LECTURE NOTES ON BIOMATERIALS

Lecture 1: Molecular Design and Synthesis of Biomaterials I: Biodegradable Solid Polymeric Materials (PDF – 1.6 MB)
Polyanhydride Deg Rates (XLS)
Lecture 2: Molecular Design and Synthesis of Biomaterials I: Biodegradable Materials (PDF)
Molecular Design and Synthesis of Biomaterials I: Biodegradable Solid Polymeric Materials (continued) (PDF)
Lecture 3: Degradable Materials with Biological Recognition (PDF – 1.5 MB)
Lecture 4: Degradable Materials with Biological Recognition (part II) (PDF)
Lecture 5: Controlled Release Devices (PDF)
Lecture 6: Programmed / Pulsed Drug Delivery and Drug Delivery in Tissue Engineering (PDF – 1.3 MB)
Biodegradable Polymers for Tissue Engineering (PDF)
Lecture 7: Hydrogel Biomaterials: Structure and Physical Chemistry (PDF – 1.4 MB)
Hydrogel Biomaterials: Structure and Physical Chemistry. (PDF)
Gel Swelling Calcs (XLS)
Lecture 8: Physical Hydrogels (PDF – 1.3 MB)
Lecture 9: Polyelectrolyte Hydrogels (PDF – 1.5 MB)
Brannon-Peppas Theory of Swelling in Ionic Hydrogels. (PDF)
Ionization Calcs (XLS)
Lecture 10: Bioengineering Applications of Hydrogels: Molecular Imprinting and Drug Delivery (PDF)
Hydrogels in Drug Delivery (PDF)
Lecture 11: Molecular Design and Synthesis of Biomaterials III: Inorganic Biomaterials (PDF – 2.2 MB)
Lecture 12: Organic Templating of Inorganic Materials and Bone Biomimesis (PDF – 2.4 MB)
Lecture 13: Molecular Devices (PDF – 1.3 MB)
Molecular Switches in the Cell: Fibronectin as a Mechanical Switch (Vogel, 2002) (PDF)
Lecture 14: Nano- and Micro-Particle Carriers (PDF)
PEGylated Surface Model (XLS)
Lecture 15: ‘Stealth’ Particles (PDF)
Lecture 16: Intracellular Drug Delivery (PDF)
Lecture 17: Drug Targeting (PDF)
Lecture 18: Biosensors (PDF)
Lecture 19: Biosensors (continued) (PDF – 2.3 MB)
Lecture 20: Cell- and Tissue-Based Biosensors (PDF – 1.3 MB)