ABSTRACT
Polymers-based biomaterials have been broadly used as constituents of medical devices, and miniature drug delivery carriers and have significant impact in the advancement of modern medicine. Functional polymers are the building blocks to design many complex structures such as bioconjugation, biocompatible surfaces, bioactive polymer scaffolds, etc. Many artificial human organs can be created from these sustainable polymeric composite materials. The essential material properties required for biomedical applications are super hydrophobicity, adhesive and self-healing. Furthermore, polymer-coated or functionalized nanoparticles are also used for biomedical applications. This chapter discuss the progress in various classes of polymer-based nanostructure materials and composites that have been investigated for biomedical applications. The chapter also inspects the scientific challenges in the recent research and the development of polymer nanocomposites and tuning the properties, for their contribution in the biomedical industry. It also explores the importance of nanostructured polymer composites in the applications such as artificial bone and skin, tissue engineering, drug delivery, etc.
