Smart Biodegradable and Bio-Based Polymeric Biomaterials for Biomedical Applications

Abstract

Polymeric materials have gained too much attention in the past few decades because of their suitable properties that makes these materials applicable for various biomedical applications. More specifically, biopolymers have gained main attraction because of their properties like inexpensiveness, renewability, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. Additionally, these smart polymeric biomaterials are sensitive to some physical factors like magnetic field, electric field, light intensity, pH, humidity, and temperature. Moreover, this book chapter will briefly cover smart biomaterials, i.e., smart memory polymers (SMP), which are used in biomedical applications. The applications of these materials for tissue engineering and drug delivery is mainly covered. This book chapter will help to develop a brief idea for the readers on smart polymeric biomaterials.