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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778307503321

Autore

Vallet-Regí Maria

Titolo

Biomimetic nanoceramics in clinical use [[electronic resource] ] : from materials to applications / / María Vallet-Regí and Daniel Arcos

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, UK, : RSC Pub., c2008

ISBN

1-84755-892-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Collana

RSC nanoscience & nanotechnology

Altri autori (Persone)

ArcosDaniel

Disciplina

617.4710592

Soggetti

Ceramics in medicine

Apatite in the body

Biomimetics

Bone substitutes

Nanomedicine

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

9780854041428_publicity; i_iv; v_vi; vii_x; xi_xii; 001_024; 025_060; 061_121; 122_163; 164_173

Sommario/riassunto

Recent developments in nanostructured materials have led to a shift in focus away from the replacement of tissues and towards regeneration. Nanoceramics with biomimetic properties have great potential in bone regeneration and new synthesis strategies have been developed to obtain materials with improved biocompatibility and multifunctional performance. The aim is to develop fully biocompatible implants, which exhibit biological responses at the nanometric scale in the same way that biogenic materials do. Current man-made implants are not fully biocompatible and always result in a foreign body