TY - BOOK ID - 23097846 TI - Learning from nature how to design new implantable biomaterials : from biomineralization fundamentals to biomimetic materials and processing routes AU - Reis, Rui L. AU - Weiner, Stephen AU - NATO Advanced Study Institute on Learning from Nature How to Design New Implantable Biomaterials: From Biomineralization Fundamentals to Biomimetic Minerals and Processing Routes PY - 2004 VL - 171 SN - 1402026447 1402026471 9786610190652 1280190655 140202648X PB - Dordrecht ; London : Kluwer Academic Publishers, DB - UniCat KW - Biomineralization KW - Prosthesis Design KW - Biological compatibility KW - Biological tolerance KW - Biomedical compatibility KW - Biomedical tolerance KW - Biotolerance KW - Compatibility, Biological KW - Compatibility, Biomedical KW - Tolerance, Biological KW - Tolerance, Biomedical KW - Biomedical materials KW - Biocompatibility KW - Engineering. KW - Biotechnology. KW - Biochemical engineering. KW - Inorganic chemistry. KW - Materials science. KW - Engineering, general. KW - Biochemical Engineering. KW - Inorganic Chemistry. KW - Characterization and Evaluation of Materials. KW - Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods. KW - Material science KW - Physical sciences KW - Inorganic chemistry KW - Chemistry KW - Inorganic compounds KW - Bio-process engineering KW - Bioprocess engineering KW - Biochemistry KW - Biotechnology KW - Chemical engineering KW - Genetic engineering KW - Construction KW - Industrial arts KW - Technology KW - Chemistry, inorganic. KW - Surfaces (Physics). KW - Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials. KW - Physics KW - Surface chemistry KW - Surfaces (Technology) KW - Ceramics. KW - Glass. KW - Composites (Materials). KW - Composite materials. KW - Composites (Materials) KW - Multiphase materials KW - Reinforced solids KW - Solids, Reinforced KW - Two phase materials KW - Materials KW - Amorphous substances KW - Ceramics KW - Glazing KW - Ceramic technology KW - Industrial ceramics KW - Keramics KW - Building materials KW - Chemistry, Technical KW - Clay KW - Implantable biomaterials KW - Biomimetic materials UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:23097846 AB - The development of materials for any replacement or regeneration application should be based on the thorough understanding of the structure to be substituted. This is true in many fields, but particularly exigent in substitution and regeneration medicine. The demands upon the material properties largely depend on the site of application and the function it has to restore. Ideally, a replacement material should mimic the living tissue from a mechanical, chemical, biological and functional point of view. Of course this is much easier to write down than to implement in clinical practice. Mineralized tissues such as bones, tooth and shells have attracted, in the last few years, considerable interest as natural anisotropic composite structures with adequate mechanical properties. In fact, Nature is and will continue to be the best materials scientist ever. Who better than nature can design complex structures and control the intricate phenomena (processing routes) that lead to the final shape and structure (from the macro to the nano level) of living creatures? Who can combine biological and physico-chemical mechanisms in such a way that can build ideal structure-properties relationships? Who, else than Nature, can really design smart structural components that respond in-situ to exterior stimulus, being able of adapting constantly their microstructure and correspondent properties? In the described philosophy line, mineralized tissues and biomineralization processes are ideal examples to learn-from for the materials scientist of the future. ER -