Biomedical Applications of Smart Materials

A collection of 42 peer-reviewed papers which, together, represent an authoritative survey of "Biomedical Applications of Smart Materials". The papers are grouped under the headings: chapter 1: Advances in smart materials synthesis and functionality; chapter 2: Enabling tools; chapter 3: Medical diagnostic applications; chapter 4: Regenerative medicine and tissue engineering; chapter 5: New therapeutics and intelligent delivery systems; chapter 6: Mini / micro implantable devices; chapter 7: Medical applications of shape memory materials and smart textiles. This special volume has also been published online in the series, "Advances in Science and Technology" Vol. 57.