Location:
Building D2 2, INM – Leibniz Institut für Neue Materialien,
Lecture Hall A, 2nd floor, on the left side
Time: Tuesday, 12:30 - 02:00 PM
Language: English
Registration: Martina Bonnard (martina.bonnard@leibniz-inm.de)
The following information is needed:
- Your full name
- Student's registration number (Matrikelnummer)
- Area of studies (Biotechnology, Biophysics, etc.)
- Your student's mail address (necessary for registration in Moodle)
Contents:
- Fundamentals and classes of biomaterials. Introduction to biomedical polymers
- Non degradable synthetic polymers for medical appli-cation (Polyolefins, silicones, fluorinated polymers, acry-lates)
- Degradable synthetic polymers for medical applications (polyesters, polyurethanes)
- Synthetic hydrogels (PEG, PVA, PHEMA, silicone hydrogels)
- Natural polymers for medical applications (alginates, gelatine, chitosan)
- Hydrogels, microgels, interpenetrated networks
- Medical fibers and textiles
- Protein adsorption on biomaterials. Biofouling. Non-biofouling materials
- Host-material interactions, biocompatibility, immuno-genicity, thrombogenicity
- Exercises: Design criteria for polymers for biomedical applications and case studies
- Exercises: Presentation of biomedical devices containing biomedical polymers. Properties, design and alternative materials.
- DozentIn: Martina Bonnard
- DozentIn: Sylvia De Graaf
- DozentIn: Aranzazu Del Campo Bécares