundamentals of chitosan-based hydrogels: elaboration and characterization techniques4. Bioreabsorbable polymers for tissue engineering: PLA, PGA, and their copolymers5. Technological challenges and advances: from lactic acid to polylactate and copolymers6. PLGA scaffolds: building blocks for new age therapeutics7. Electrospun biomimetic scaffolds of biosynthesized poly(β-hydroxybutyrate) from Azotobacter vinelandii strains. cell viability and bone tissue engineering8. Polyurethane-based structures obtained by additive manufacturing technologies9.  Composites based on bioderived polymers: potential role in tissue engineering: Vol VI: resorbable polymer fibers10. Composite scaffolds for bone and osteochondral defects11. Plasma treated and untreated thermoplastic biopolymers/biocomposites in tissue engineering and biodegradable implants12. The design of two different structural scaffolds using β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) and collagen for bone tissue engineering.13. Composite materials based on hydroxyapatite embedded in biopolymer matrices: ways of synthesis and application14. Study of microstructural, structural, mechanical, and vibrational properties of defatted trabecular bovine bones: natural sponges15. Laser processing of biopolymers for development of medical and high-tech devices