Valorization of green and sustainable advanced materials from a biomed perspective - potential applications

This particular chapter focuses on the applied perspectives and re-(valorization) of naturally occurring green and sustainable advanced materials. Several research efforts have been made to design novel constructs, e.g., smart hydrogels, mesoporous silica nanoparticles, nanopolymers, metal-organic frameworks, and porous covalent organic cages that contributes an important part of material science thereby open up new unexplored horizons of applications in several different exciting ways. Green materials-based constructs at the micro- and nano- level are known to possess notable multifunctional properties that exhibit great prospects for several fields of medical applications, particularly in regenerative medicine and/or gene/drug delivery system. Over the past years, significant research has provided advanced materials for various sectors including biomedical, pharmaceuticals, cosmeceuticals, and nutraceuticals. Herein, a comprehensive effort has been made to summarize a range of materials-based constructs development in various geometries with multi-functionalities. The information is also given on their applied potentialities and future perspectives.