Biomaterials science and biocompatability /
This text for students and researchers, takes an interdisciplinary approach to describing the chemistry and physics of materials, their biocompatibility, and the consequences of implantation of devices made of these materials into the human body. The reader is introduced to the principles of polymer...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Springer,
[1999]
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Introduction to biomaterials science and biocompatibility
- Ch. 2. Introduction to structure and properties of biological tissues
- Ch. 3. Introduction to structure and properties of polymers, metals, and ceramics
- Ch. 4. Microscopic and macroscopic structure of tissue
- Ch. 5. Determination of physical structure and modeling
- Ch. 6. Assembly of biological macromolecules
- Ch. 7. Mechanical properties of tissues
- Ch. 8. Pathobiology and response to tissue injury
- Ch. 9. Wound healing
- Ch. 10. Pathobiological responses to implants
- Ch. 11. Tissue engineering
- Ch. 12. Future considerations.