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Functional 3D Tissue Engineering Scaffolds
Materials, Technologies, and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
In order to grow replacement tissues, 3D scaffolds are widely used as a template for tissue engineering and regeneration. These scaffolds, which are typically ‘seeded’ with cells, support the growth of new tissues. However, in order to achieve successful tissue growth, the scaffold must meet specific...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
Fundamental Biomaterials: Polymers provides current information on findings and developments of biopolymers and their conversion from base materials to medical devices. Chapters analyze the types of polymers and discuss a range of biomedical applications. It is the first title in a three volume set,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Characterisation and Design of Tissue Scaffolds offers scientists a useful guide on the characterization of tissue scaffolds, detailing what needs to be measured and why, how such measurements can be made, and addressing industrially important issues.
Part one provides readers with information...
Bioactive Glasses
Materials, Properties and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2011
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...
Biomineralization and Biomaterials
Fundamentals and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2015
Biomineralization is a natural process by which living organisms form minerals in association with organic biostructures to form hybrid biological materials such as bone, enamel, dentine and nacre among others. Scientists have researched the fundamentals of these processes and the unique structures...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2010
Adhesive bonding is often effective, efficient, and often necessary way to join mechanical structures. This important book reviews the most recent improvements in adhesive bonding and their wide-ranging potential in structural engineering.
Part one reviews advances in the most commonly used...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2013
The civil engineering sector accounts for a significant percentage of global material and energy consumption and is a major contributor of waste material. The ability to recycle and reuse concrete and demolition waste is critical to reducing environmental impacts in meeting national, regional and...
by Jerry Heeps
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2016
Insect Management for Food Storage and Processing, Second Edition is completely revised and updated with new chapters on topics including inspection techniques; retail pest management; environmental manipulation (e.g., hot, cold, modified atmospheres, ionization) to control insects; and the latest...
Geothermal Power Generation
Developments and Innovation
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2016
Geothermal Power Generation: Developments and Innovation provides an update to the advanced energy technologies that are urgently required to meet the challenges of economic development, climate change mitigation, and energy security.
As geothermal resources are considered renewable and can...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Increasing global consumerism and population has led to an increase in the levels of waste produced. Waste to energy (WTE) conversion technologies can be employed to convert residual wastes into clean energy, rather than sending these wastes directly to landfill. Waste to energy conversion technology...
Metropolitan Sustainability
Understanding and Improving the Urban Environment
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2012
Global populations have grown rapidly in recent decades, leading to ever increasing demands for shelter, resources, energy and utilities. Coupled with the worldwide need to achieve lower impact buildings and conservation of resources, the need to achieve sustainability in urban environments has never...
Marine Concrete Structures
Design, Durability and Performance
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2016
Marine Concrete Structures: Design, Durability and Performance comprehensively examines structures located in, under, or in close proximity to the sea. A major emphasis of the book is on the long-term performance of marine concrete structures that not only represent major infrastructure investment...
Anti-Abrasive Nanocoatings
Current and Future Applications
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
This book provides an overview of the fabrication methods for anti-abrasive nanocoatings. The connections among fabrication parameters, the characteristics of nanocoatings and the resulting properties (i.e. nanohardness, toughness, wear rate, load-bearing ability, friction coefficient, and scratch...
Therapeutic Antibody Engineering
Current and Future Advances Driving the Strongest Growth Area in the Pharmaceutical Industry
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
The field of antibody engineering has become a vital and integral part of making new, improved next generation therapeutic monoclonal antibodies, of which there are currently more than 300 in clinical trials across several therapeutic areas. Therapeutic antibody engineering examines all aspects of...