TY - BOOK AU - Sharma,Chandra P. TI - Biointegration of medical implant materials : : Science and design / T2 - Woodhead publishing in materials SN - 9781845695095 PY - 2010/// CY - Boca Ratón : PB - CRC Press, KW - BIOMATERIALES KW - BIOINTEGRACION KW - RECONSTRUCCION FACIAL KW - TEJIDOS CORNEALES KW - INJERTOS VASCULARES KW - NANOPARTICULAS KW - FARMACOS KW - IMPLANTES N2 - Biointegration: an introduction - Soft tissue biointegration - Replacement materials for facial reconstruction at the soft tissue-bone interface - Corneal tissue engineering - Tissue engineering for small-diameter vascular grafts - Stem cells for organ regeneration - Materials facilitating protein drug delivery and vascularisation - Inorganic nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery - Alginate-based drug delivery devices - Functionalised nanoparticles for targeted drug delivery - Biocompatibility of materials and its relevance to drug delivery and tissue engineering - Mechanisms of failure of medical implants during long-term use - Rapid prototyping in biomedical engineering: structural intricacies of biological materials ER -