Biopolymers and biomaterials: Challenges for translating into products

International Conference and Exhibition on Biopolymers & Bioplastics

August 10-12, 2015 San Francisco, USA

M Azam Ali

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Material Sci Eng

Abstract :

An important super hydrophilic attribute consisting in biopolymers that was modified to create smart biomaterials and devices
in developing product/technology for medical applications will feature in this presentation. I shall highlight and discuss a novel
reconstituted process in creating functional biopolymers that we have considered potential biomaterials for developing devices for
medical applications. During the research and development stage, it was demonstrated that the functional biopolymers are exhibited
as smart biomaterials and the fabricated devices showed remarkable performance toward above mentioned applications. However,
there are major challenges when translating this into real products/technology. In this presentation, I shall try to highlight a number
of specific devices that were developed by my research team, and the challenges that we encountered during this translation process.
Critical challenges in designing and/or developing devices associated with cost and end-user applications will also be emphasized.