Biomedical Composites : : Materials, Manufacturing and Engineering / / ed. by J. Paulo Davim.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• MitwirkendeR: Alvarez, Vera A.,; Amna, Touseef,; Arun, S.,; Autiello, Maria Assunta,; Borzacchiello, Assunta,; Bououdina, Mohamed,; Doweidar, H.,; El-Damrawi, G.,; Ferreira, José M.F.,; Gonzalez, Jimena S.,; Guduru, Ramesh K.,; Hassan, M. Shamshi,; Kanagaraj, S.,; Khil, Myung-Seob,; Masi, Lucía M.,; Pina, Sandra,; Russo, Luisa,; Sharma, Chandra P.,; Sreekanth, P. S. Rama,; Victor, Sunita Prem,; Volpe, Julieta,; Zaccaria, Sabrina,; Zhou, Xuan,
• HerausgeberIn: Davim, J. Paulo,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Advanced Composites , 2
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (170 p.)

Composite materials are engineered materials, made from two or more constituents with significantly different physical or chemical properties which remain separate on a macroscopic level within the finished structure. Due to their special mechanical and physical properties they have the potential to...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Preface
• Contents
• List of Contributing Authors
• 1. Ceramic polymer composites for hard tissue applications
• 2. HAp-metal based biocomposite coatings and characteristics of plasma-deposited HAp-Ti/Ti6Al4V coatings
• 3. Hydrogels based on poly(vinylalcohol) for cartilage replacement
• 4. Polymer composites for cemented total hip replacements
• 5. Bioresorbable composites for bone repair
• 6. Bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics
• 7. Metal oxide-based one-dimensional titania nanostructures via electrospinning: Characterization and antimicrobial applications
• 8. Hydrogels for biomedical applications
• Index