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Record Nr.

UNINA9911088931303321

Titolo

Biological and biomedical coatings handbook : applications / / edited by Sam Zhang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, Fla. : , : CRC Press, , 2011

ISBN

1-04-019755-8

0-429-10522-3

1-138-11439-1

1-4398-4997-8

9780429105227

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (506 p.)

Collana

Advances in materials science and engineering

Altri autori (Persone)

ZhangSam

Disciplina

610.28

Soggetti

Biomedical engineering - Materials

Biologicals

Protective coatings

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.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Contents; Series Preface; Preface; Editor; Contributors; Chapter 1: Sol-Gel Derived Hydroxyapatite Coatings on Metallic Implants: Characterization, In Vitro and In Vivo Analysis; Chapter 2: Amorphous Carbon Coatings for Biological Applications; Chapter 3: Biomedical Applications of Carbon-Based Materials; Chapter 4: Impedance Spectroscopy on Carbon-Based Materials for Biological Application; Chapter 5: Control of Drug Release from Coatings: : Theories and Methodologies; Chapter 6: Release-Controlled Coatings; Chapter 7: Orthopedic and Dental Implant Surfaces and Coatings

Chapter 8: Piezoelectric Zinc Oxide and Aluminum Nitride Films for Microfluidic and Biosensing ApplicationsChapter 9: Medical Applications of Sputter-Deposited Shape Memory Alloy Thin Films; Chapter 10: Bioactive Coatings for Implanted Devices; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

Written in a versatile, contemporary style that will benefit both novice and expert alike, Biological and Biomedical Coatings Handbook, Two-Volume Set covers the state of the art in the development and implementation of advanced thin films and coatings in the biological



field. Consisting of two volumes-Processing and Characterization and Applications-this handbook details the latest understanding of advances in the design and performance of biological and biomedical coatings, covering a vast array of material types, including bio-ceramics, polymers,

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Record Nr.

UNINA9911148680803321

Autore

Boyce Davies Carole

Titolo

Black women, writing, and identity : migrations of the subject / / Carole Boyce Davies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1994

ISBN

1-134-85522-2

1-134-85523-0

1-280-10553-4

0-203-20140-X

9780203201404

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

810.9/9287/08996073

Soggetti

American literature - African American authors - History and criticism

English literature - Foreign countries - History and criticism

American literature - Women authors - History and criticism

English literature - Black authors - History and criticism

English literature - Women authors - History and criticism

Identity (Psychology) in literature

African Americans in literature

Authorship - Sex differences

Black people in literature

Women and literature

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

BOOKCOVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1  INTRODUCTION: MIGRATORY SUBJECTIVITIES; 2  NEGOTIATING THEORIES OR "GOING A



PIECE OF THE WAY WITH THEM"; 3  DECONSTRUCTING AFRICAN FEMALE SUBJECTIVITIES; 4  FROM "POST-COLONIALITY" TO UPRISING TEXTUALITIES; 5  WRITING HOME; 6  MOBILITY, EMBODIMENT AND RESISTANCE; 7  OTHER TONGUES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Black Women Writing and Identity is an exciting work by one of the most imaginative and acute writers around. The book explores a complex and fascinating set of interrelated issues, establishing the significance of such wide-ranging subjects as: * re-mapping, re-naming and cultural crossings * tourist ideologies and playful world travelling * gender, heritage and identity * African women's writing and resistance to domination * marginality, effacement and decentering * gender, language and the politics of location Carole Boyce-Davies is at the forefront of