46 Best Books on Biomaterials

“Biomaterials: Introduction” Book Review: This book provides a fundamental overview on biomaterials. It talks about the basics required for understanding the subject. It emphasizes on the fundamental materials science, relationship between structure and property, and biological responses. It talks about the foundation for a wide array of biomaterials applications. It describes tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. It provides approximately 1900 references to additional reading. It describes tutorial materials on new developments in spinal implants and fixation techniques and theory.

“Encyclopedic Handbook of Biomaterials and Bioengineering” Book Review: This book provides a comprehensive overview on biomaterials and bioengineering. It acts as an encyclopedic handbook for the reader. It looks at integrating basic science, engineering, and medical applications. It provides an exhaustive treatment of materials which are used for the human body. It ranges from biopolymers for controlled release drug delivery systems to metal plates. It describes how it is used in bone repair and absorbable devices such as sutures.

“Biomaterials, Medical Devices and Tissue Engineering: An Integrated Approach” Book Review: This book provides a detailed overview on biomaterials, medical devices, and tissue engineering. It talks about general biocompatibility requirements needed in the field. It describes how prototypes are built and tested. It includes biocompatibility evaluations which are based on ASTM standard procedures. It discusses wound dressings and skin replacement. It provides information on introduction wounds to the skin which is encountered every day. This book is designed to focus on students, teachers, and professionals in the field of medical devices and tissue engineering.

“Biomaterials” Book Review: This book provides a detailed overview on biomaterials. It discusses biomaterials which are used in medical devices. It provides information on applications in diverse surgical disciplines such as ophthalmology, cardiology, neuromuscular surgery, orthopedics, dentistry, etc. It covers topics like preface to overview of biomaterials, structure and properties of materials, metals, ceramics, synthetic polymers, biopolymers, tissues graft, soft tissue applications, cardiovascular implants, and extracorporeal devices, and much more. It discusses topics like biomaterials in ophthalmology, orthopedic implants, dental materials, and others.

“Introduction to Biomaterials: Basic Theory with Engineering Applications (Cambridge Texts in Biomedical Engineering)” Book Review: This book provides a comprehensive overview on introduction to biomaterials. It talks about the basic theory with engineering applications. It describes the introduction to the world of biomaterials, linking the fundamental properties of metals, polymers, ceramics, and natural biomaterials. It discusses the unique advantages and limitations surrounding their biomedical applications. It talks about clinical concerns such as sterilization, surface modification, cell-biomaterial interactions, drug delivery systems, and tissue engineering.

“Biomaterials Science: An Introduction to Materials in Medicine” Book Review: This book provides a fundamental overview on biomaterials science. It introduces materials in medicine. It provides an insightful approach to learning the science and technology involved in biomaterials. It acts as the key reference for practitioners who are involved in the applications of materials in medicine on a daily basis. It covers topics like tissue engineering, drug delivery systems, and new clinical applications. It provides new teaching and learning material throughout along with relevant case studies.

“Biomaterials: The Intersection of Biology and Materials Science: International Edition” Book Review: This book provides a comprehensive overview on biomaterials. It covers classes of materials commonly used in biomedical applications. It provides coverage of the biocompatibility of those materials with the biological environment. It discusses in-depth applications of biomaterials. It lays emphasis on tissue engineering and provides numerous real-world examples and use cases. This book is designed to focus on students, teachers, and professionals in the field of biomaterials and tissue engineering.

“Biomaterials: An Introduction” Book Review: This book provides a fundamental overview on biomaterials. It covers the introductory basics and does not expect the reader to have any prior knowledge on the subject. It provides materials for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. It explains the uses of artificial materials in the human body for aiding healing, correcting deformities, and restoring lost function. It lays emphasis on the fundamental materials science, structure and property relationships, and biological responses for an array of biomaterials applications.

“Biomaterials: Scientific Aspects” Book Review: This book provides a detailed overview on biomaterials. It discusses the scientific aspects of biomaterials in detail. It describes the experiments carried out in the field of biomaterials, its development, and applications. It explains the potentials of distinct synthetic and engineered biomaterials. It provides a comprehensive summary of the applications of various biomaterials. It talks about the various techniques required for designing, developing, and classifying biomaterials without intervention by any industrial source.

“Biomaterials: Novel Materials from Biological Sources” Book Review: This book provides a comprehensive overview on biomaterials. It talks about novel materials from biological sources. It explains how biomaterials are used for their physical characteristics. It looks at a range of biomaterials and their applications to real-world problems. It describes how they range from the use of polysaccharides as thickening agents to the use of proteins as fibers and adhesives. This book is designed to focus on students, teachers, and professionals in the field of biomaterials and tissue engineering.

