Biomaterials Science and Biocompatibility

1 Introduction to Biomaterials Science and Biocompatibility.- Scope of Text.- Structures of Soft and Hard Tissues.- Properties of Tissues.- Structure of Synthetic Materials.- Properties of Synthetic Materials.- Structures and Properties of Cells.- Cellular and Tissue Responses to Materials.- Summary.- 2 Introduction to Structure and Properties of Biological Tissues.- to Principles of Stereochemistry.- Basic Building Blocks.- Stereochemistry of Polymer Chains.- Primary and Secondary Structures of Biological Macromolecules.- Higher-Order Structures.- Structure of Extracellular Matrix Macromolecules.- Cell Membrane Polymers.- Other Polymeric Materials.- Summary.- 3 Introduction to Structure and Properties of Polymers, Metals, and Ceramics.- to Synthetic Materials.- Polymer Structures.- Polymer Mechanical Properties.- Structure of Metals.- Structure of Ceramics.- Structure of Composites.- Materials Degradation.- Summary.- 4 Microscopic and Macroscopic Structure of Tissue.- to Methods for Cellular and Tissue Analysis.- Surface and Internal Linings.- Conduit and Holding Structures.- Parenchymal or Organ-Supporting Structures.- Skeletal Structures.- Summary.- 5 Determination of Physical Structure and Modeling.- Viscosity.- Light Scattering.- Quasi-Elastic Light Scattering.- Ultracentrifugation.- Electron Microscopy.- Determination of Physical Parameters for Biological Macromolecules.- Summary.- 6 Assembly of Biological Macromolecules.- Methods for Studying Self-Assembly Processes.- Collagen Self-Assembly.- Assembly of Cytoskeletal Components.- Actin-Myosin Interaction.- Fibrinogen.- Summary.- 7 Mechanical Properties of Tissues.- to Analysis of Tissue Mechanical Properties.- Mechanical Properties of Collagenous Tissues.- Mechanical Properties of Hard Tissue.- Cellular Biomechanics.- Summary.- 8 Pathobiology and Response to Tissue Injury.- Cellular Components.- Cell Attachment, Proliferation, and Differentiation.- Cellular Adaptation.- Cell Injury.- Summary.- 9 Wound

Over the past two decades, the field of biomaterials has rapidly matured into a discipline, characterized by a firm base of scientific and engineering knowledge. This new text, aimed at bioengineering students at all levels, provides an excellent, readable, survey of the field. This book stresses the biological, chemical and mechanical structural characteristics of successful biomaterials and also covers the pathobiology, wound healing and biological reactions to implants. The final chapters deal with the promise of tissue engineering and where biological materials may be taking us in the future.