Main description:

This book reports on advanced biomaterials such as bioceramics, hydrogels, biopolymers, nanomaterials, membranes, and other compatible materials for medical applications. It introduces materials as bioactive coatings that utilize or mimic natural mechanisms and structures important for tissue and organ healing and repair. One section of the book is devoted to bone substitutes and osteogenic biomaterials. It also describes biomaterial-cell-tissue interactions, which are of critical importance for various applications in regenerative medicine, orthopedics, and implant functions. The chapters present fabrication methods and testing of various materials for medical applications. Special emphasis is given to natural patterns, theoretical models, and new insights into material characterization, particularly on fractal natural boundaries and mimicry designs taken from nature and implemented in photonics science and engineering. This multidisciplinary book is written by leading researchers and experts in their fields, and serves researchers, students, physicians, and engineers.

Contents:

1. A. Radunovic, Z.Popovic, M.Vulovic, M.Aksic, A.Matic. BIOMATERIALS IN ORTHOPEDICS.

- Clinic for Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia

2. A. Radunovic, Z.Popovic, A.Jevtic.APPLICATION OF CERAMICS IN ORTHOPEDICS.

- Clinic for Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Military Medical Academy, Belgrade, Serbia

3. DjuroKoruga, LidijaMatija, Ivana Mileusnic, ValentinaMatovic. METHOD AND DEVICE BASED ON BIOMIMETIC LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTION FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATION.

- NanoLab, Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Belgrade, Serbia

4. ReemaAnouz, Mingyan Zhao, PegahEzmaeilzadeh, Christian Willems, Thomas Groth. INTRINSIC CROSS-LINKING OF POLYSACCHARIDE-BASED MULTILAYER SYSTEMS AS TOOL TO CONTROL CELL ADHESION AND DIFFERENTIATION.

- Department Biomedical Materials, Institute of Pharmacy, Martin Luther University Halle- Wittenberg

Email corresponding author: thomas.groth@pharmazie.uni-halle.de

5. Muhammad Muhammad, Andrea Liedmann, Sophie Bendix, Christian Willems. POLYSACCHARIDE-BASED IN SITU CROSS-LINKING HYDROGELS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS.

- Department Biomedical Materials, Institute of Pharmacy, Martin Luther University Halle- Wittenberg

Email corresponding author: thomas.groth@pharmazie.uni-halle.de

6. Mike Barbeck, Zeljka Peric Kacarevic, Patrick Rider, Ole Jung. BIOLOGY OF CERAMIC BONE SUBSTITUTES.

- Division of Regenerative Orofacial Medicine, Research Group Biomaterials/Surfaces, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.

m.barbeck@uke.de, mike.barbeck@icloud.com

7. Ole Jung, LennartKuhnel, Judith Schreiber, Mike Barbeck. BIOLOGY OF CERAMIC IMPLANT COATINGS.

- Division of Regenerative Orofacial Medicine, Research Group Biomaterials/Surfaces, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.

m.barbeck@uke.de, mike.barbeck@icloud.com

8. Jelena Zivkovic, Stevo Najman, Sanja Stojanovic, Zarko Mitic. PHYSICOCHEMICAL, MECHANICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF HYDROXYAPATITE-BASED BIOMATERIALS IMPORTANT FOR INTERACTIONS WITH CELLS AND TISSUES.

- University of Nis, Faculty of Medicine, Department for Cell and Tissue Engineering andDepartment of Biology and Human Genetics, Nis, Serbia. stevo.najman@medfak.ni.ac.rs, stevo.najman@gmail.com,

9. Stevo Najman, Sanja Stojanovic. APPLICATION OF IN VITRO CELL AND IN VIVO ANIMAL MODELS FOR CHARACTERIZATION OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS.

