Smart Materials and Nanotechnology

Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

Biomaterials are medical materials ranging from contact lenses to implants and prosthetics intended to be used in healthcare and mostly tissue engineering as materials which can be introduced to the body as part of a medical device or organ replacement for bodily function. Tissue engineering combines cells with synthetic materials to generate artificial tissues. It focusses on materials for bone, cartilage and connective tissue repair. Currently nano-structured scaffolds, polymers, bio composites, bioactive fibres, bioactive soluble glass particles, nanoparticles and other smart materials are employed with medical or other technological applications