Water in Biomaterials Surface Science

Water in Biomaterials Surface Science presents the latest ideas and research on molecular hydration and hydration forces, and how they determine the interaction between water molecules and biomaterials surfaces. Split into three sections, theoretical, analytical and practical applications, it begins by discussing the relationship between the molecules of life and the molecular structure of water and how the latter determines forces at the solid/aqueous interface.
Sections two, analytical techniques, and three, practical applications, offer a complete overview and new insights into the biomaterials/water interface by:
∗ discussing the latest approaches to the characterisation of water at interfaces and surface modification of biomaterials
∗ examining the problems related to the understanding and characterisation of interfacial water
∗ providing new perspectives of the interfacial interactions between materials and the physiological aqueous environment
Written by an international team of scientists Water in Biomaterials Surface Science will be essential reading for researchers in biomaterials surface science, biomedical appliances and biotechnologists involved in the development of hydrophilic materials for biotechnological devices.

Spis treści:
Contributors.
Introduction (M. Morra).
THEORETICAL ASPECTS.
Biological Properties of Warer (E. Vogler).
Theoretical and Computational Methods of Biomolecular Hydration (A. García, et al.).
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Carbohydrate–Water Interactions (S. Engelsen).
Statistical Thermodynamics of Fluids with Orientation–Dependent Properties and its Application to Water at Interfaces (N. Besseling).
Solvation Interactions for Protein Adsorption to Biomaterial Surfaces (J. Lee, et al.).
ANALYTICAL ASPECTS.
On the Origins of Water Wetting Terminology (E. Vogler).
The Evaluation of Electron–Donor and Electron–Accept or Properties and their Role in the Interaction of Solid Surfaces with Water (C. Volpe & S. Siboni).
Vibrational Spectroscopy for Water at Interfaces (Y. Shen).
Atomic Force Microscope Analysis of Water–Mediated Interfacial Interactions (H. Butt & V. Franz).
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS.
How Water Wets Biomaterial Surfaces (E. Vogler).
Super–Hydrophilic Surfaces for Biomedical Applications (Y. Ikada).
Poly(ethylene oxide) Coated Surfaces (M. Morra).
The Role of Water in the Surface Properties of Phospholipid Polymers (K. Ishihara).
Hydrophilic Polysaccharides Coatings (M. Morra & C. Casinelli).
Index.

Okładka tylna:
Water in Biomaterials Surface Science presents the latest ideas and research on molecular hydration and hydration forces, and how they determine the interaction between water molecules and biomaterials surfaces. Split into three sections, theoretical, analytical and practical applications, it begins by discussing the relationship between the molecules of life and the molecular structure of water and how the latter determines forces at the solid/aqueous interface.
Sections two, analytical techniques, and three, practical applications, offer a complete overview and new insights into the biomaterials/water interface by:
∗ discussing the latest approaches to the characterisation of water at interfaces and surface modification of biomaterials
∗ examining the problems related to the understanding and characterisation of interfacial water
∗ providing new perspectives of the interfacial interactions between materials and the physiological aqueous environment
Written by an international team of scientists Water in Biomaterials Surface Science will be essential reading for researchers in biomaterials surface science, biomedical appliances and biotechnologists involved in the development of hydrophilic materials for biotechnological devices.