Preface ........................................................ ix
Editors ........................................................ xv
Contributors ................................................. xvii
1 Biosynthesis of Bacterial Cellulose .......................... 1
Inder M. Saxena and R. Malcolm Brown, Jr.
2 Effect of Cultivation Conditions on the Structure and
Morphological Properties of BNC Biomaterials with a Focus
on Vascular Grafts .......................................... 19
Paul Gatenholm, Kim Höglund, Sara Johannesson, Maja
Puchades, Christian Brackmann, Annika Enejder, and Lisbeth
Olsson
3 Large-Scale Production of BNC: State and Challenges ......... 43
Dаnа Kralisch and Nadine Hessler
4 Tough Bacterial Nanocellulose Hydrogels Based on the
Double-Network Technique .................................... 73
Anamul Haque, Takayuki Kurokawa, and Jian Ping Gong
5 Bacterial Cellulose Surface Modifications ................... 91
João P. Silva, Fábia K. Andrade, and Francisco Miguel Gama
6 Nematic Ordered Cellulose Templates ........................ 113
Tetsuo Kondo
7 Applications and Products - Nata de Coco .................. 143
Muenduen Phisalaphong and Nadda Chiaoprakobkij
8 Wound Dressings and Cosmetic Materials from Bacterial
Nanocellulose .............................................. 157
Stanisіaw Bielecki, Halina Kalinowska, Alina
Krystynowicz, Katarzyna Kubiak, Marek Kołodziejczyk, and
Manu de Groeve
9 Bacterial Nanocellulose Hydrogels Designed as
Bioartificial Medical Implants ............................. 175
Dieter Klemm, Hannes Ahrem, Friederike Kramer, Wolfgang
Fried, Jens Wippermann, and Raimund W. Kinne
10 Bacterial Nanocellulose Biomateriale with Controlled
Architecture for Tissue Engineering Scaffolds and
Customizable Implants ...................................... 197
Paul Gatenholm, Joel Berry, Andrea Rojas, Michael B.
Sano, Rafael V. Davalos, Kara Johnson, and Laurie
O'Rourke
11 Biomimetic Mineralization of Apatite on Bacterial
Cellulose .................................................. 217
Thi Thi Nge and Junji Sugiyama
12 Bacterial Nanocellulose as a Structured Platform for
Conductive Biopolymers ..................................... 239
Fernando Dourado, Daliana Muller, Catarina Nunes, Carlos
Rambo, and Guilherme Mariz de Oliveira Barra
Index ......................................................... 265
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