Biocompatible Glasses - From Bone Regeneration to Cancer Treatment

This book focuses on the applications of bioglasses in the biomedical field. It starts with the history and evolution of bioglasses before moving on to the structure and percolation theory, and lastly investigating their current and potential future applications in various fields including dentistry, tissue engineering, bone regeneration, ophthalmology, and drug delivery. The chapters were written by a team of international experts in the field and will be of great interest not only to material scientists, but also to medical doctors and other health sector professionals.

List of contents

Introduction.- History of Bioglasses.- Structure and percolation in Bioglasses.- Bioglasses for bone regeneration.- Biological response of bioglasses.- Bioglasses and Angiogenesis.- Bactericide Effect of Bioglasses.- Computational simulation of Bioglasses.- Bioglasses, tissue engineering and cells.- Bioglasses and drug delivery.- Bioglasses applied to dentistry.- Bioglasses applied to ophthalmology.- Bioglasses for cancer treatment.- A future perspective for Bioglasses.

Summary

This book focuses on the applications of bioglasses in the biomedical field. It starts with the history and evolution of bioglasses before moving on to the structure and percolation theory, and lastly investigating their current and potential future applications in various fields including dentistry, tissue engineering, bone regeneration, ophthalmology, and drug delivery. The chapters were written by a team of international experts in the field and will be of great interest not only to material scientists, but also to medical doctors and other health sector professionals.

Product details

• Assisted by: Julian Marchi (Editor), Juliana Marchi (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9783319442471
• ISBN: 978-3-31-944247-1
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 181 mm x 242 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 690 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 336 p. 126 illus., 87 illus. in color.
• Series: Advanced Structured Materials; Advanced Structured Materials
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; B, Ceramics, biotechnology, Glass, Chemistry and Materials Science, Ceramics, Glass, Composites, Natural Materials, Materials science, Biomaterials, Structural engineering, Structural Materials, Industrial chemistry & chemical engineering, composite materials, Composites (Materials)