“Advances in Metallic Biomaterials (Springer Series in Biomaterials Science and Engineering)” Book Review: This book covers the latest advances in processing techniques for producing metallic biomaterial implants. It also discusses developments in surface modifications using bioactive ceramics and blood-compatible polymers, also it covers the adhesive strength of bioactive surface layers, before introducing the practical applications of metallic biomaterials in the fields of surgery and dentistry. The book is a good guide for researchers, graduate students and clinicians working in the fields of materials, surgery, dentistry, and mechanics.

“Biomedical Imaging: Applications and Advances (Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials)” Book Review: This book discusses the technologies and latest developments in the increasingly important field of imaging techniques for the diagnosis of disease, monitoring of medical implants, and strategies for personalized medicine. Chapters in part one cover topics ranging from imaging technologies from atomic force microscopy (AFM) to positron emission tomography (PET), as well as the next-generation techniques that could provide the basis for personalized medicine. Part two sheds light on application-specific biomedical imaging methods, including ophthalmic imaging of ocular circulation, imaging methods for detection of joint degeneration, neural brain activation imaging, and the use of brain imaging to assess post-therapy responses. Further chapters cover intravascular, cardiovascular, and whole-body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). This book is helpful for people concerned with imaging and diagnosis, including materials scientists and engineers as well as clinicians and academics.

“Bio-Inspired Silicon-Based Materials (Advances in Silicon Science)” Book Review: This book covers a wide range of topics such as biotechnology, synthetic chemistry, polymer chemistry and materials chemistry. It serves as a specialized review of the field of biologically inspired silicon-based structures. Researchers studying biologically inspired silicon materials chemistry will find this volume invaluable.

“Multifaceted Development and Application of Biopolymers for Biology, Biomedicine and Nanotechnology” Book Review: This book talks about the different ways in which biopolymers have developed and about their application in biology biomedicine and nanotechnology. The topics cover are functionalized nanoparticles and chitosan-based functional nanomaterials, nanoparticles for gene delivery into stem cells and embryos, engineering of polysaccharides via nanotechnology, engineering of polysaccharides via nanotechnology, biodegradable polymers for potential delivery systems for therapeutics, phytomedicine-loaded polymeric nanomedicines: potential cancer therapeutics, proteins and carbohydrates as polymeric nano-drug delivery systems: formulation, properties, and toxicological evaluation, biopolymeric micro-and nanoparticles: preparation, characterization and industrial applications and applications of glyconanoparticles as “sweet” glyco biological therapeutics and diagnostics.

“Biomaterials: From Molecules to Engineered Tissue (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)” Book Review: This book provides examples of the application areas of biomaterials involving molecules at one end and finished devices in the other. It covers molecular approaches as well as molecules functional in preparing and modifying biomaterials, medical devices and systems, tissue engineering and artificial organs. Chapters on biomedical informatics and ethics complement the design and production aspects with their contribution in informatics and ethical concerns of biomedical research. This book introduces biomaterials and its applications. It explains molecules at the end of spectrum and molecular approaches. Information on medical devices, tissue engineering and artificial organs are provided in the book. The book highlights biomedical informatics, ethics complement and concerns of bio medical research. This is a reference book for the advanced graduate student eager to learn the biomaterials area and for all researchers working in medicine, pharmacy, engineering and basic sciences in universities, hospitals, and industry involved in biomaterials and biomedical device production. It acts as a guide for students interested in bio materials areas and researchers in the field of medicine, pharmacy and engineering.

“Polymers for Vascular and Urogenital Applications (Advances in Polymeric Biomaterials)” Book Review: The book covers attributes of polymers used for vascular, urological, and gynecological materials. It provides a brief analysis of how the use of polymers in vascular and urogenital applications has evolved in the past five decades and outlines their common and specific functional requirements. The book provides a brief description of the evolving role of a particular family of materials and presents topics in highly integrated, well-balanced, authoritatively prepared segments on materials processing and in vitro and in vivo evaluation, complete with case studies.

“Tissue Engineering (Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology)” Book Review: This book is divided into three sections, the book covers the fundamentals of tissue engineering, enabling technologies, and tissue engineering applications. It examines the properties of stem cells, primary cells, growth factors, and extracellular matrix as well as their impact on the development of tissue engineered devices. Contributions focus on those strategies typically incorporated into tissue engineered devices or utilized in their development, including scaffolds, nanocomposites, bioreactors, drug delivery systems, and gene therapy techniques. Finally, the book presents synthetic tissues and organs that are currently under development for regenerative medicine applications.

