Introduction to Biomaterials is an entry level Biomaterials book for advanced undergraduate and graduate students covering the fundamental relationship between structure and properties, and certain aspects of design and engineering. The importance of these materials, both in their intrinsic properties and specific functions, will be illustrated with relevant examples. The successful integration of material and biological properties, architecture and shape, providing a wide range of optimized designs, tailored to specific functions is the ultimate aim of a biomaterials scientist, and information to serve this purpose will be provided in a single voice, ensuring clarity, homogeneity, and continuity of the text and material. As a result an entry level biomaterials student will be gradually familiarized with the field starting with materials and their properties, reactions between the materials and the biological medium, followed with classical as well as novel examples. It will therefore extend from basic material properties to the hottest topics such as Tissue Engineering, Nanobiomaterials, Nanotechnology, and Guided Tissue Regeneration.
Dr. Vasif Hasirci served as a professor at the Department of Biological Sciences of the Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara (Turkey) for more than 40 years and is currently a Professor at Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, Department of Medical Engineering (Istanbul). He is a chemist and an expert in biomedical, biotechnological and nanotechnological applications of natural and synthetic polymers. He is the Founding Director of the Center of Excellence in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (BIOMATEN) at METU and the President of the Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Society (Turkey). He is a Fellow of the Science Academy (Turkey), the International College of Fellows of Biomaterials Science and Engineering (UISBSE-FBSE), and the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) (UK). He is also a member of the European Society for Biomaterials (ESB), American Chemical Society, and Turkish Chemistry Society.He serves on the Editorial Boards of the journals Biomaterials; Nanomedicine; and J. Biomaterials Science: Polymer Edition, Regenerative Biomaterials among others. He has 5 patents and patent applications, more than 200 SCI journal papers, supervised 47 M.Sc. and 25 Ph.D. students, was cited 4200+ times and has a H-index of 41 (Web of Science)
Dr. Nesrin Hasirci is a professor at the Department of Chemistry of the Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara (Turkey). She is also a member and is among the founders of several interdisciplinary Graduate Departments such as Biomedical Engineering, Biotechnology, Micro and Nanotechnology, Polymer Science and Technology, as well as the Center of Excellence in Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering (BIOMATEN), all at METU. She is a Fellow of the Science Academy (Turkey). She is member of European Society for Biomaterials (ESB), Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering Society (Turkey), Turkish Society of Polymer Science and Technology, Turkish Chemistry Society, Fulbright AlumniAssociation of Turkey. She has 5 patents, 155 SCI journal papers, 16 chapters in scientific books, supervised 40 M.Sc. and 20 Ph.D. students, and has a H-index of 30 (Web of Science).
