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Biomedical Materials

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  • Offers a comprehensive discussion of contemporary biomaterials research and development

  • Organized in a sequence that allows engineering students gradual exposure to typically unfamiliar biology-related materials

  • Includes in-depth descriptions of the fundamental properties of metals, ceramics, and polymers used in medicine, which competitive texts lack

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiii
  2. The Fundamental Properties of the Materials Used in Medicine and Dentistry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Ceramics and Glasses

      • Irene G. Turner
      Pages 3-39
    3. Metallic Biomaterials

      • Robert M. Pilliar
      Pages 41-81
    4. Polymeric Biomaterials

      • Teerapol Srichana, Abraham J. Domb
      Pages 83-119
  3. The Interaction Between Materials and Living Tissues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
    2. Biomaterials: Processing, Characterization, and Applications

      • Damien Lacroix, Josep A. Planell
      Pages 123-154
    3. Metal Corrosion

      • Miroslav Marek
      Pages 155-181
    4. Wear

      • Chunming Jin, Wei Wei
      Pages 183-199
    5. Protein Interactions at Material Surfaces

      • Janice L. McKenzie, Thomas J. Webster
      Pages 215-237
    6. Sterility and Infection

      • Showan N. Nazhat, Anne M. Young, Jonathan Pratten
      Pages 239-260
    7. Biocompatibility Testing

      • Kirsten Peters, Ronald E. Unger, C. James Kirkpatrick
      Pages 261-292
  4. Applications of Polymers, Metals, and Ceramics in Medicine

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 293-293
    2. Biomaterials for Dental Applications

      • Sarit B. Bhaduri, Sutapa Bhaduri
      Pages 295-326
    3. Ophthalmic Biomaterials

      • Rachel L. Williams, David Wong
      Pages 327-347
    4. Hip Prosthesis

      • Afsaneh Rabiei
      Pages 349-369
    5. Burn Dressing Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

      • Lauren E. Flynn, Kimberly A. Woodhouse
      Pages 371-413
    6. BioMEMS

      • Florent Cros
      Pages 443-475
    7. Natural and Synthetic Polymeric Scaffolds

      • Diana M. Yoon, John P. Fisher
      Pages 415-442

About this book

Biomedical Materials provides a comprehensive discussion of contemporary biomaterials research and development. Highlighting important topics associated with Engineering, Medicine and Surgery, this volume reaches a wide scope of professionals, researchers and graduate students involved with biomaterials. A pedagogical writing style and structure provides readers with an understanding of the fundamental concepts necessary to pursue research and industrial work on biomaterials, including characteristics of biomaterials, biological processes, biocompatibility, and applications of biomaterials in implants and medical instruments.

Written by leading researchers in the field, this text book takes readers to the forefront of biomedical materials development, providing them with a taste of how the field is changing, while also serving as a useful reference to physicians and engineers.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA

    Roger Narayan

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biomedical Materials

  • Editors: Roger Narayan

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-84872-3

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-84871-6Published: 22 June 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-8311-4Published: 05 September 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-84872-3Published: 20 June 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIII, 566

  • Topics: Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Biomaterials

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