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Replacement of a failing hip joint or other defective organs in the human body by artificial ˜spare parts' has significantly improved our quality of life. These spare parts have to meet a wide spectrum of mechanical, chemical and design requirements.  In this book, the properties and selection of materials for such `spare parts' are deduced from case studies at the start of each chapter. Hard tissue replacements (joints, long bones, dental), soft tissue (heart valves) and tissue engineering are included. The chapters also detail the three generic classes of materials: alloys (including shape memory alloys), ceramics & glasses and polymers. Separate chapters are devoted to the toxicity of implants, the metals zirconium(-zirconium oxide), tantalum, niobium and metallic glasses, soluble metals and Rapid Prototyping techniques for the fabrication of custom made prostheses.  The book concludes by a chapter on water as water is always ˜there' and conditions the interaction between body and implant. Water is the very matrix of life on earth.   A peculiarity of the book is its ˜perspective view', meaning that the authors looked behind the present biomaterials' décor and included historical backgrounds (real and mythological), future developments, and the relation to nature (plants and geology).

Physics. --- Biophysics and Biological Physics. --- Biomaterials. --- Biomedical Engineering. --- Orthopedics. --- Life Sciences, general. --- Life sciences. --- Biomedical engineering. --- Physique --- Orthopédie --- Sciences de la vie --- Génie biomédical --- Physics --- Orthopedics --- Life sciences --- Biomedical engineering --- Biomaterials --- 62-039.1 --- Biomedical materials --- Tissue engineering --- Biocompatible materials --- Medical materials --- Medicine --- Materials --- Biocompatibility --- Prosthesis --- Regenerative medicine --- Tissue culture --- Bioartificial materials --- Hemocompatible materials --- Biomaterials (Biomedical materials)

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For the first time in a single volume, the design, characterisation and operation of the bioreactor system in which the tissue is grown is detailed. Bioreactors for Tissue Engineering presents an overall picture of the current state of knowledge in the engineering of bioreactors for several tissue types (bone, cartilage, vascular), addresses the issue of mechanical conditioning of the tissue, and describes the use of techniques such as MRI for monitoring tissue growth. This unique volume is dedicated to the fundamentals and application of bioreactor technology to tissue engineering products. Not only will it appeal to graduate students and experienced researchers in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, but also to tissue engineers and culture technologists, academic and industrial chemical engineers, biochemical engineers and cell biologists who wish to understand the criteria used to design and develop novel systems for tissue growth in vitro.

Tissue engineering. --- Biomedical materials. --- Biomedical engineering. --- Bioreactors. --- Clinical engineering --- Medical engineering --- Bioengineering --- Biophysics --- Engineering --- Medicine --- Biocompatible materials --- Biomaterials --- Medical materials --- Biomedical engineering --- Materials --- Biocompatibility --- Prosthesis --- Regenerative medicine --- Tissue culture --- Biochemical reactors --- Reactors, Biochemical --- Biochemical engineering --- Chemical reactors --- Equipment and supplies --- Medicine. --- Cytology. --- Biochemical engineering. --- Biotechnology. --- Biomedicine general. --- Cell Biology. --- Biomedical Engineering and Bioengineering. --- Biochemical Engineering. --- Chemical engineering --- Genetic engineering --- Bio-process engineering --- Bioprocess engineering --- Biochemistry --- Biotechnology --- Cell biology --- Cellular biology --- Biology --- Cells --- Cytologists --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Health Workforce --- Cell biology. --- Biomedicine, general. --- Biomedical Research. --- Chemical Bioengineering. --- Research. --- Biological research --- Biomedical research

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Nanocrystalline materials exhibit outstanding structural and mechanical properties. However, future progress in this emerging field is critically dependent upon the development of new methods of understanding and analyzing the underlying nanoscale and interface effects causing their unique mechanical properties. This exceptionally well- researched volume in Nanostructure Science and Technology serves both as an introduction to structural nanocrystalline materials as well as a monograph providing a systematic overview of the current state-of-the-art of fundamental and applied research in the area. The book provides a unique interdisciplinary approach by incorporating chapters from contributors from various academic disciplines including Engineering, Physics, Chemistry, and Polymer Science. Sudipta Seal integrates the most current and relevant technologies in the field to address the subject. This volume will prove to be indispensable to professionals in the in the field of nanomaterials science and nanotechnologies, from researchers and graduate students to engineers who are involved in production and processing of nanomaterials with enhanced physico-chemical properties.

