Book description
Precious metals and semi-precious metals are used for an increasing number of medical applications due to the properties of these metals and their alloys. Precious Metals for Biomedical Applications reviews the properties of precious metals and their resulting applications in medicine.
Part one outlines the fundamentals of precious metals for biomedical applications, discussing their useful properties, such as biocompatibility and corrosion resistance. Part two goes on to provide an overview of the applications of precious metals in biomedicine, including dental, therapeutic, tissue engineering, and bioimaging applications. It discusses the advantages of the structure and properties of precious metals for these applications.
Precious Metals for Biomedical Applications is a key reference for material scientists and academics concerned with the properties and uses of these metals.
- Provides a useful review of this group of materials’ unique properties and applications
- Examines the fundamentals of precious metals for biomedical applications, before looking at a wide range of applications of precious metals in medicine
Table of contents
- Cover image
- Title page
- Copyright
- Contributor contact details
- Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials
- Preface
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Part I: Fundamentals of precious metals for biomedical applications
- 1. Properties and processing of precious metal alloys for biomedical applications
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2. Biocompatibility of precious metals for medical applications
- Abstract:
- 2.1 Introduction
- 2.2 The selection, application and properties of precious metals currently being used in the human body
- 2.3 A review of the literature relating to the biocompatibility of precious metals in the body
- 2.4 The effects of alloying and microstructure of precious metal alloys on biocompatibility
- 2.5 Conclusion and future trends
- 2.6 References
- 3. Corrosion resistance of precious metals for biomedical applications
- 4. Optimizing the bio-nano interface for gold nanoparticles
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Part II: Biomedical applications of precious metals
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5. Precious metal alloys for dental applications
- Abstract:
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Classification of alloys in dentistry
- 5.3 Requirements for dental restorations
- 5.4 Restorative applications
- 5.5 Alloys for attachments and other ‘Cast-To’ applications
- 5.6 Other applications in dentistry
- 5.7 Conclusion and future trends
- 5.8 Sources of further information and advice
- References
- 6. Platinum group metals (PGMs) for permanent implantable electronic devices
- 7. Nanoporous gold for biomedical applications: structure, properties and applications
- 8. Gold nanostructures for bioimaging, drug delivery and therapeutics
- 9. Silver-containing bioactive glasses for tissue engineering applications
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5. Precious metal alloys for dental applications
- Index
Product information
- Title: Precious Metals for Biomedical Applications
- Author(s):
- Release date: May 2014
- Publisher(s): Woodhead Publishing
- ISBN: 9780857099051
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