Foreword (Prof. Larry L Hench).
Preface (editorial contribution).
List of Contributors.
SECTION I.
1. Fundamentals of Biomaterials and Biocompatibility (Bikramjit Basu and Shekhar Nath).
2. Fundamentals of hydroxyapatite and related calcium phosphates (Racquel Zapanta LeGeros, Atsuo Ito, Kunio Ishikawa, Toshiro Sakae and John P. LeGeros).
3. Materials for orthopedic applications (Shekhar Nath and Bikramjit Basu).
4. The micro macroporous biphasic calcium phosphate concept for bone reconstruction and tissue engineering (Guy Daculsi, Franck Jegoux and Pierre Layrolle).
5. Science and Technology-Integrated Titanium Dental Implant Systems (Yoshiki Oshida, Elif Bahar Tuna and Dr. Oshida).
6. Injectable hydrogels as biomaterials (Lakshmi S. Nair, Cato T. Laurencin and Mayank Tandon).
7. Nanomaterials for Improved Orthopedic and Bone Tissue Engineering Applications (Lijie Zhang, Sirinrath Sirivisoot, Ganesh Balasundaram, and Thomas J. Webster).
SECTION II.
1. Introduction to Processing of Biomaterials (Shaunak Pandya, Rakesh Mahida, Meghali Bora and Dhirendra S. Katti).
2. Laser processing of orthopedic biomaterials (Rajarshi Banerjee and Soumya Nag).
3. Functionally Graded all-ceramic hip joints (Omer Van der Biest, Guy Ann???, Kim Vanmeensel and Jef Vleugels).
4. Medical Devices based on Bioinspired ceramics (P??o Gonz??lez, Juli??n Mart??nez-Fern??ndez, Antonio R. de Arellano-L??pez and Mrityunjay Singh).
5. Ionomer glasses: Design and Characterization (Artemis Stamboulis and Fei Wang).
6. Designing nanofibrous scaffolds for tissue engineering (Neha Arya, Poonam Sharma and Dhirendra S. Katti).
7. Design of supermacroporous biomaterials via gelation at subzero temperatures-Cryogelation (Fatima M. Plieva, Ashok Kumar, Igor Yu. Galaev and Bo Mattiasson).
SECTION III.
1. Biomaterial Applications (Ashok Kumar, Akshay Srivastava and Era Jain).
2. Cell-based Nanocomposites and Biomolecules for Bone Tissue Engineering (Michelle Ngiam, Susan Liao, Casey Chan and S. Ramakrishna).
3. Orthopaedic Interface Tissue Engineering: Building the Bridge to Integrated Musculoskeletal Tissue Systems (Helen H. Lu, Kristen L. Moffat and Jeffrey P. Spalazzi).
4. Cells of the Nervous System and Electrical Stimulation (Carlos Atico Ariza and Surya K. Mallapragada).
5. Placental umbilical cord blood: A true blood substitute (Niranjan Bhattacharya).
6. Supported cell mimetic monolayers and their blood compatibility (K. Kaladhar and Chandra P Sharma).
7. Titanium Nitride and Diamond like carbon coatings for cardiovascular applications (Muraleedharan CV and Bhuvaneshwar G S).
