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Laser Surface Modification of Biomaterials

Techniques and Applications

1st Edition - April 15, 2016

Editor: Rui Vilar

Hardback ISBN:

9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 0 8 8 3 - 6

eBook ISBN:

9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 1 0 0 9 4 2 - 0

Laser Surface Modification of Biomaterials: Techniques and Applications covers this expanding field, which has many potential applications, including biomaterials. Laser surface… Read more

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Laser Surface Modification of Biomaterials: Techniques and Applications

covers this expanding field, which has many potential applications, including biomaterials. Laser surface modification of biomaterials enables the production of hybrid materials with different functionality in the bulk as well as the thin, sub-micrometer surface layer.

This book will provide readers with a comprehensive review of the technology and its applications. Chapters in Part 1 look at the techniques and considerations of laser surface modification, while Part 2 reviews laser surface modification techniques of the most important classes of biomaterials, with a final set of chapters discussing application specific laser surface modification.

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Part One. Techniques and considerations for laser surface modification of biomaterials
- 1. High precision patterning of biomaterials using the direct laser interference patterning technology
  - 1.1. Introduction
  - 1.2. Influence of micro-/nanotopographies on biological behavior
  - 1.3. Direct laser interference patterning
  - 1.4. Patterning of biomaterials using direct laser interference patterning
  - 1.5. Conclusion
- 2. Laser surface treatment of biomedical alloys
  - 2.1. Introduction: scope of this chapter
  - 2.2. Laser surface treatment processes
  - 2.3. Microstructure and phase transformations in laser-treated materials
  - 2.4. Applications
  - 2.5. Conclusions
- 3. Laser thin films deposition and characterization for biomedical applications
  - 3.1. Introduction
  - 3.2. Pulsed laser techniques used for the synthesis of biomaterial thin films
  - 3.3. Characterization methods of laser surface modified biomaterials
  - 3.4. Conclusions, summary, perspectives
- 4. Stability of laser surface modified implants
  - 4.1. Introduction
  - 4.2. Materials and preparation of model samples
  - 4.3. Femtosecond laser treatment
  - 4.4. The principle of laser-induced fixation
  - 4.5. Surface characterization of laser-treated samples
  - 4.6. Mechanical stability tests of model implants
  - 4.7. Conclusion
- 5. Structuring of biomaterial surfaces with ultrashort pulsed laser radiation
  - 5.1. Introduction
  - 5.2. Surface structuring
  - 5.3. In vitro tests of structured biomaterial surfaces
  - 5.4. In vivo tests of cochlear electrodes with structured surfaces
  - 5.5. Summary and outlook
Part Two. Laser surface modification techniques for biomaterials
- 6. Laser surface modification of metallic biomaterials
  - 6.1. Introduction
  - 6.2. Laser surface modification of metallic biomaterials with no material addition
  - 6.3. Laser surface modification of metallic biomaterials with material addition
  - 6.4. Future trends and summary
- 7. Laser surface modification of polymeric surfaces for microbiological applications
  - 7.1. Biofilms
  - 7.2. Influence of external factors on bacterial attachment
  - 7.3. Existing antimicrobial biomaterial technology
  - 7.4. Polymeric biomaterials
  - 7.5. Laser modification of polymeric biomaterials
  - 7.6. Summary
- 8. Laser surface modification of biological hard tissues
  - 8.1. Introduction
  - 8.2. Structure and constitution of biological hard tissues
  - 8.3. Ultrashort laser interaction with biological hard tissues
  - 8.4. Ablation of biological hard tissues with ultrafast lasers
  - 8.5. Surface properties of ultrafast laser-ablated surfaces
  - 8.6. Conclusions
- 9. Laser surface modification and the tissue–implant interface
  - 9.1. Introduction
  - 9.2. Implant surface modification using lasers
  - 9.3. Summary and concluding remarks
- 10. Laser surface structuring of ceramics, metals and polymers for biomedical applications: A review
  - 10.1. Introduction
  - 10.2. State of the art in laser-induced periodic surface structures on various materials
  - 10.3. Variety of laser-induced periodic surface structures and required parameters
  - 10.4. Applications of laser-induced periodic surface structures
  - 10.5. New prospective and future trends
  - 10.6. Conclusions
- 11. Ultrafast laser surface texturing of titanium alloys
  - 11.1. Introduction
  - 11.2. Ablation of metallic materials by ultrashort laser pulses
  - 11.3. Multiscale self-organised surface textures
  - 11.4. Applications of the self-organised surface textures
  - 11.5. Conclusions
Index