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 (Hardcover, 2004 ed.)

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.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, 171
Release date:	September 2004
First published:	2005
Editors:	Rui L. Reis • S. Weiner
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	234
Edition:	2004 ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4020-2644-7
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > Engineering: general
LSN:	1-4020-2644-7
Barcode:	9781402026447

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