“Advances in Calcium Phosphate Biomaterials (Springer Series in Biomaterials Science and Engineering)”Book Review: This book shows advances in developing calcium phosphate biomaterials and their applications in medicine. It covers the fundamental structures, synthesis methods, characterization methods, and the physical and chemical properties of calcium phosphate biomaterials, as well as the synthesis and properties of calcium phosphate-based biomaterials in regenerative medicine and their clinical applications. The book brings together these new concepts, mechanisms and methods in contributions by both young and old academics, clinicians, and researchers to forward the knowledge and expertise on calcium phosphate and related materials. The book covers the fundamentals as well as opens new avenues for meeting future challenges in research and clinical applications.

“Advances in Ceramic Biomaterials: Materials, Devices and Challenges” Book Review: The book is divided into three parts. The first part is a review of classes of medical-grade ceramic materials, their synthesis and processing as well as methods of property assessment. The second part contains a review of ceramic medical products and devices developed, their evolution, their clinical applications and some of the lessons learned from decades of clinical use. The third part showcases the challenges to enhance performance and the directions that novel approaches and advanced technologies are taking, to meet these challenges. This book is a valuable resource for researchers and engineers working toward customized biomedical ceramic and composites devices.

“Engineering Biomaterials for Regenerative Medicine: Novel Technologies for Clinical Applications” Book Review: This book highlights the biomaterials for regenerative medicine and its clinical applications. The book shows tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Science and clinical practice are shown here. The book discusses the biological and chemical composition of biomaterials. It provides mechanical properties, implantable materials and optimal biological functionality. It explains how tissue engineering can be translated into different therapy. This book will be a good reference for engineers and scientists to fulfill clinical needs. It acts as a guide for physicians and helps the engineering students to understand novel therapeutic strategies.

“Chemical and Biochemical Technology: Materials, Processing, and Reliability” by Sergei D Varfolomeev Book Review: The book gives a relevant knowledge of chemical physics and technology to all areas of applied chemical engineering.The books covers various topics like Electrophysical properties of Carbon Nanostructure,Topology & Geometry of Protein water shell,UV- Protective Nanocomposites Films, Fluoro- and Chloro-substituents of Ethylene.

“Insight into Designing Biocompatible Magnesium Alloys and Composites: Processing, Mechanical and Corrosion Characteristics (SpringerBriefs in Materials)” by Manoj Gupta and Ganesh Kumar Meenashisundaram Book Review: The book is all about the effect of various suitable alloying elements. It lays emphasis on Mechanical and degradation properties of pure Mg and their alloys with their applications. It maximizes reader insights into the development of new magnesium matrix nanocomposites (MMNC). The book incorporates various topics which are Synthesis of Magnesium-Based Biomaterials, Selection of Alloying Elements and Reinforcements based on Mechanical and Degradation Properties.

“Tissue Engineering for the Heart: A Case Study Based Approach (Learning Materials in Biosciences)” by Ravi Birla Book Review: The book covers all the fundamentals of Tissue Engineering for the Heart. It begins with Organ generation, sensor in tissue and organ fabrication. The book incorporates major concepts of the cardiovascular system, starting with heart muscle, then biological pumps, followed by bioartificial ventricles, and finally, bioartificial hearts.

“Applications of Computational Tools in Biosciences and Medical Engineering (Advanced Structured Materials)” by Öchsner and Andreas and Holm Altenbach Book Review: The book presents the latest developments and applications of computational tools related to the biosciences and medical engineering. It talks about Computational tools like Computer Aided Design, finite element method. The book also covers optimization and visualization techniques such as computed axial tomography. Moreover, the book elaborates more about synthetic bones, implants and medical devices and medical materials.

“Lignocellulose-Based Bioproducts (Biofuel and Biorefinery Technologies)” by Keikhosro Karimi Book Review: The book provides the technical information required for the production of biofuels and chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass. It begins with a brief overview of the importance, applications, and production processes of different lignocellulosic products. The book majorly covers topics like waste-based biofuels and biochemicals; the pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for biofuel production; cellulolytic enzyme systems for the hydrolysis of lignocelluloses. Further, it also talks about production of bioethanol, biogas, biohydrogen, and biobutanol from lignocelluloses.

