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This title gives an overview of composites and biocomposites. It discusses the history of CaPO4/ /polymer biocomposites and hybrid biomaterials, as well as analyzing the latest developments in the field. It also covers bioactivity and biodegradation of CaPO4-based biomaterials.
List of contents
Introduction. General Information on Composites and Biocomposites. Major Constituents. Biocomposites and Hybrid Biomaterials Based on Calcium Orthophosphates. Bioactivity and Biodegradation of Calcium Orthophosphate-Based Formulations. Conclusion.
About the author
Sergey V. Dorozhkin received his MSc in chemical engineering with honors in 1984 from the Moscow Institute of Chemical Technology, Moscow, Russia, and his PhD in chemistry in 1992 from the Research Institute of Fertilizers, Moscow, Russia. From 1992 to 1994 he worked as a senior researcher at the same institute, and from 1994 to 1996 he worked as a biotechnologist at a Swiss-Russia joint venture. From 1996 to 2004 he held five postdoctoral positions in France, Portugal, Germany and Canada where he worked on various aspects of calcium orthophosphates.
Dr. Sergey V. Dorozhkin has authored more than seventy research papers, about thirty reviews, twenty book chapters and four monographs.
Summary
This work considers artificial materials for bone tissue repair for clinical applications. It presents a briefhistory and advances in the field of CaPO4/ /polymer biocomposites and hybrid biomaterials suitable for biomedical application.
