drug delivery, smart materials, and bone tissue engineering /
Maria Vallet-Regi, Miguel Manzano Garcia, Montserrat Colilla.
Boca Raton, FL :
Taylore & Francis/CRC Press,
2013.
xvi, 215 p. :
ill., ports.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
"This book provides a comprehensive overview of silica-based mesoporous materials with special attention given to their use in drug delivery systems, sophisticated stimuli-responsive materials, and bone tissue engineering. The text provides a comprehensive overview of the basic aspects of the properties of mesoporous materials, with a focus on textural properties such as surface and porosity. Starting from this consolidated knowledge, it then addresses various aspects of more sophisticated stimuli-responsive materials, where drugs can be encapsulated inside the porous framework and then released when desired. The final chapters are dedicated to bone tissue engineering"--Provided by publisher.