TY - BOOK ID - 86190846 TI - Introductory Biomaterials: An Overview of Key Concepts AU - Stanciu, Lia AU - Diaz-Amaya, Susana PY - 2022 SN - 0128092637 0128095245 9780128095249 9780128092637 PB - Amsterdam : Academic Press, DB - UniCat KW - Biomedical materials. KW - Bioartificial materials KW - Biocompatible materials KW - Biomaterials (Biomedical materials) KW - Hemocompatible materials KW - Medical materials KW - Medicine KW - Biomedical engineering KW - Materials KW - Biocompatibility KW - Prosthesis KW - Biomedical materials UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:86190846 AB - Introductory Biomaterials enables undergraduate students in Biomedical, Chemical, Materials and other relevant Engineering disciplines to become familiar with the key concepts of Biomaterials principles: biocompatibility, structure-property-applications relationships, mechanical response of natural tissues, and cellular pathways for tissue-material ingrowth. Written in a clear, concise manner that weds theory with applications, this book helps students to understand the often intricate relationships between materials the implant devices that are made from them, and how the human body reacts to them. The book includes such concepts as requirements for metals, alloys, and ceramic materials to be used in load bearing implants (corrosion concepts, stress shielding, mechanical properties, composition), what properties of polymers impact their use in medicine (leaching and swelling, creep and stress relaxation); the tissue response to biomaterials, concepts related to drug delivery applications (polymer degradation, encapsulation), and tissue engineering (scaffold porosity, diffusion of nutrients, mechanical properties). ER -