“Bio-Waste Materials as Sorbents for Oil Removal from Produced Water” by Misau Muhammad Idris Book Review: The book involves the discovery in the field of environmental clean-off of water polluted with oil. It basically talks about the human activities which lead to environmental mess and how normal livelihood is hindered due to oil polluted water. Moreover, it gives the data about some selected bio-waste materials.Various isotherms and kinetics were tested with the data generated.

“Bio–Nanomaterials: Designing Materials Inspired by Nature” by Wolfgang Pompe and Gerhard Rödel Book Review: The comprehensive textbook describes Molecular Units & their principles, Molecular Recognition, Cell Adhesion. The book focuses more on topics like Bio-Hybrid Silica Waste Materials, Biomineralization, Whole-Cell Sensor Structures.Various Appendix are also there like Energy of Bent Fiber, Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy.

“Cellulose Fibers: Bio- And Nano-Polymer Composites: Green Chemistry and Technology” by Susheel Kalia and B S Kaith Book Review: The Book deals with cellulose fibers and nano-fibers and covers the latest advances in bio- and nano- polymer composite materials. The book incorporates various contents like Natural Fibres:Structure & Properties, Production of Flax Fibres for Biocomposites, Cellulosic Bast Fibers: Structure and Properties and also it contains potential Use of Micro- and Nanofibrillated Cellulose Composites.

“Biochemistry by Target Educare Book Review: Topic wise arranged MCQs of AIIMS and All India Postgraduate Entrance Exam” by Bansal: This textbook is designed for the medical students who are preparing for AIIMS & All India Post Graduate Entrance Exams. Important topics which talk about Cell Biology, Carbohydrate, Lipids, Proteins, Vitamins & Minerals, Water Electrolyte & Acid-Base Balance are covered in MCQ form. The book also explains the concept of Electron transport chain and oxidative phosphorylation, Haemoglobin, genetics, Starvation. Moreover, Nutrition, muscle tissue and connective tissue are the important topics mentioned in the book.

“Artificial Organs (Synthesis Lectures on Biomedical Engineering)” by Gerald E Miller and John Enderle Book Review: This textbook is published to describe augmentation of failing human organs with artificial devices. The book discusses various devices such as Kidney dialysis to replace failing kidneys, artificial heart valves to replace failing human valves, cardiac pacemakers to reestablish normal cardiac rhythm and heart assist devices to augment a weakened human heart.The book contains various artificial organs devices which can replace a weak organ in human body.

“Biomaterials for Artificial Organs (Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials)” by Michael Lysaght and Thomas J Webster Book Review: The comprehensive textbook has detailed information of Biomaterials for Artificial organs designed specially for medical students. The book has two parts- Part one explains about commodity biomaterials including membranes for oxygenators and plasma filters, polymeric joint-bearing surfaces for total joint augmentation, defibrillators and neurostimulators and mechanical and bioprosthetic heart valves. Part two explains next generation biomaterials including small intestinal submucosa and other decellularized matrix biomaterials for tissue repair, nanostructured biomaterials for artificial tissues and organs and matrices for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

“Artificial Organs (New Techniques in Surgery Series)” by Nadey S Hakim Book R Book Review:The book is useful reading for surgeons, and those interested in modern surgical and medical technology.The book gives a brief information about organ failure and the way it can be managed artificially without requiring a transplant. There is a comparison of every artificial organ to what is currently available from the transplant point of view to highlight the current and modern available techniques for organ replacement.

“Cell and Material Interface: Advances in Tissue Engineering, Biosensor, Implant, and Imaging Technologies (Devices, Circuits, and Systems)” Book Review: This book has been designed for graduates and undergraduates who are under the electrical and bio engineering. Professionals, teachers can also use this book. This book addresses concepts essential to biomaterial production methods and cell and material interactions. The book provides a solid starting point for elucidating and exploiting the different aspects of cellular interactions with materials for biomedical engineering. It presents practical examples of cell and material interface-based application. It explores this interaction and its control at length scales ranging from the nano to the macro. It explains in the areas of tissue engineering the focus is on the in vitro cultivation of functional tissue equivalents based on the integrated use of isolated cells, biomaterials, and bioreactors.

“Biomaterials, artificial organs and tissue engineering” Book Review: This book has been designed for graduates and undergraduates who are under the electrical and bio engineering. Professionals, teachers can also use this book. Following an introduction to living and man-made materials, the text discusses clinical applications of biomaterials and devices, summarizes the bioengineering principles and materials used in artificial organs, and presents the concepts and applications of tissue engineering. It concludes with the complex socio-economic factors involved in technology-based healthcare. This book summarizes how maintaining quality of life in an aging population is being achieved by the development of specialty biomaterials, devices, artificial organs, and in vitro growth of human cells as tissue engineered constructs.

