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Bioadhesion and Biomimetics - From Nature to Applications (Hardcover)
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Bioadhesion and Biomimetics - From Nature to Applications (Hardcover)
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Bioadhesion is often defined as the state in which two materials,
at least one of which is biological in nature, are held together
for extended periods of time by interfacial forces. It is an area
of active multidisciplinary research, where engineers,
scientists-including chemists, physicists, biologists, and medical
experts-materials' producers, and manufacturers combine their
knowledge. From the practical point of view, bioadhesive systems
have been used for several years for medical applications such as
dentistry and orthopedics and are now entering new fields, for
example, tissue sealing and directed drug delivery systems.
Understanding bioadhesion mechanisms is of prime importance while
exploring desired adhesion for bioadhesion applications such as
sealants as well as successful prevention of undesired adhesion of
biomolecules, cells, or organisms. Controlling the occurrence of
bioadhesion events is also an important problem in the design and
use of medical devices, biosensors, membranes, ships, and oil rigs.
This book provides a comprehensive view of bioadhesion and
highlights different aspects of this phenomenon. The first section
of the book presents fundamentals aspects of bioadhesion. It also
summarizes various direct and indirect methods used to investigate
and characterize bioadhesion. The second section describes studies
of natural adhesives. These include "wet" adhesives that are
produced and secreted by sessile marine organisms such as mussels
and sand tubes and "dry" adhesives such as the one characterizing
the gecko foot. The third section focuses on biomimetic adhesives.
These man-made materials are fabricated on the basis of the lessons
learned from nature emphasizing the correlation between nature
understanding and biomimetics. Finally, the last section reviews
medical applications of adhesive materials, which include surgical
sealants, mucoadhesive drug delivery vehicles, and prevention of
adhesion on medical devices.
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