Precious metals and semi-precious metals have been used in medicine for many years. The properties of these metals and their alloys make them suitable for an increasing number of medical applications. This book provides readers with a useful review of this group of materials' unique properties and applications. The first part of the book provides readers with the fundamentals of precious metals for biomedical applications, before chapters in part two look at a wide range of applications of precious metals in medicine. Provides a useful review of this group of materials' unique properties and applicationsExamines the fundamentals of precious metals for biomedical applications, before looking at a wide range of applications of precious metals in medicine INDICE: Preface Part I Fundamentals of precious metals for biomedical applications 1 Properties and processing of precious metal alloys for biomedical applications N. Baltzer and T. Copponnex, Cendres+Métaux Group, Switzerland 2 Biocompatibility of precious metals for medical applications A. Johnson, University of Sheffield, UK and T. Shiraishi, Nagasaki University, Japan 3 Corrosion resistance of precious metals for biomedical applications S. J. Megremis, American Dental Association, USA 4 Optimizing the the bio-nano interface for gold nanoparticles M. Neshatian, C.Yang, N. Hegarty and D. B. Chithrani, Department of Physics, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON Part II Biomedical applications of precious metals 5 Precious metal alloys for dental applications D. A. Givan, University of Alabama School of Dentistry, USA 6 Platinum group metals (PGMs) for permanent implantable electronic devices B. K. Woodward, Johnson Matthey, USA 7 Nanoporous gold for biomedical applications: structure, properties and applications T. M. Martin, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, USA, D. B. Robinson, Sandia National Laboratories, USA and R. J. Narayan, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, USA 8 Gold nanostructures for bioimaging, drug delivery and therapeutics X. Chen, Q. W. Li, and X.M. Wang, Southeast University, China 9 Silver containing bioactive glasses for tissue engineering applications M. Diba, Radbound University Medical Center, The Netherlands and A. R. Boccaccini, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
- ISBN: 978-0-85709-434-6
- Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Fecha Publicación: 21/05/2014
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
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