This book aims to summarize progress in the development of sustainable routes for the production of biopolymers and biocomposites for advanced biomedical engineering and pharmaceutical applications. The book will concentrate on the latest developments in the emerging field of lignin valorization which is essentially a waste material from the paper and pulp industry.

The first part of the book will provide the reader with a general overview of the current trends in biopolymers for bioengineering and why there is such a large requirement for sustainable practices in the biomedical field. We will set this within the context of the UN sustainable development goals and the urgent need to move away from fossil-based materials to alleviate climate change. The second part of the book will focus on areas with the greatest potential for the deployment of sustainable polymers in medicine examples include sensors, tissue engineering, drug encapsulation, hydrogels etc. The final section of the book will include a life cycle analysis (LCA0 and a technoeconomic assessment of the transition from fossil to sustainable sources of raw materials.

Focuses on emerging sustainable trends to develop the next generation of biopolymers and biocomposites Provide a clear vison of the emerging field of bioresource valorization as advanced bioengineering materials Deals with sustainable materials in biomedical devices, an area which has been greatly overlooked

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Professor Maurice N. Collins is a Materials Scientist and Principal Investigator (PI) in the School of Engineering at the University of Limerick. He is a member of the Bernal Institute, the Health Research Institute and FI at AMBER. He has successfully led the H2020 funded LIBRE consortium (lignin for carbon fiber), the largest consortium in biobased carbon fibre research in Europe as well as being PI on multiple national funded projects. He is currently scientific and dissemination manager of the Horizon Europe funded VIBES consortium. His expertise is in biopolymer science which includes Tissue Engineering/Regenerative medicine, hydrogels and biobased carbon fibre precursor materials as well as the development of 3D printable (bio)polymers. He works on the cascading principle - whereby higher value applications are preferentially derived from biological resources, through the utilisation of waste bioresources from forestry to produce advanced engineering materials^ 40 international Journals. He is editor of the Elsevier published International Journal of Biological Macromolecules and sits on the editorial board of Carbohydrate Polymers, Heliyon, soldering and surface mount tech. He is proposal assessor for the Polish Academy of Science, Israeli Ministry of Science H2020 and Horizon ^6k citations with a h -index of 46.

Mario Culebras, PhD in Chemistry obtained at the University of Valencia (2017). Mario Culebras currently works as lecturer in the physical chemistry department at the University of Valencia. He is also part of the Institute of Material Science at the University of Valencia where he is doing research focused on the recovery of biomass residues to produce advanced nanomaterials, publishing more than 60 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 8 patents, 4 book chapters and presenting more than 43 papers at renowned international conferences. In addition, he works on several national and international research projects, being the principal investigator of several of them.

Inhalt

Chapter 1. Letter from the Editors: Sustainable Biopolymers and Composites for Biomedical Applications.- Chapter 2. Current Trends in Sustainable Biopolymers for Biomedical Engineering and Pharmaceutical Applications.- Chapter 3. Green Synthesis of Sustainable Materials from Biomass for Bioengineering.- Chapter 4. Sustainable Materials for Tissue Engineering. - Chapter 5. Advancements in Lignin-Based Binders in Medical Application: From Extraction to Applications.- Chapter 6. Polysaccharide-Based Encapsulation of Active Ingredients for Biomedical Applications: From Macroscale to Nanoscale.- Chapter 7. Lignin Chemistry and Functionalization for Potential Medical Applications.- Chapter 8. Lignin as an Emerging Sustainable Biosensing Platform for Medical Applications.- Chapter 9. Lignin Composites for Biomedical Applications.- Chapter 10. Lignin Hybrid Materials and Blends for Biomedical Applications A life cycle analysis.- Chapter 11. Lignin Based Nanomaterials for Potential Biomedical Applications.- Chapter 12. Lignin Based Nanocomposites for Biomedical Applications.- Chapter 13. Lignin as a Drug Encapsulant.- Chapter 14. Lignin-based Hydrogels for Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Applications.- Chapter 15. Sustainable carbon fibres and Piezoelectric Sensors for Possible Integration in Future Biomedical Devices.- Chapter 16. Three-Dimensional Printing of Lignin-Based Materials.- Chapter 17. Lignin Based Energy Materials for Biomedical Applications.- Chapter 18. Bioinspired Corona Nanomaterials for Point-of-care Testing Sensors and Drug Delivery Systems.- Chapter 19. Sustainable Marine-based Biopolymers and Biocomposites for Advanced Biomedical Applications.