Modified Fibers with Medical and Specialty Applications

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-viii

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2. The Future of Modified Fibers

   • J. Vincent Edwards, Steven C. Goheen, Gisela Buschle-Diller

   Pages 1-9

3. Future Structure and Properties of Mechanism-Based Wound Dressings

   • J. Vincent Edwards

   Pages 11-33

4. Behavior of Cells Cultured on Cuprophan

   • N. Faucheux, J. L. Duval, J. Gekas, M. Dufresne, R. Warocquier, M. D. Nagel

   Pages 35-47

5. Cotton and Protein Interactions

   • Steven C. Goheen, J. Vincent Edwards, Alfred Rayburn, Kari Gaither, Nathan Castro

   Pages 49-65

6. Electrospun Nanofibers from Biopolymers and Their Biomedical Applications

   • Gisela Buschle-Diller, Andrew Hawkins, Jared Cooper

   Pages 67-80

7. Halamine Chemistry and its Applications in Biocidal Textiles and Polymers

   • Gang Sun, S. D. Worley

   Pages 81-89

8. Modification of Polyester for Medical Uses

   • Martin Bide, Matthew Phaneuf, Philip Brown, Geraldine McGonigle, Frank LoGerfo

   Pages 91-124

9. Biological Activity of Oxidized Polysaccharides

   • Ioan I. Negulescu, Constantin V. Uglea

   Pages 125-143

10. Biological Adhesives

    • José María García Páez, Eduardo Jorge-Herrero

    Pages 145-158

11. Surface Modification of Cellulose Fibers with Hydrolases and Kinases

    • Tzanko Tzanov, Artur Cavaco-Paulo

    Pages 159-180

12. Enzymes for Polymer Surface Modification

    • G. Fischer-Colbrie, S. Heumann, G. Guebitz1

    Pages 181-189

13. Enzymatic Modification of Fibers for Textile and Forest Products Industries

    • William Kenealy, Gisela Buschle-Diller, Xuehong Ren

    Pages 191-208

14. The Attraction of Magnetically Susceptible Paper

    • Douglas G. Mancosky, Lucian A. Lucia

    Pages 209-214

15. Fiber Modification Via Dielectric-Barrier Discharge

    • L. C. Vander Wielen, A. J. Ragauskas

    Pages 215-229

16. Back Matter

    Pages 231-240

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The initial impetus for this book on ?bers originated from a weeklong s- posium where scientists of a variety of walks met to discuss their work on ?bers with medical and specialty applications. Seeing the bene?ts of sharing information across disparate ?elds and disciplines of science we realized the potential for cross-fertilization of ideas between different area of ?ber science. Thus, represented here are a variety of potential product lines under the cover of a single book, which for the imaginative scientist we hope will lead to some new food for thought. The ?elds of medical and specialty ?bers include a wide array of naturalandsynthetic textiles,medicaldevices,andspecialtypaperand wood products. Research in these areas has become more interesting to s- entists who are seeking to strike out in new directions based on an impulse to createnewproductsthatmeettheunmetneedsofrapidlygrowing?bermarkets in wound care, prosthetic, and cellulosic arenas. It is hoped that providing new concepts and approaches to working with different types of ?brous materials willgivethereadersomepulseofthecurrentclimateandresearchopportunities of medical and specialty ?bers. Breakthroughs into a better understanding of wound healing, biomaterial design, ?ber surface chemistry and bio- and na- technologies are currently providing the impetus to create the ?ber products of the future. The editors feel that a book of this type would be remiss wi- out discussions of the impact interdisciplinary scienti?c pursuits are having on ?ber design.

• Cellulose
• antibacterial
• biomedical application
• biomedical applications
• biopolymers
• electrospinning
• enzymatic
• wound dressing
• textile engineering

From the reviews:

"Modified Fibers with Medical and Specialty Applications is comprised of fourteen chapters, each of each is a valuable gem in its own right. … it is an inviting introduction to the importance of modified fibers. The book is a useful tool for students and researchers … . The book is also well worth the attention of many more than this audience. … a significant service for those establishing workshops introducing current concepts in fibers, for textile undergraduate courses, as well as for professional seminars." (Current Engineering Practice, 2007)

• Southern Regional Research Center, New Orleans, USA

  J. Vincent Edwards

• Auburn University, Aburn, USA

  Gisela Buschle-Diller

• Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, USA

  Steven C. Goheen

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