InTech. 2011. 502 p.
These contribution books collect reviews and original articles from eminent experts working in the interdisciplinary arena of biomaterial development and use. From their direct and recent experience, the readers can achieve a wide vision on the new and ongoing potentialities of different synthetic and engineered biomaterials. Contributions were selected not based on a direct market or clinical interest, but based on results coming from very fundamental studies. This too will allow to gain a more general view of what and how the various biomaterials can do and work for, along with the methodologies necessary to design, develop and characterize them, without the restrictions necessarily imposed by industrial or profit conces. The chapters have been arranged to give readers an organized view of this research area. In particular, this book contains 25 chapters related to recent researches on new and known materials, with a particular attention to their physical, mechanical and chemical characterization, along with biocompatibility and hystopathological studies. Readers will be guided inside the range of disciplines and design methodologies used to develope biomaterials possessing the physical and biological properties needed for specific medical and clinical applications.
Contents
Preface
New Materials for Biomedical Applications: Chemical and Engineering Interventions
Galectins: Structures, Binding Properties and Function in Cell Adhesion
Biomaterials and Epithesis, Our Experience in Maxillo Facial Surgery
Nanostructural Chemically Bonded Ca-Aluminate Based Bioceramics
Ulvan: A Versatile Platform of Biomaterials from Renewable Resources
Silanization with APTES for Controlling the Interactions Between Stainless Steel and Biocomponents: Reality vs Expectation
Human Dentin as Novel Biomaterial for Bone Regeneration
Comparative Metal Ion Binding to Native and Chemically Modified Datura innoxia Immobilized Biomaterials
Decellularization, Stabilization and Functionalization of Collagenous Tissues Used as Cardiovascular Biomaterials
Research on Mg-Zn-Ca Alloy as Degradable Biomaterial
Biomechanical and Physical Studies
Biomechanical Properties of Synovial Fluid in/Between Peripheral Zones of Articular Cartilage
Charge Transport and Electrical Switching in Composite Biopolymers
Biomimetic Materials as Potential Medical Adhesives – Composition and Adhesive Properties of the Material Coating the Cuvierian Tubules Expelled by Holothuria dofleinii
Mechanical and Biological Properties of Bio-Inspired Nano-Fibrous Elastic Materials from Collagen
In Silico Study of Hydroxyapatite and Bioglass®: How Computational Science Sheds Light on Biomaterials
The Use of Vibration Principles to Characterize the Mechanical Properties of Biomaterials
The Effects of Endurance Running Training on Young Adult Bone: Densitometry vs. Biomaterial Properties
Effect of the Er, Cr: YSGG Laser Parameters on Shear Bond Strength and Microstructure on Human Dentin Surface
Elaboration and Characterization of Calcium Phosphate Biomaterial for Biomedical Applications
Fracture Mechanisms of Biodegradable PLA and PLA/PCL Blends
Evaluation of the Interaction and Compatibility of Biomaterials with Biological Media
Cell Adhesion and Spreading on an Intrinsically Anti-Adhesive PEG Biomaterial
A Preliminary In Vivo Study on the Histocompatibility of Silk Fibroin
Histopatological Effect Characteristics of Various Biomaterials and Monomers Used in Polymeric Biomaterial Production
Facial Remodelling and Biomaterial
Prevention and Management of Biological Phenomena at Biomaterial/Cell Surfaces
Biomaterials in Urology - Beyond Drug Eluting and Degradable - A Rational Approach to Ureteral Stent Design
Candida Biofilms on Oral Biomaterials
These contribution books collect reviews and original articles from eminent experts working in the interdisciplinary arena of biomaterial development and use. From their direct and recent experience, the readers can achieve a wide vision on the new and ongoing potentialities of different synthetic and engineered biomaterials. Contributions were selected not based on a direct market or clinical interest, but based on results coming from very fundamental studies. This too will allow to gain a more general view of what and how the various biomaterials can do and work for, along with the methodologies necessary to design, develop and characterize them, without the restrictions necessarily imposed by industrial or profit conces. The chapters have been arranged to give readers an organized view of this research area. In particular, this book contains 25 chapters related to recent researches on new and known materials, with a particular attention to their physical, mechanical and chemical characterization, along with biocompatibility and hystopathological studies. Readers will be guided inside the range of disciplines and design methodologies used to develope biomaterials possessing the physical and biological properties needed for specific medical and clinical applications.
Contents
Preface
New Materials for Biomedical Applications: Chemical and Engineering Interventions
Galectins: Structures, Binding Properties and Function in Cell Adhesion
Biomaterials and Epithesis, Our Experience in Maxillo Facial Surgery
Nanostructural Chemically Bonded Ca-Aluminate Based Bioceramics
Ulvan: A Versatile Platform of Biomaterials from Renewable Resources
Silanization with APTES for Controlling the Interactions Between Stainless Steel and Biocomponents: Reality vs Expectation
Human Dentin as Novel Biomaterial for Bone Regeneration
Comparative Metal Ion Binding to Native and Chemically Modified Datura innoxia Immobilized Biomaterials
Decellularization, Stabilization and Functionalization of Collagenous Tissues Used as Cardiovascular Biomaterials
Research on Mg-Zn-Ca Alloy as Degradable Biomaterial
Biomechanical and Physical Studies
Biomechanical Properties of Synovial Fluid in/Between Peripheral Zones of Articular Cartilage
Charge Transport and Electrical Switching in Composite Biopolymers
Biomimetic Materials as Potential Medical Adhesives – Composition and Adhesive Properties of the Material Coating the Cuvierian Tubules Expelled by Holothuria dofleinii
Mechanical and Biological Properties of Bio-Inspired Nano-Fibrous Elastic Materials from Collagen
In Silico Study of Hydroxyapatite and Bioglass®: How Computational Science Sheds Light on Biomaterials
The Use of Vibration Principles to Characterize the Mechanical Properties of Biomaterials
The Effects of Endurance Running Training on Young Adult Bone: Densitometry vs. Biomaterial Properties
Effect of the Er, Cr: YSGG Laser Parameters on Shear Bond Strength and Microstructure on Human Dentin Surface
Elaboration and Characterization of Calcium Phosphate Biomaterial for Biomedical Applications
Fracture Mechanisms of Biodegradable PLA and PLA/PCL Blends
Evaluation of the Interaction and Compatibility of Biomaterials with Biological Media
Cell Adhesion and Spreading on an Intrinsically Anti-Adhesive PEG Biomaterial
A Preliminary In Vivo Study on the Histocompatibility of Silk Fibroin
Histopatological Effect Characteristics of Various Biomaterials and Monomers Used in Polymeric Biomaterial Production
Facial Remodelling and Biomaterial
Prevention and Management of Biological Phenomena at Biomaterial/Cell Surfaces
Biomaterials in Urology - Beyond Drug Eluting and Degradable - A Rational Approach to Ureteral Stent Design
Candida Biofilms on Oral Biomaterials