Readings

Textbooks

There are no textbooks for this course.

Supplementary material and reference books will be provided/mentioned in the lecture.


DAY ASSIGNED	TOPICS COVERED	READING MATERIALS


Day 1	Biomaterials- Introduction	Erosion, Biomedical, Ratner (Biomaterial Science) pp. 64-72


Day 2	Degradation Mechanisms	Ratner (Biomaterial Science) pp. 243-259


Day 3	Biological Recognition	Hubbell, Fibrin


Day 5	Controlled Release	Protein Delivery


Day 6	Device Designs	Microchip, GFdel


Day 7	Hydrogels I	Peppas


Day 8	Hydrogels II	Thermo Gels


Day 10	Hydrogels III	Ionic Gels


Day 13	Biomineralization	Bio-inspired Synthesis


Day 17	Hybrid Polymers	Reverse Engineering of Proteins


Day 20	Nano- and Micro-Carriers	Hammer ARMatSci Polymerosomes


Day 21	Stealth Particles	Stolnik Long-Circ Polym Carriers