Responsive Biomaterials: Advances in Materials Based on Shape-Memory Polymers.
Shape-memory polymers (SMPs) are morphologically responsive materials with potential for a variety of biomedical applications, particularly as devices for minimally invasive surgery and the delivery of therapeutics and cells for tissue engineering. A brief introduction to SMPs is followed by a discussion of the current progress toward the development of SMP-based biomaterials for clinically relevant biomedical applications.
Department of Chemistry, Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 4YB, UK.|Materials Science Institute, Lancaster University, Lancaster, Lancashire, LA1 4YB, UK.
John G
JG
Hardy
The School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS, UK.
Matteo
M
Palma
Applied Physics and Applied Math, Columbia University, 1020 CEPSR, Mail Code: 8903, New York, NY, 10027, USA.
Shalom J
SJ
Wind
Centre for Research in Medical Devices, National University of Ireland Galway, Biosciences Research Building, Newcastle Road, Dangan, Ireland.
Manus J
MJ
Biggs
biomaterials; drug delivery; minimally invasive surgeries; shape-memory polymers; tissue engineering