This book offers comprehensive reviews on a wide range of biomaterials, detailing their synthetic and processing methods, properties, and applications. This book is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students in biomaterials and bioengineering, as well as a valuable reference for academics and professionals in the medical field. It covers the fundamentals and recent advances in biomaterials research, including applications in tissue engineering, orthopedics, CNS applications, regenerative medicine, and gene delivery. Key topics include the latest trends in 3D and 4D printing, multifunctional biomaterials, bioactive glass for bone healing, antibacterial activity of VI-element-based glasses, and advances in microbial biosensors for heavy metal detection

Offers comprehensive reviews on a wide range of biomaterials Covers the fundamentals and recent advances in biomaterials research Include the latest trends in 3D and 4D printing

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Shadia Jamil Ikhmayies had received the B.Sc. and M.Sc. from the physics department in the University of Jordan in 1983, and 1987, respectively, and the Ph.D. in production and characterization of CdS/CdTe thin film photovoltaic solar cells of potential industrial use from the same department and the same university in 2002. She worked as a member of the academic staff in several universities in Jordan. Her research is focused on producing and characterizing semiconductor thin films, and thin film CdS/CdTe solar cells. Besides, she works in characterizing different materials by computational methods.

Inhalt

Biomaterials: Fundamentals, processing, and applications.- Biomaterials Today and Tomorrow.- New trends in the design of biomaterials for 3D and 4D printing.- Progress in Multifunctional and Multimodal Biomaterials for Therapeutic Applications.- Application of Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering.-Advancements and Applications of Biomaterials in Medicine, Artificial Organs and Biology.- Recent Advancements in Smart Biomaterials and their Related Applications in Medical Field.- Bioactive glass and glass-ceramics for Bone Healing and Medical Applications.- Therapeutic effects of metallic ions in the physiological environment: A review on recent developments.- Selected VI-element based glasses, glass-ceramics and nanoparticles: Synthesis and antibacterial/bactericidal activity.- Inorganic particles incorporated into electrospun nanofibers: Bioactivity and antibacterial properties.- Advances in Microbial-based Electrochemical Biosensors for Heavy Metal Detection.