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Table of Contents
Part 1 Introduction 1. Introduction and overview 2. Characterisation of Biomaterials
Part 2 Metallic Biomaterials 3. Stainless Steels 4. Co-Cr-based alloys 5. Noble-metal alloys 6. Ti alloys 7. Biodegradable Alloys 8. Other Metallic Alloys
Part 3 Ceramic and Glass Biomaterials 9. Glasses 10. Metal Oxide Based Ceramics 11. Calcium based ceramics
Part 4 Polymer Biomaterials 12. Polymers
Authors
Cuie Wen Distinguished Professor, School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia. Cuie joined RMIT University as a Professor of Biomaterials Engineering in 2014 and she has been appointed Distinguished Professor in 2015. She was Professor of Surface Engineering at Swinburne University of Technology from 2010 to 2014. She worked at Deakin University from 2003 to 2010 as Research Fellow, Senior Researcher and Associate Professor.Cuie has published over 400 peer reviewed articles with an h-index 51 and citations over 9919 (Google Scholar). Cuie has supervised 10 postdoctoral research projects and 28 post graduate students to completion. She is an editorial board member for the journals of Acta Biomaterialia, Bioactive Materials, and International Journal of Extreme Manufacturing. Her research interests include new biocompatible titanium, magnesium, iron, zinc and their alloys and scaffolds for biomedical applications, surface modification, nanostructured metals, alloys and composites, metal foams and nanolaminates.
