1st Edition

Biomaterials Principles and Practices

288 Pages 103 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

281 Pages
by CRC Press

Most current applications of biomaterials involve structural functions, even in those organs and systems that are not primarily structural in their nature, or very simple chemical or electrical functions. Complex chemical functions, such as those of the liver, and complex electrical or electrochemical functions, such as those of the brain and sense organs, cannot be carried out by biomaterials at... Read more

Metallic Biomaterials, Joon B. Park and Young Kon Kim
Ceramic Biomaterials, W.G. Billotte
Polymeric Biomaterials, Hai Bang Lee, Gilson Khang, and Jin Ho Lee
Composite Biomaterials, Roderic S. Lakes
Biodegradable Polymeric Biomaterials: An Updated Overview, C.C. Chu
Biologic Biomaterials: Tissue-Derived Biomaterials (Collagen), Shu-Tung Li
Biologic Biomaterials: Silk, Biman Mandal and David L. Kaplan
Biofunctional Hydrogels, Melissa K. McHale and Jennifer L. West
Soft Tissue Replacements, K.B. Chandran, K.J.L. Burg, and S.W. Shalaby
Hard Tissue Replacements, Sang-Hyun Park, Adolfo LlinĂ¡s, and Vijay K. Goel
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Biography

Joyce Y. Wong, Joseph D. Bronzino, Donald R. Peterson