“The Mechanobiology of Obesity and Related Diseases (Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials)” Book Review: This book has been designed for graduates and undergraduates who are under the electrical and bio engineering. Professionals, teachers can also use this book. This book explains the role of the cell and material interface in the context of cardiac and skin tissue engineering, nanoparticles, natural polymers, and more. This book reflects the interdisciplinary nature of bioengineering, covering topics such as biosensing, immunology, and controlled delivery. This book addresses concepts essential to biomaterial production methods and cell and material interactions. The book provides a solid starting point for elucidating and exploiting the different aspects of cellular interactions with materials for biomedical engineering.

“An Introduction to Tissue–Biomaterial Interactions” Book Review: This book has been designed for graduates and undergraduates who are under the electrical and bio engineering. Professionals, teachers can also use this book. This book acquaints an undergraduate audience with the fundamental biological processes that influence these sophisticated, cutting-edge procedures. Chapters one through three provide more detail about the molecular-level events that happen at the tissue-implant interface, while chapters four through ten explore selected material, biological, and physiological consequences of these events. The importance of the body’s wound-healing response is emphasized throughout. Specific topics covered include:Structure and properties of biomaterials.

“Cellular and Biomolecular Mechanics and Mechanobiology (Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials)” Book Review: This book has been designed for graduates and undergraduates who are under the electrical and bio engineering. Professionals, teachers can also use this book. This book describes these exciting new developments, and presents experimental and computational findings that altogether describe the frontier of knowledge in cellular and biomolecular mechanics, and the biological implications, in health and disease. The book is written for bioengineers with interest in cellular mechanics, for biophysicists, biochemists, medical researchers and all other professionals with interest in how cells produce and respond to mechanical loads.

“Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Aneurysms: Volume 7 (Studies in Mechanobiology, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials)” Book Review: This book has been designed for graduates and undergraduates who are under the electrical and bio engineering. Professionals, teachers can also use this book. This book brings together a unique blend of expertise in experimental. Computational and tissue biomechanics relating to aneurysm behavior are also explained in this book. This book enables the reader to gain a fresh understanding of key factors influencing aneurysm behavior and treatment. Biological risk factors such as tobacco smoking, sex, age, hypertension, family history are also explained. Many mechanobiological risk factors such as aneurysm geometry and shape as well as mechanical properties of the diseased tissues are considered in detail as are many of the diagnostic and treatment options.

“Tissue Engineering III: Cell – Surface Interactions for Tissue Culture: 3 (Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology)” Book Review: This book has been designed for graduates and undergraduates who are under the electrical and bio engineering. Professionals, teachers can also use this book. The book provides extensive coverage of the three pertinent interfaces between the body and the biomaterial, between the body and the living cells, and between the cells and the biomaterial that are critical in the development of tissue-engineered products that incorporate living cells within a biomaterial matrix. Ideal for a one-semester, biomedical engineering course, An Introduction to Tissue-Biomaterial Interactions provides a solid framework for understanding today’s and tomorrow’s implantable biomedical devices.

“Biological Interactions on Materials Surfaces: Understanding and Controlling Protein, Cell, and Tissue Responses” Book Review: This book has been designed for graduates and undergraduates who are under the electrical and bio engineering. Professionals, teachers can also use this book. This book presents the latest developments and state-of-the-art knowledge regarding protein, cell, and tissue interactions with both conventional and nanophase materials. Insight into these biomaterial surface interactions will play a critical role in further developments in fields such as tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, and biocompatibility of implanted materials and devices. This book will be the authoritative source of information for scientists, engineers, and medical researchers seeking not only to understand but also to control tissue-biomaterial interactions.

“Cell and Tissue Engineering” Book Review: This book has been designed for graduates and undergraduates who are under the electrical and bio engineering. Professionals, teachers can also use this book. The book is composed of 13 chapters all of which are written by the leading experts. It is organized to gradually assemble an insight in cell and tissue function starting form a molecular nano-level, extending to a cellular micro-level and finishing at the tissue macro-level. In specific, biological, physiological, biophysical, biochemical, medical, and engineering aspects are covered from the standpoint of the development of functional substitutes of biological tissues for potential clinical use. Topics in the area of cell engineering include cell membrane biophysics, structure and function of the cytoskeleton, cell-extracellular matrix interactions, and mechanotransduction.