1st Edition
Bioadhesion and Biomimetics From Nature to Applications
Introduction
Principles of Bioadhesion; Professor John D Smart, University of Brighton, UK
Characterization of Bioadhesion; Thakur Raghu Raj Singh, David S. Jones, Gavin P. Andrews, Ravi Sheshala
Natural Adhesives
Mussel adhesives; Hongbo Zeng, Qingye Lu, Bin Yan, Jun Huang, Lin Li, Zhi Liao
Gecko adhesion; Joseph C. Cremaldi, Kejia Jin and Noshir S. Pesika
From Sand Tube to Test-Tube: The Adhesive Secretion from Sabellariid TubeWo;;rms Hennebert E., Maldonado B., Van De Weerdt C., Demeuldre M., Richter K., Rischka K., Flammang P.
Section III: Biomimetic Adhesives
Chapter Six: Adhesives and Coatings Inspired by Mussel Adhesive Proteins
Hao Meng, Yuan Liu, Morgan M. Cencer, Bruce P. Lee
Chapter Seven: Algae mimetics
Ronit Bitton, Ben Guriun University, Israel
Chapter Eight: Bio-inspired surfaces with directional adhesion
Luciano Afferrant
Section IV: Medical Applications
Chapter Nine: Surgical sealants
Leslie John Ray Foster
Chapter Ten: Bioadhesive systems for drug delivery
Ryan F. Donnelly and A. David Woolfson
Chapter Eleven: Preventing adhesion on medical devices
Pilar Teixeira and Fernanda Gomes
Biography
Havazelet Bianco-Peled is an expert in the area of biomedical polymers and has received several awards for her professional accomplishments. She is the founder, CSO, and BOD member of SEAlantis Ltd., Israel, a company that develops, manufactures, and commercializes novel biomimetic tissue adhesives based on a technology invented in her lab. Prof. Bianco-Peled has authored more than 60 research publications and submitted 10 patent applications.
Maya Davidovich-Pinhas is a biochemical engineer who specializes in the development and analysis of mucoadhesive biomaterials. She received her PhD in chemical engineering from the Technion—Israel Institute of Technology, Israel. Dr. Davidovich-Pinhas has pioneered the use of acrylated polymers as a way to promote mucoadhesion in physiological environment. Such systems offer a novel approach for bioadhesion in order to control drug release and target drug delivery, which potentially improves its bioavailability.
