Engineering applications of bio-materials

This textbook provides a comprehensive overview of biomimetics and biologically inspired materials, capturing the essence of innovation that draws inspiration from nature.

Multiscale Dissipative Mechanisms and Hierarchical Surfaces covers the rapidly developing topics of hierarchical surfaces, roughness-induced superhydrophobicity and biomimetic surfaces.

This book provides an overview of the composition of polymeric and ceramic bone cements.

This book is focused on marine based biomedical carriers for delivery of therapeutics.

In this handbook, the editors systematically present the maximum possible number of known eco-materials, including "e;cyclic"e; materials; materials for ecology and environmental protection; materials for society and human health; and materials for energy based on two main criteria: their sources and their functions.

This book explores the possibility of using micro/nanostructures formed on the doped ice surface as a novel separation platform.

Success or failure of biomaterials, whether tissue engineered constructs, joint and dental implants, vascular grafts, or heart valves, depends on molecular-level events that determine subsequent responses of cells and tissues.

This volume is comprised of 18 chapters, covering various aspects of DNA modification and RNA modified bases.

The profound transformations occurred in our modern age have been made possible by the unique combination of new technologies.

The book "e;Nanocosmetics and nanomedicines: new approaches for skin care"e; contains a summary of the most important nanocarriers for skin delivery.

Vietnam is a rapidly developing, socially dynamic country, where interest in biomedical engineering activities has grown considerably in recent years.

This book presents the peer-reviewed proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computational and Bioengineering (CBE 2020) jointly organized in virtual mode by the Department of Computer Science and the Department of BioScience & Sericulture, Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam (Women's University), Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India, during 4-5 December 2020.

This book reviews the main concepts concerning DNA damage due to environmental carcinogens, the effects of DNA damage on DNA replication using a single DNA polymerase or DNA replisome, and the effects of carcinogens on various cell activities.

With extensive research, real-world examples, and hands-on applications, this go-to guide offers a comprehensive look at the principles and practices of biochar-and all of its world-changing uses.

Gaining Insights into the Small Molecule Targeting of the G-Quadruplex in the c-MYC Promoter Using NMR and an Allele-Specific Transcriptional Assay, by Christine E.

This book presents peer-reviewed and selected papers from the 1st International Conference on Recent Advancements in Materials Science and Technology held at Karpagam Academy of Higher Education in Coimbatore, India, on 29-30 January 2024.

This book highlights the latest clinical research and advancements in 3D (bio)printing and 4D printing using stimulus-responsive hydrogels as well as the concept of self-healing and its amalgamation with 3D printed injectable cell-laden tissue constructs.

This book discusses the extraction, purification, modification, and processing of biobased materials and their various industrial applications, across biomedical, pharmaceutical, construction, and other industries.

This book investigates the latest developments in supramolecular assembly systems for mimicking biological structures and functions.

This book focuses on the use of natural fiber composites (NFCs) in the automotive industry.

This book explains the challenges and advancements in cutting precise cylindrical shapes on difficult materials through spark erosion.

Cutting-edge engineering approaches towards modelling lung homeostasis and disease have created dynamic new opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration and unprecedented progress toward understanding and treating lung disease.

Genetic transformation is a key technology, in which genes are transferred from one organism to another in order to improve agronomic traits and ultimately help humans.

This book gives an introduction to the mechanical behavior and degradation of dental ceramics and guides the reader through their performance under effect of oral environments.

This highly illustrated textbook provides an essential overview on RNA architecture and function, it offers insights into the RNA basics and also explains novel RNA technologies, such as CRISPR-Cas and their applications.

This edited volume provides insights about the molecular virology, pathoenesis of infection and host responses to varicella-zoster virus, which is a medically important human herpesvirus.

This book provides a comprehensive insight into the current research trends and ongoing advances in biomedical applications of magnetic nanoparticles.

This volume on nucleic acid nanotechnology offers authoritative, up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of nanotechnological studies and applications of nucleic acids.

Cotton fiber is the most important natural fiber used in the textile industry.

This book collects the state-of-art and new trends in image analysis and biomechanics.

This book discusses the extraction, purification, modification, and processing of biobased materials and their various industrial applications, across biomedical, pharmaceutical, construction, and other industries.

This book develops and analyses computational wear simulations of the total ankle replacement for the stance phase of gait cycle.

Benefitting from phytochemicals in medicinal plants has lately gained increasingly more global relevance.

This book focuses on nanorobotic agents and stem cells for biomedical applications.

This specialist monograph provides an overview of the recent research on the fundamental and applied properties of nanoparticles extracted from cellulose, the most abundant polymer on the planet and an essential renewable resource.

This updatable book provides an accessible informative overview of the current state of the art in nerve repair research.

This volume provides a practical guide providing step-by-step protocol to design and develop vaccines for human diseases.

This book provides a methodical compilation of deriving composites from the hidden treasure of the aquatic world.

This book covers the properties of biomaterials that have found wide clinical applications, while also reviewing the state-of-the-art in the development towards future medical applications, starting with a brief introduction to the history of biomaterials used in hip arthroplasty.

Starch is one of the most important natural and biodegradable polymers on Earth.

Dysfunction of nuclear-cytoplasmic transport systems has been associated with many human diseases.

This volume offers a careful selection of trend-setting topics in the field.

This book is concerned with polymeric hydrogels, which are considered as one of the most promising types of new polymer-based materials.

The development and application of bioactive nano-structured constructs for tissue regeneration is the focus of the research summarised in this thesis.

This book focuses on biomaterials of different forms used for medical implants.

Nanocomposites are currently defined "e;as a multiphase solid material where one of the phases has one, two or three dimensions of less than 100 nanometers or structures having nano-scale repeat distances between the different phases that make up the material"e;.

This book outlines the latest research on the design and fabrication of the biomaterials used in mimicked scaffolds for tissue engineering for maxillofacial and orthopedic applications.

This book offers expert guidance on materials for total hip arthroplasty (THA), providing readers with quick access to well-organized summaries on biomaterials such as metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites.