Functionalized Materials Applications in Biomedicine

Petrica Vizureanu is a full Professor with over 30 years of teaching experience at the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania, and he has a large amount of experience in project management of national and international research projects and concerns in different competence areas: biomaterials, materials science, unconventional energy, refractory materials, computer-assisted design, geopolymers, safety and health at work, management, and commercial engineering.Seiji Yamaguchi is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Life and Health Sciences, Chubu University, Japan, with a field of expertise in biomaterials and inorganic solid-state chemistry, focusing on the development of bioactive titanium metal and its alloys by solution and heat treatment for orthopedic and dental implant applications.Madalina Simona Baltatu is a Lecturer on the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, Romania with experience in the field of biomaterials, especially titanium alloys.Gültekin Göller is a materials science Professor at Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Istanbul Technical University (ITU), Turkey. His study fields include Spark Plasma Sintering (SPS) and the Plasma Spray Coating Process, Ceramic and Composite Materials, Thermal Barrier Coatings, Glass and Glass Ceramics, Biomaterials, and Material Characterization.Andrei-Victor Sandu is a researcher and an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering, Gheorghe Asachi Technical University of Iasi, with expertise in the field of materials science, mainly in advanced analysis techniques.Camilo Zamora-Ledezma is an experimental physicist with a PhD prepared in the framework of a collaboration with the Université de Montpellier (France) and Universidad Central de Venezuela. His research activities are mainly focused on the synthesis of tailored organic/inorganic nanomaterials/biomaterials based on nanocarbon and nanoparticles (metal, magnetic) and bioactive molecules for potential applications in food, the environment, and bioengineering.Iulian-Vasile Antoniac has been associated with the Medical Engineering program in the Faculty Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, which is focused on biomaterials obtaining and characterization, medical image processing and the development of new implants for medical applications.

• Chapter 1. Appraisal of Several Ti-based Alloys Used for Medical Applications. Chapter 2. Contemporary Nanoscale Antibacterial Functionalization Strategies for Titanium Implant Materials for Bone and Joint Surgery. Chapter 3. Multifunctional biomaterials for the next generation of healthcare devices. Chapter 4. Printable PLA-based products functionalized for antimicrobial features and destined for biomedical applications. Chapter 5. Tailored Electrospun Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering: Recent Progress, Current Challenges and Future Trends. Chapter 6. Biodegradable magnesium alloys. Chapter 7. Methods of producing modern alloys for use in medicine. Chapter 8. Fabrication methods of scaffolds for hard bone regeneration: bioactive alumina through carbon sacrificial template. Chapter 9. Marine derived Biomaterials for Wound Healing. Chapter 10. Physical control of bacterial biofilms growth in microfluidic devices. Chapter 11. Recent Developments in Software Based Finite Element Modelling of Artificial Hip Implants. Chapter 12. Successful biomaterials in dental medicine for tissue regeneration. Chapter 13. Functionalized titanium metal implants. Chapter 14. Biologically Derived Hydroxyapatite and Its Composites for Bone Substitute and Coating Applications. Chapter 15. Scaffolds and composites for bone tissue engineering. Chapter 16. Bioprinting in regenerative medicine. Chapter 17. Present and Future of the Regulatory Framework Policies for Advanced Medical Biomaterials