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Learning from Nature How to Design New Implantable Biomaterials: From Biomineralization Fundamentals to Biomimetic Materials and Processing Routes - Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held in Alvor, Algarve, Portugal, 13-24 October 2003 (Paperback, 2004 ed.)
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Learning from Nature How to Design New Implantable Biomaterials: From Biomineralization Fundamentals to Biomimetic Materials and Processing Routes - Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute, held in Alvor, Algarve, Portugal, 13-24 October 2003 (Paperback, 2004 ed.)
Series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, 171
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The development of materials for any replacement or regeneration
application should be based on the thorough understanding of the
structure to be substituted. This is true in many fields, but
particularly exigent in substitution and regeneration medicine. The
demands upon the material properties largely depend on the site of
application and the function it has to restore. Ideally, a
replacement material should mimic the living tissue from a
mechanical, chemical, biological and functional point of view. Of
course this is much easier to write down than to implement in
clinical practice. Mineralized tissues such as bones, tooth and
shells have attracted, in the last few years, considerable interest
as natural anisotropic composite structures with adequate
mechanical properties. In fact, Nature is and will continue to be
the best materials scientist ever. Who better than nature can
design complex structures and control the intricate phenomena
(processing routes) that lead to the final shape and structure
(from the macro to the nano level) of living creatures? Who can
combine biological and physico-chemical mechanisms in such a way
that can build ideal structure-properties relationships? Who, else
than Nature, can really design smart structural components that
respond in-situ to exterior stimulus, being able of adapting
constantly their microstructure and correspondent properties? In
the described philosophy line, mineralized tissues and
biomineralization processes are ideal examples to learn-from for
the materials scientist of the future.
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