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Introduction to Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

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Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering

Part of the book series: Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine ((STEMCELL,volume 74))

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Biomaterials represent one of the most dynamic domains of the medical research. Humans have employed biomaterials, without naming them so, for millennia. Only in the last century the domain become organized and defined as biomaterials and medical devices. The latest advances permit doctors and scientist involved in the design and production of biomaterials to be one step closer to the deity concept. This chapter is especially devoted to general aspects related to biomaterials, historical evolution, principles, challenges and benefits. Being a complementary chapter to the Chap. 4. Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, the most of the examples related to biomaterials are related to metals. Biomaterials are used to manufacture various devices needed to aid, substitute or replace a part or the entire function from a body organ, therefore augmenting, recovering, improving quality and prolonging life expectation of the patient. Nowadays, 3D printing can process complex body parts (like hearth valves or skin graft) and help patients to recover a normal life after surgery. But, biomaterials are also used in implants, spinal rods or bionic limbs. In addition, there is a whole world of biomaterials at the bottom of metric scale. Drug delivery systems based on nanocarriers have revolutionized the medicine with innovative therapies in which the drugs are delivered at specific targeted tissues, released under controlled external or internal stimuli, with more potent results and fewer side effects. The benefits of biomaterials research are so great that are influencing other domains as well. Here we can briefly mention the surface designs originating from geckos, shark skin or lotus effect and structural coloring, all with impact in automotive, clothing, painting, or military industry.

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  1. National Centre for Food Safety, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 313 Splaiul Independenței, 060042, Bucharest, Romania

    Ludmila Motelica, Ovidiu Oprea, Denisa Ficai & Anton Ficai

  2. National Centre for Micro and Nanomaterials and National Centre for Food Safety, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 313 Splaiul Independenței, 060042, Bucharest, Romania

    Ludmila Motelica, Ovidiu Oprea, Denisa Ficai & Anton Ficai

  3. Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnologies, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 1-7 Gh. Polizu Street, 011061, Bucharest, Romania

    Ovidiu Oprea & Denisa Ficai

  4. Academy of Romanian Scientists, 3 Ilfov Street, 050045, Bucharest, Romania

    Ovidiu Oprea & Anton Ficai

  5. Department of Science and Engineering of Oxide Materials and Nanomaterials, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnologies, University Politehnica of Bucharest, 1-7 Gh. Polizu Street, 011061, Bucharest, Romania

    Anton Ficai

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  2. Univ Rouen Normandie, INSA Rouen Normandie, CNRS, Normandie Univ Polymères Biopolymères Surfaces (PBS) UMR, Évreux, France

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Motelica, L., Oprea, O., Ficai, D., Ficai, A. (2023). Introduction to Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering. In: Gunduz, O., Egles, C., Pérez, R.A., Ficai, D., Ustundag, C.B. (eds) Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering. Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, vol 74. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-35832-6_1

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