The following review is focused on carrageenan, a heteroglycan-based substance that is a
very significant wound healing biomaterial. Every biomaterial has advantages and …

Wound healing is an intricate process that requires complex coordination between many cell
types and an appropriate extracellular microenvironment. Chronic wounds often suffer from …

Hydrogels, due to their unique biocompatibility, flexible methods of synthesis, range of
constituents, and desirable physical characteristics, have been the material of choice for …

Recent experimental and theoretical work clarifying the physical chemistry of blood-protein
adsorption from aqueous-buffer solution to various kinds of surfaces is reviewed and …

Titanium is a metal that is generally regarded as one of the most biocompatible metals
available for clinical applications. As is the case with all novelties in medicine, research …

A living radical polymerization (LRP) is a free radical polymerization that aims at displaying
living character,(ie, does not terminate or transfer and is able to continue polymerization …

Significant opportunities and challenges exist in the creation and characterization of
biomaterials. Materials have been designed for contact with blood, as replacements for soft …

Bioactive materials, including bioactive glasses, bioactive glass-ceramics, bioactive calcium
phosphate ceramics and bioactive composites and coatings, bond to living tissues. The …

This review surveys methods for the fabrication, by plasma surface treatments or plasma
polymerization, of polymeric surfaces and thin plasma polymer coatings that contain reactive …

In modern history, metals have been used as implants since more than 100 years ago when
Lane first introduced metal plate for bone fracture fixation in 1895 (Lane, 1895). In the early …