Engineering applications of bio-materials

This book elaborates on the fabrication of organic-inorganic hybrid nanomaterials, their advantages, self-assembly and their applications in diverse fields of energy, biotechnology, biomedical and environment.

This book compiles the fundamentals, applications and viable product strategies of biomimetic lipid membranes into a single, comprehensive source.

With the advancement in medicinal chemistry and material science, several highly specific, biocompatible and non-toxic therapeutic agents have been discovered and successfully applied for various clinical applications.

This handbook presents the current state-of-knowledge in the area of epoxy fiber composites.

This book delves into optics and photonic materials, describing the development of an intelligent all-optical system capable of replicating the functional building blocks of the biological brain.

"e;Functional Materials textbook is not simply a review of the vast body of literature of the recent years, as it holds the focus upon various aspects of application.

This book examines the application of wood waste in various advancements in environmental fields, such as construction, renewable energy, bio-absorbent, and agricultural and wood-based material.

Inorganic glasses are successfully used in the biomedical field, in particular degradable glasses have found applications in tissue engineering, bone regeneration and tooth remineralisation.

This book explores the functional materials derived from biomass for environmental remediation applications.

The work of the RILEM Technical Committee (TC -236 BBM) was dedicated to the study of construction materials made from plant particles.

This book highlights the development of a functional nucleic acid based biosensor detection method in the context of food safety.

This book presents select proceedings of the International Conference on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials (PFAM 2023).

Sustainable development has become a great concern in modern society.

This thesis presents original research on how to seamlessly integrate electronics with living biological systems.

This book presents the tunable biological characteristics of nanobioceramics and focuses on some challenges in bone tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

This book presents analyses of the most commonly reported failure modes of hip stems: loosening and thigh pain; both are attributed to the relative motion and instability at the bone-implant interface due to failure to achieve sufficient primary fixation.

This book is written to serve as textbook on biomaterials and biopolymers for faculty and students and thus  contains a broad introduction and basic terms, followed by major developments over the years with some emphasis on recent developments and future prospects.

This book presents high-quality peer-reviewed articles from the 2nd International Conference on Biomass Utilization and Sustainable Energy 2022 (ICoBiomasSE 2022) organized by the Centre of Excellence for Biomass Utilization (COEBU), Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP), Malaysia.

Despite ongoing progress in nano- and biomaterial sciences, large scale bioprocessing of nanoparticles remains a great challenge, especially because of the difficulties in removing unwanted elements during processing in food, pharmaceutical and feed industry at production level.

This book reports on the latest research and developments in Biomedical Engineering, with a special emphasis on topics of interest and findings achieved in Latin America.

For several years, researchers have been reporting the effects of microwave radiation/heating on both the structure and function of DNA, RNA and proteins.

This book summarizes the recent advances in applications of starch in state-of-the-art drug carriers (hydrogel, micro- and nano-particulate carriers) with stimulus-responsive and target-specific properties.

This book discusses the new and emerging innovative trends in the bioremediation of hazardous pollutants found in wastewater.

The purpose of MetFoam conference series is to provide a state-of-the-art review on lightweight porous metals and metallic foams and a forum for discussions and networking opportunities for scientists working in this field.

In the present scenario, green technologies are playing significant role in changing the course of nation's economic growth towards sustainability and providing an alternative socio-economic model that will enable present and future generations to live in a clean and healthy environment, in harmony with nature.

This reference work presents the origins of cells for tissue engineering and regeneration, including primary cells, tissue-specific stem cells, pluripotent stem cells and trans-differentiated or reprogrammed cells.

This book highlights some aspects of processing, microstructure, and properties of materials in fibrous form, or from fibers, with wide applications for textile-oriented and technically oriented advanced products.

This volume provides detailed information on various laboratory techniques and methodologies used for studying viruses at the molecular level.

Silk proteins show excellent biocompatibility, controllable biodegradability and non-immunogenicity, and as such are studied extensively worldwide for biomedical applications.

Calcium phosphate coatings ( 50 mm thick), especially those made with hyd- xyapatite (HA), produced by the plasma-spraying process have been succe- fully used on orthopedic and dental implants to improve fixation of these implants in bone.

This is the first-ever book to illustrate the principles and applications of liquid metal biomaterials.

Carbon nanostructures, namely fullerenes, single and multiwall carbon nanotubes, graphene as well as the most recent graphene quantum dots and carbon nanodots, have experienced a tremendous progress along the last two decades in terms of the knowledge acquired on their chemical and physical properties.

This book reports on advances in fundamental and applied research at the interface between nanotechnology and biomedical engineering.

This book emphasizes various challenges and opportunities in biopolymers and identifying their potential applications in various fields including food, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and electronics.

This book provides a broad survey of the field of biochips, including fundamentals of microelectronics and biomaterials interaction with various, living tissues, as well as numerous, diverse applications.

This volume deals with chemical modification, structure-property relationship, biological interaction and biomedical applications of chitosan and its chemically modified derivatives.

Marine environments represent an underexplored source for numerous biotechnological applications.

This brief highlights nanoparticles used in the diagnosis and treatment of prominent diseases and toxic conditions.

This book describes the rational design, development and application of nucleic acid amplification strategies for biosensing, bioimaging and biomedicine.

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This book highlights the utilization of biomaterials as emerging suitable and effective flame retardants (FRs) to replace most of the conventional FRs (e.

In this book, a summary and update of the most important areas of cell-penetrating peptides (CPP) research are presented, while raising relevant questions for further development.

This book describes medical applications of photochemistry.

This volume presents the proceedings of the Brazilian Congress on Biomedical Engineering (CBEB 2018).

Challenges in Mechanics of Time-Dependent Materials & Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Volume 2 of the Proceedings of the 2022 SEM Annual Conference & Exposition on Experimental and Applied Mechanics, the second volume of six from the Conference, brings together contributions to this important area of research and engineering.

Guarding with Cork: A Sustainable Solution for Protection offers a detailed and comprehensive exploration of the numerous protective applications of cork-based materials.

This book addresses the stabilization of vaccine powders by spray drying and provides an overview of the current state of the art on a laboratory and industrial scale.

The book presents a state-of-the-art overview of biomechanical and mechanobiological modeling and simulation of soft biological tissues.

This volume reviews the latest research on the functional implications of nuclear, chromosomal and genomic organization and architecture on cell and organismal biology, and development and progression of diseases.

Lake Baikal is the oldest, deepest and most voluminous lake on Earth, comprising one fifth of the World's unfrozen fresh water.