Woodhead Publishing Medical Textiles from Natural Resources (The Textile Institute Book Series)

Medical Textiles from Natural Resources provides systematic and comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals, production methods, processing techniques, characterization techniques, properties and applications of medical textile materials from natural resources. Medical textiles offer a variety of technical and functional properties valued in medical and healthcare sectors, often relating to hygiene. As medical textile products remain in close contact with the human body, the fibre must have characteristics such as biological compatibility, biological degradability, permeability and nontoxicity. Only materials from natural renewable sources have such characteristics. This book provides the latest information on a wide range of medical applications, from single suture and wound dressings, to implants and tissue scaffolds. It also offers a systematic review of the manufacture, properties and applications of technical textiles for medical use. Review Covers the fundamentals, production methods, processing techniques, characterization techniques, properties and applications of medical textile materials from natural resources. From the Back Cover <i><b>Medical Textiles from Natural Resources</b> </i>provides systematic and comprehensive coverage of the fundamentals, production methods, processing techniques, characterization techniques, properties and applications of medical textile materials from natural resources. <p>Medical textiles offer a variety of technical and functional properties valued in medical and healthcare sectors, often relating to hygiene. As medical textile products remain in close contact with the human body, the fibre must have characteristics such as biological compatibility, biological degradability, permeability and nontoxicity. Only materials from natural renewable sources have such characteristics. This book provides the latest information on a wide range of medical applications, from single suture and wound dressings, to implants and tissue scaffolds. It also offers a systematic review of the manufacture, properties and applications of technical textiles for medical use.</p> About the Author Md. Ibrahim H. Mondal is a Professor and Chairman in the Department of Applied Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh. He obtained his MSc in Applied Chemistry and Chemical Technology from the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, in 1986 and his PhD from Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan, in 1997. Dr. Mondal was a Commonwealth Visiting Scholar at the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) in the United Kingdom (2003–2004), a Visiting Professor at the Hokkaido University in Japan during (2006–2007) and a Visiting Scientist at the Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia (2009–2010). His research areas include natural fibres, biofilms, biopolymers and biocomposites, cellulose and derivatives, super-absorbent hydrogels, biomaterials, nanomaterials in textiles, microbial cellulose, textile modification, functional textiles and textiles’ wet processing. He has published over 170 research articles and book chapters, as well as 13 books to his credit as an author, co-author or editor.