Nanostructures with Biocompatible and Biodegradable Characteristics

The developments of nanoscience and medicine have created the opportunities for the nanomaterials’ medicial applications. More and more materials were used in the medical field in recent years. For nanostructures, biocompatibility and biodegradability are the two most important characters when used in biological and medical fields, such as wound healing, tissue reconstruction and controlled drug delivery etc. In this chapter, we focused on studies of several biocompatible and biodegradable nanostructures used in medical and biological fields. We also reviewed degradable biomaterials, including natural and synthetic materials. The potential applications of these biocompatible and biodegradable nanostructures in the medical field were also analyzed.