Recently, I wanted to learn more about the use of smart polymers for biomaterial applications. I first started by reviewing the topic in the SFB-endorsed textbook, Biomaterials Science. An Introduction to Materials in Medicine, 3rd ed. As defined by Hoffman, smart polymers are "stimulus-responsive, 'intelligent' polymers are polymers that respond to small changes in physical or chemical conditions near a critical condition with sharp and relatively large phase or property changes."1 Wanting to learn even more about its application to orthopaedic surgery after reading the subchapter on smart polymers, I searched for more information in PubMed as well as on the Internet. I came across the book, Smart Biomaterial Devices. Polymers in Biomedical Sciences.
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