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New Functional Biomaterials for Medicine and Healthcare
1st Edition - December 10, 2013
Authors: Elena P. Ivanova, Kateryna Bazaka, R. J Crawford
Hardback ISBN:9781782422655
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eBook ISBN:9781782422662
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New Functional Biomaterials for Medicine and Healthcare provides a concise summary of the latest developments in key types of biomaterials.
The book begins with an overview of the use of biomaterials in contemporary healthcare and the process of developing novel biomaterials; the key issues and challenges associated with the design of complex implantable systems are also highlighted. The book then reviews the main materials used in functional biomaterials, particularly their properties and applications. Individual chapters focus on both natural and synthetic polymers, metallic biomaterials, and bio-inert and bioactive ceramics.
Advances in processing technologies and our understanding of materials and their properties have made it possible for scientists and engineers to develop more sophisticated biomaterials with more targeted functionality. New Functional Biomaterials for Medicine and Healthcare provides an ideal one-volume summary of this important field that represents essential reading for scientists, engineers, and clinicians, and a useful reference text for undergraduate and postgraduate students.
Provides a concise summary of the latest developments in key types of biomaterials
Highlights key issues and challenges associated with the design of complex implantable systems
Chapters focus on both natural and synthetic polymers, metallic biomaterials, and bio-inert and bioactive ceramics
Practicing scientists and engineers interested in biomaterials sciences
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Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials
Preface
Chapter 1: Introduction to biomaterials and implantable device design
Abstract:
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Biomaterials and their applications
1.3 Biomaterial development and realisation
1.4 Implantable systems design
1.5 Device-associated infections
1.6 Current trends in biomaterials design and fabrication
7.2 Hardness, high compressive strength and wear resistance of bioinert refractory polycrystalline compounds
7.3 Techniques for the fabrication of bioinert ceramic implants
7.4 Conclusion
Chapter 8: Advanced bioactive and biodegradable ceramic biomaterials
Abstract:
8.1 Introduction
8.2 The development of bioactive ceramics for tissue engineering
8.3 Calcium phosphates
8.4 Bioactive glasses
8.5 Conclusion
Index
No. of pages: 244
Language: English
Published: December 10, 2013
Imprint: Woodhead Publishing
Hardback ISBN: 9781782422655
eBook ISBN: 9781782422662
EI
Elena P. Ivanova
Elena P. Ivanova is a Professor at the Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.
Affiliations and expertise
Swinburne University of Technology
KB
Kateryna Bazaka
Kateryna Bazaka is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences, James Cook University, Australia.
Affiliations and expertise
James Cook University
RC
R. J Crawford
Roy J. Crawford was Vice Chancellor of the University of Waikato, New Zealand. Prior to this he was Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. At Queen’s University, Professor. Crawford was responsible for establishing the Polymer Processing Research Centre which included the Research Group on rotational moulding of plastics, which he also founded. In 1998, he was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and in 2005 was elected as a Fellow of the Society of Plastics Engineers. In the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours, Prof. Crawford was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to tertiary education. Prof. Crawford sadly passed away in 2016.
Affiliations and expertise
Fomer Vice Chancellor, University of Waikato, Hamilton, Waikato, New Zealand