Biodegradable Metals From Concept to Applications
This book in the emerging research field of biomaterials covers biodegradable metals for biomedical applications. The book contains two main parts where each of them consists of three chapters. The first part introduces the readers to the field
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Hendra Hermawan
Biodegradable Metals From Concept to Applications
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Hendra Hermawan Faculty of Biomedical Engineering and Health Science Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Skudai 81310 Johor Malaysia
ISSN 2192-1091 ISBN 978-3-642-31169-7 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-31170-3
ISSN 2192-1105 (electronic) ISBN 978-3-642-31170-3 (eBook)
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Preface
Since their first introduction, metallic biomaterials have always been designed to be corrosion resistant. For decades, this paradigm has become the mainframe of the biomaterials world. It has been cited in thousands of scientific papers and taught in hundreds of courses of materials for biomedical devices. It has also been followed by industries in developing millions of medical devices until today. Nowadays, with the advent of tissue engineering, biomaterials are envisaged to actively interact with the body. Metallic biomaterials are no more required to be inert but they should be able to assist and promote the healing process. In many cases, they should do their job and step away thereafter. This idea opens an
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