edited by Bikramjit Basu, Dhirendra Katti, and Ashok Kumar
xxii, 746 pages, [8] pages of plates :
illustrations (some color) ;
25 cm
This volume is an outcome of the International Conference on Design of Biomaterials, organised at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India during 8-11th December, 2006
Includes bibliographical references and index
Designing nanofibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering / Neha Arya, Poonam Sharma, and Dhirendra S. Katti -- Design of supermacroporous biomaterials via gelation at subzero temperatures-cryogelation / Fatima M. Plieva ... [and others] -- Biomaterial applications / Ashok Kumar, Akshay Srivastava, and Era Jain -- Cell-based nanocomposites and biomolecules for bone tissue engineering / Michelle Ngiam ... [and others] -- Orthopedic interface tissue engineering : building the bridge to integrated musculoskeletal tissue systems / Helen H. Lu, Kristen L. Moffat, and Jeffrey P. Spalazzi -- Cells of the nervous system and electrical stimulation / Carlos Atico Ariza and Surya K. Mallapragada -- Placental umbilical cord blood : a true blood substitute / Niranjan Bhattacharya -- Supported cell mimetic monolayers and their blood compatibility / K. Kaladhar and Chandra P. Sharma -- Titanium nitride and diamond like carbon coatings for cardiovascular applications / C.V. Muraleedharan and G.S. Bhuvaneshwar
Fundamentals of biomaterials and biocompatibility / Bikramjit Basu and Shekhar Nath -- Fundamentals of hydroxyapatite and related calcium phosphates / Racquel Zapanta LeGeros ... [and others] -- Materials for orthopedic applications / Shekhar Nath and Bikramjit Basu -- The micro macroporous biphasic calcium phosphate concept for bone reconstruction and tissue engineering / Guy Daculsi, Franck Jegoux, and Pierre Layrolle -- Science and technology integrated titanium dental implant systems / Yoshiki Oshida and Elif Bahar Tuna -- Injectable hydrogels as biomaterials / Lakshmi S. Nair, Cato T. Laurencin, and Mayank Tandon -- Nanomaterials for improved orthopedic and bone tissue engineering applications / Lijie Zhang ... [and others] -- Introduction to processing of biomaterials / Dhirendra S. Katti ... [and others] -- Laser processing of orthopedic biomaterials / Rajarshi Banerjee and Soumya Nag -- Functionally graded all ceramic hip joint / Omer Van der Biest ... [and others] -- Medical devices based on bioinspired ceramics / Pío González ... [and others] -- Ionomer glasses : design and characterization / Artemis Stamboulis and Fei Wang --