Biosurfaces: a Materials Science and Engineering Perspective

摘要

An increasing demand for repair of damaged and malfunctioningrnorgans and novel diagnostic and therapeutic implant devicesrndrive the research advances in the area of development of novelrnbiomaterials with enhanced biocompatibility characteristics. A poorrnunderstanding of the complex interactions of synthetic materialsrnwith a biological host hinder progress and make the invention andrnengineering of new implant materials a more challenging task forrnmaterial scientists and engineers.