Modified Fibers with Medical and Specialty Applications

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Edwards, J. Vincent (Editor), Buschle-Diller, Gisela (Editor), Goheen, Steven C. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Textile industry.; Plastic surgery.; Materials science.; Biomaterials.; Nanotechnology.; Textile Engineering.; Materials Science, general.; Plastic Surgery.

Modified Fibers with Medical and Speciality Applications Steve Goheen, Gisela Buschle-Diller and Vince Edwards (Editors) A helpful introduction into diverse new areas of medical and speciality fiber development, including wound dressing and implant design, protein-fiber interactions, and basics in e...

Table of Contents:

• The Future of Modified Fibers
• Future Structure and Properties of Mechanism-Based Wound Dressings
• Behavior of Cells Cultured on Cuprophan
• Cotton and Protein Interactions
• Electrospun Nanofibers from Biopolymers and Their Biomedical Applications
• Halamine Chemistry and its Applications in Biocidal Textiles and Polymers
• Modification of Polyester for Medical Uses
• Biological Activity of Oxidized Polysaccharides
• Biological Adhesives
• Surface Modification of Cellulose Fibers with Hydrolases and Kinases
• Enzymes for Polymer Surface Modification
• Enzymatic Modification of Fibers for Textile and Forest Products Industries
• The Attraction of Magnetically Susceptible Paper
• Fiber Modification Via Dielectric-Barrier Discharge.