Biomedical composites / edited by Luigi Ambrosio

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Biocomposites are widely used in the medical industry to repair and restore bone, tooth, cartilage, skin and other tissues. Biomedical composites provides a thorough review of the current status, recent progress and future trends in composites for biomedical applications. Part I discusses the fundamentals of biocomposites with chapters on natural composites, design and fabrication of biocomposites, and hard and soft tissue applications of biocomposites. Part II then reviews applications of biocomposites. Chapters discuss composites for bone repair, composite coatings for implants, composites for spinal implants, injectable composites and composites for tissue engineered scaffolds. Chapters in Part III discuss the biocompatibility, mechanical behaviour and failure of biocomposites, covering such topics as cellular response, testing of biocomposites and tribology of biocomposites. Finally, Part IV reviews the future for biocomposites with chapters on nano-structured biocomposites, developing biocomposites as scaffolds and biocomposites in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. With its distinguished editor and team of international contributors. Biomedical composites will be an essential reference for materials scientists and researchers in industry and academia, as well as all those concerned with this increasingly important field. Professor Luigi Ambrosio is Director of the Institute for Composite and Biomedical Materials, and Adjunct Professor of Biomaterials at University of Naples ´Federico II´, Italy. Professor Ambrosio is the current President of the European Society for Biomaterials and is highly regarded for his ongoing research in the field of composites for biomedical applications