Learning from Nature How to Design New Implantable Biomaterials: From Biomineralization Fundamentals to Biomimetic Materials and Processing Routes
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held in Alvor, Algarve, Portugal, 13-24 October 2003
Editors: Reis, Rui L., Weiner, S. (Eds.)
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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.
- Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Structure-Mechanical Function Relations in Bones and Teeth
Pages 3-13
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Hierarchical Structure and Mechanical Adaptation of Biological Materials
Pages 15-34
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Calcium Phosphate Biomaterials: An Overview
Pages 37-57
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Nanostructural Control of Implantable Xerogels for the Controlled Release of Biomolecules
Pages 59-74
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Surface Analysis of Biomaterials and Biomineralization
Pages 75-85
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Learning from Nature How to Design New Implantable Biomaterials: From Biomineralization Fundamentals to Biomimetic Materials and Processing Routes
- Book Subtitle
- Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held in Alvor, Algarve, Portugal, 13-24 October 2003
- Editors
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- Rui L. Reis
- S. Weiner
- Series Title
- NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry
- Series Volume
- 171
- Copyright
- 2005
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4020-2648-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/1-4020-2648-X
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-4020-2644-7
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4020-2647-8
- Series ISSN
- 1568-2609
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XVIII, 234
- Topics
