Polymers in Medicine II: Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Applications

by Emo Chiellini

Book Overview

Polymers and polymer based composites have gained increasingly larger applications in medicine and surgery. Presently, most biomaterials applications rely on industrial substances that were initially developed by industry for non-medical purposes. Moreover, polymers have been often used regardless of their peculiar characteristics which can be viceversa and very attractive for some specific applications. In the past years we have assisted to a significative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461290120
• ISBN13: 9781461290124
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 434 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 10.0"