Learning from Nature How to Design New Implantable Biomaterialsis: 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 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Reis, R. L. (Editor), Weiner, S. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2005.
• Series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, 171
• Subjects: Engineering.; Biotechnology.; Biochemical engineering.; Inorganic chemistry.; Materials science.; Engineering, general.; Biochemical Engineering.; Inorganic Chemistry.; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials.; Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Methods.

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 lar...