Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Bioactive Materials, Properties, and Applications

Materials for Biomedical Engineering: Bioactive Materials, Properties, and Applications introduces the reader to a broad range of the different types of bioactive materials used in biomedical engineering. All the main types of bioactive materials are discussed, with an emphasis placed on their synthesis, properties, performance, and potential for biomedical applications. Key chapters on modeling and surface modification and methods provide the step-by-step information needed by researchers. Important applications of bioactive materials, such as drug delivery, cancer therapy and clinical dentistry are also highlighted in detail. Final sections look at future perspectives for bioactive materials in biomedical engineering.

Provides a knowledge of the range of bioactive materials available, enabling the reader to make optimal materials selection decisionsPresents detailed information on current and proposed applications of the latest bioactive materials, thus empowering readers to design innovative products and processesCovers methods and provides the detailed guidance needed by researchers to replicate key procedures and contribute to further research and discovery in this important field

1. Inorganic fibers for biomedical engineering applications 2. Hybrid composites: a revolutionary trend in biomedical engineering 3. Inorganic and organic-inorganic composite nanoparticles with potential biomedical applications: synthesis challenges for enhanced performance 4. Modeling composites in biomedical engineering 5. Characterisation of porous coatings obtained via plasma electrolytic oxidation 6. Surface-modified cellulose in biomedical engineering 7. Modification of biodegradable materials by natural biocidal agents 8. Matrix resistance stress reduction –prerequisite for achieving higher concentration of immobilized cells 9. Graphene: promising nanoplatform for biomedical applications 10. Carbon nanotube-based matrices for tisue engineering 11. Mesoporous bioactive glasses for biomedical composites 12. Fiber-reinforced polymer: applications in biomedical engineering 13. Polymer-matrix composites for rapid tooling in clinical dentistry 14. Trend of nanofibers in dental regeneration: perspectives and challenges 15. Gold nanocomposites for biomedical applications 16. Clinical applications of bioactive materials 17. Silver nanoparticles as unique nanodrugs