Materials Science. --- Nanotechnology. --- Materials Science, general. --- Biomaterials. --- Polymer Sciences. --- Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation. --- Solid State Physics. --- Polymers. --- Electronics. --- Materials. --- Polymères --- Electronique --- Matériaux --- Nanotechnologie --- Nanostructured materials --- Nanostructures --- Chemical & Materials Engineering --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Technology - General --- Materials Science --- Nanostructured materials. --- Nanostructures. --- Nanomaterials --- Nanometer materials --- Nanophase materials --- Nanostructure controlled materials --- Nanostructure materials --- Ultra-fine microstructure materials --- Materials science. --- Solid state physics. --- Microelectronics. --- Nanoscience --- Physics --- Microstructure --- Nanotechnology --- Biocompatible materials --- Biomaterials --- Medical materials --- Medicine --- Biomedical engineering --- Materials --- Biocompatibility --- Prosthesis --- Engineering --- Engineering materials --- Industrial materials --- Engineering design --- Manufacturing processes --- Molecular technology --- Nanoscale technology --- High technology --- Polymere --- Polymeride --- Polymers and polymerization --- Macromolecules --- Electrical engineering --- Physical sciences --- Polymers  . --- Solids --- Microminiature electronic equipment --- Microminiaturization (Electronics) --- Electronics --- Microtechnology --- Semiconductors --- Miniature electronic equipment --- Material science --- Bioartificial materials --- Hemocompatible materials --- Biomaterials (Biomedical materials)

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This volume collects chapters dealing with significant topics in colloids and surfaces relevant to medical applications. The book will be of interest to scientists and practitioners in areas as diverse as medical diagnostics, drug formulations, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of biomaterials, and particle transport in human airways.

Chemistry. --- Biotechnology. --- Medicinal Chemistry. --- Biomaterials. --- Biochemical Engineering. --- Biochemical engineering. --- Biochemistry. --- Chimie --- Biotechnologie --- Génie biochimique --- Biochimie --- Colloids in medicine. --- Colloids in medicine --- Colloids --- Dosage Forms --- Complex Mixtures --- Chemicals and Drugs --- Pharmaceutical Preparations --- Specialty Uses of Chemicals --- Chemical Actions and Uses --- Bioengineering --- Biomedical Engineering --- Mechanical Engineering --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Engineering & Applied Sciences --- Medicinal chemistry. --- Biomedical materials --- Medical instruments and apparatus --- Biocompatible materials --- Biomaterials --- Medical materials --- Medicine --- Biomedical engineering --- Materials --- Biocompatibility --- Prosthesis --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Biology --- Chemistry --- Medical sciences --- Chemical engineering --- Genetic engineering --- Bio-process engineering --- Bioprocess engineering --- Biochemistry --- Biotechnology --- Composition --- Bioartificial materials --- Hemocompatible materials --- Chemistry, Medical and pharmaceutical --- Chemistry, Pharmaceutical --- Drug chemistry --- Drugs --- Medical chemistry --- Medicinal chemistry --- Pharmacochemistry --- Biomaterials (Biomedical materials)

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This volume comprises the proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) held at Geilo, Norway, 11-21 April 2005, the eighteenth ASI in a series held every two years since 1971. The objective of this ASI was to identify and discuss areas where synergism between modern physics and biology may be most fruitfully applied to the study of bioprocesses for molecular recognition, and of networks for converting molecular reactions into usable signals and appropriate responses. Many fields of research are confronted with networks. Genetic and metabolic networks describe how proteins, substrates and genes interact in a cell; social networks quantify the interactions between people in the society; the Internet is a complex web of computers; ecological systems are best described as a web of species. In many cases, the interacting networks manifest so-called emergent properties that are not possessed by any of the individual components. This means that the detailed knowledge of the components is insufficient to describe the whole system. Recent work has indicated that networks in nature have so-called scale-free characteristics, and the associated dynamic network modelling shows unexpected results such as an amazing robustness against accidental failures, a property that is rooted in their inhomogeneous topology. Understanding these phenomena and turning them to use in chemical and biological threat detection and response will require exploring a wide range of network structures as well.

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