Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
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Author(s): W. Ahmed, N. Ali and A. Öchsner (Eds)
Publisher: Trans Tech Publications
ISBN: 9780878494804
Format: softback
555pp
Price: €195
Review Date: 26 October 2008
Review: Biomedical engineering involves the application of engineering principles and techniques to enhance medical science in humans and animals. This book presents R&D in biomedical engineering, biomaterials and nanomaterials science and its applications. Emphasis is on the convergence of nanoscale effects, as they relate to the delivery of enhanced biofunctionality. There are chapters on: health hazards of manufactured, natural environmental and other anthropogenic atmospheric nonparticulate materials; Integration of microfabrication and surface functionalisational strategies in cell–surface interactions; Biomimetic/Biological vesicles; Titanium surface promoting osseo-integration; electrospinning micro- and nano-fibres; Bioactive glasses for tissue engineering; Ordered nanoporous silica materials for biomolecular systems; Biomaterials for bone regeneration; Fluoridated hydroxyapatite coating on metal implants; Microbiological aspects of biomedical devices; and Adsorption of proteins and amino acids onto surfaces.