Bioactive glasses materials, properties and applications
Due to their biocompatibility and bioactivity, bioactive glasses are used as highly effective implant materials throughout the human body to replace or repair damaged tissue. As a result, they have been in continuous use since shortly after their invention in the late 1960s and are the subject of ex...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, England :
Woodhead Publishing
2011.
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| Series: | Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009644285306719 |
| Summary: | Due to their biocompatibility and bioactivity, bioactive glasses are used as highly effective implant materials throughout the human body to replace or repair damaged tissue. As a result, they have been in continuous use since shortly after their invention in the late 1960s and are the subject of extensive research worldwide.Bioactive glasses provides readers with a detailed review of the current status of this unique material, its properties, technologies and applications. Chapters in part one deal with the materials and mechanical properties of bioactive glass, examining topics such |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857093318 |
