Advance applications of polymeric green composites in medical bio-science -- Bone engineering

Chaudhari P.K.; Zere E.; Goyal L.; Almerco K.K.A.; Dhingra K.; Yadav H.N. · Green Sustainable Process for Chemical and Environmental Engineering and Science: Biomedical Applications of Green Composites (2023) · DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-95169-2.00009-2

Resumen

Green composites or biocomposites represent the future generation materials that have been derived from natural and renewable resources. They offer several advantages such as eco-friendly, economical, biocompatible, biodegradable and sustainable. There are various biomedical applications of green composites: drug delivery, scaffolds for tissue engineering, craniofacial prosthesis, orthopedic implants, gene delivery, orthodontics and wound dressing. Green composites can regenerate a lost tissue or can provide a scaffold for regeneration of a degenerated tissue or organ. This chapter aims to discuss various usages of polymeric green composites in the bio-medical field and to redirect further research in eco-friendly biocomposites that would strengthen and complement their biodegradability and renewable properties.

Instituciones: Universidad Peruana Los Andes