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Biological materials science : biological materials, bioinspired materials, and biomaterials /

Taking a unique materials science approach, this text introduces students to the basic concepts and applications of materials and biomedical engineering and prepares them for the challenges of the new interdisciplinary field of biomaterials science. Split into three sections, Basic Biology Principle...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Meyers, Marc A., Chen, Po-Yu (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Biomedical materials > Textbooks.
Biomedical engineering > Textbooks.
Biomimetic Materials.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Evolution of materials science and engineering: from natural to bioinspired materials
  • Part I. Basic Biology Principles: 2. Self assembly, hierarchy, and evolution
  • 3. Basic building blocks: biopolymers
  • 4. Cells
  • 5. Biomineralization
  • Part II. Biological Materials: 6. Silicate and calcium carbonate-based composites
  • 7. Calcium phosphate-based composites
  • 8. Biological polymers and polymer composites
  • 9. Biological elastomers
  • 10. Biological foams (cellular solids)
  • 11. Functional biological materials
  • Part III. Bioinspired Materials and Biomimetics: 12. Bioinspired materials
  • 13. Molecular-based biomimetics.