- University of Nis, Faculty of Medicine, Department for Cell and Tissue Engineering andDepartment of Biology and Human Genetics, Nis, Serbia. sanja.stojanovic@medfak.ni.ac.rs, s.sanja88@gmail.com

10. Po-Yu. SYNTHESIS OF MULTI-FUNCTIONAL CERAMIC-BASED SCAFFOLDS AND COMPOSITES BY FREEZE CASTING TECHNIQUES.

Po-Yu Chen

National TsingHua University

11. Po-Yu. TOUGHENING MECHANISMS AND BIO-INSPIRED STRATEGIES OF NATURAL CERAMIC-BASED COMPOSITES (SHELL, BONE, ANTLER, TEETH, ETC).

Po-Yu Chen

National TsingHua University

12. Jih Ru Hwu, Shui-Sheng Shiao, Ke-Yung King, Kuan-Miao Liu, Chun-Shie Lin, and Jen Luan Chen, Shwu-Chen Tsay, Vojislav V. Mitic and Goran Lazovic. COPPER-LOADED POLYPHOSPHAZENES AS A NOVEL DETOXICANT FOR SARIN.

Organosilicon and Synthesis Laboratory, Department of Chemistry,

National TsingHua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan 30043, Republic of China;

Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica,

Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan 11529, Republic of China; and

Chemical System Research Division, Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology

13. H.-J. Fecht and A. Sommer. NANOCRYSTALLINITY, CHEMICAL SURFACE MODIFICATION AND LIGHT TUNING OF DIAMOND LAYERS FOR IMPROVED CELL GROWTH

- Dr. Hans-J. Fecht.
Chaired Professor and Director
Institute of Functional Nanosystems FNS
Ulm University
Albert-Einstein-Allee 47, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
Tel/Fax: +49731 502 5490/5488

14. Nenad Filipovic, Tijana Sustercic, Marko Zivanovic. EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL MODELING OF ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING.

- Faculty of Engineering University of Kragujevac

15. Vojislav V. Mitic1,2, Goran Lazovic3, Dusan Milosevic1, Shwu-Chen Tsay3, Jelena Manojlovic2. MICROORGANISM'S WORLD AND BROWNIAN'S MOTION FRACTAL NATURE.

1Institute Technical Sciences of SASA,Belgrade,Serbia

2Faculty of Electronic Engineering University Nis,Serbia

3Faculty of Mechanical Engineering University of Belgrade,Serbia

4National TsingHua University, Taiwan

16. Elizabeta Ristanovic1, Dragan Simeunovic2. BIOTERRORISM: SECURITY AND HEALTH CHALLENGE OF THE SPECIAL CONCERN IN THE MODERN WORLD.

1-University of Defence, Belgrade

2-University of Belgrade

17. Aleksandar Stajcic1, Ivana Radovic2. STRUCTURAL, MORPHOLOGICAL AND MECHANICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF STRONTIUM FERRITE-ETHYLCELLULOSE NANOCOMPOSITE FOR APPLICATION IN MEMBRANE TECHNOLOGY.

1University of Belgrade, Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy, Njegoseva 12, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia

2University of Belgrade,Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Mike PetrovicaAlasa 14- 16, P.O. Box 522, Belgrade 11000, Serbia

stajcic@nanosys.ihtm.bg.ac.rs; ivana_r@vinca.rs

18. Ziyang Wu, Ting Liao, YuantongGu, Ziqi Sun.BIOINSPIRED INORGANIC NANOMATERIALS: FROM SYNTHESIS TO APPLICATIONS.

School of Chemistry, Physics and Mechanical Engineering, Queensland University of Technology, 2 George Street, Brisbane, QLD, 4000, Australia.

ziqi.sun@qut.edu.au

19.Srdjan Ribar1, Vojislav V. Mitic2.3, Goran Lazovic1. HUMAN SKIN BIOIMPEDANCE MEASUREMENTS CLASSIFICATION USING NEURAL NETWORKS ENSEMBLE

3Faculty of Mechanical Engineering University of Belgrade,Serbia

2Faculty of Electronic Engineering University Nis,Serbia

3Institute Technical Sciences of SASA,Belgrade,Serbia