Surface Engineering of Biomaterials: Synthesis and Processing Techniques

Surface engineering provides one of the most important means of engineering product differentiation in terms of quality, performance, and lifecycle cost. It is essential to achieve predetermined functional properties of materials such as mechanical strength, biocompatibility, corrosion resistance, wear resistance, and heat and oxidation resistance. Surface Engineering of Biomaterials addresses this topic across a diverse range of process technologies and healthcare applications.

• Introduces biomaterial surface science and surface engineering and includes criteria for biomaterial surface selection
• Focuses on a broad array of materials including metals, ceramics, polymers, alloys, and composites
• Discusses corrosion, degradation, and material release issues in implant materials
• Covers various processing routes to develop biomaterial surfaces, including for smart and energy applications
• Details techniques for post-modification of biomaterial surfaces

This reference work helps researchers working at the intersection of materials science and biotechnology to engineer functional biomaterials for a variety of applications.

Ajit Behera is Assistant Professor in the Metallurgical & Materials Department at National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India. He completed his PhD at IIT Kharagpur.

Debasis Nayak is Research Associate in the Department of Material Science and Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, UK. He completed his PhD at IIT Kharagpur.

Biswajit Kumar Swain is Research Scientist at Sahajanand Medical Technologies, India. He obtained his PhD in surface engineering of smart materials from the Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, India.