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1. Introduction
2. Polymeric scaffolds for tissue engineering
a. Scaffold structure
b. Fabrication techniques
c. Tissue specific design
d. Polymer selection criteria
3. Polymers for drug delivery
a. Controlled drug release
b. Mechanisms of drug immobilization and release
c. Commonly used polymers for drug delivery
4. Polymers for bioactive substance controlled release
a. Protein delivery vehicles
b. Protein fragment delivery systems
c. Inorganic nanoparticle delivery
5. Hydrogels in cell encapsulation and tissue engineering
a. Structure and properties of X-linked hydrogels
b. Methods for hydrogel formation
c. Commonly applied systems
6. Biodegradable polymers for controlled drug delivery
a. Synthetic biodegradable block copolymers
b. Polyesters
c. Synthetic block copolypeptides
d. Synthetic-natural chain copolymers
e. Use of macromonomers in 1D,2D and 3D architectures
7. Polymers in biosensors
a. Structure and functions of senzors
b. Polymer membranes in biosensors
c. Polymer coatings in biosenzors
d. Conducting polymers in biosenzors
e. Molecularly imprinted polymers
f. Polymer patterning
8. Tissue engineering with natural polymers
a. Chitosan and starch based polymers
b. Collagen
c. Hyaluronic acid derivatives
d. Methods for fabrication of 3D porous scaffolds
e. Natural polymer composites
9. Non-metallic dental and craniofacial materials
a. Fiber composites for load bearing dental frameworks and splints
b. Dental filling composites
c. Hybrid dental composites
d. Nanocomposites in dentistry
e. Self-assembled bioresorbable composites
10. Hierarchical composite structures

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Lanza, R.P., Langer, R., Vacanti, J.,(Eds.) : Principles of Tissue Engineering, 2nd Ed.,Academic Press, 2000 (EN)

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