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a biocompatible semiconductor for advanced biomedical devices and applications
1 online resource (xvi, 479 pages) : illustrations
Silicon Carbide (SiC) is a wide-band-gap semiconductor biocompatible material that has the potential to advance advanced biomedical applications. SiC devices offer higher power densities and lower energy losses, enabling lighter, more compact and higher efficiency products for biocompatible and long-term in vivo applications ranging from heart stent coatings and bone implant scaffolds to neurological implants and sensors. The main problem facing the medical community today is the lack of biocompatible materials that are also capable of electronic operation. Such devices are currently implement.
Silicon carbide materials for biomedical applications -- SiC films and coatings : amorphous, polycrystalline, and single crystal forms -- Multi-functional SiC surfaces : from passivation to biofunctionalization -- SiC in-vitro biocompatibility : epidermal and connective tissue cells -- Hemocompatibility assessment of 3C-SiC for cardiovascular applications -- Biocompatibility of SiC for neurological applications -- SiC for brain-machine interfaces (BMI) -- Porous SiC microdialysis technolgy -- Biocompatible sol-gel based nanostructured hydroxyapatite coatings on nano-porous SiC -- Silicon carbide bioMEMS -- SiC as a bio-compatible marker for cell labeling -- Carbon based materials on SiC for advanced biomedical applications.
Includes bibliographical references and index.