PART 1 INTRODUCTION TO BIOCOMPOSITES
Natural composites: structure-properties relationships in bone, cartilage, ligament and tendons - M Purbrick and L Ambrosio, National Research Council, M Ventre and P Netti, University of Naples “Federico II”, Italy
Design and fabrication of biocomposites - L K Cardon and K J Ragaert, University College Ghent – Ghent University, Belgium and R P Koster, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Hard tissue applications of biocomposites - K E Tanner, University of Glasgow, UK
Soft tissue applications of biocomposites - M Santin, University of Brighton, UK
PART 2 PARTICULAR APPLICATIONS OF BIOCOMPOSITES
Composite materials for bone repair - L Grondahl and K Jack, The University of Queensland, Australia
Composite coatings for implants and tissue engineering scaffolds - M Wang, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Composite materials for spinal implants - A Gloria, R De Santis, and L Ambrosio, National Research Council and F Causa, University of "Magna Graecia", Italy
Composites for dental applications - S N Nazhat, McGill University, Canada
Acrylic bone cements for joint replacement - S Deb, King’s College London Dental Institute, UK
Composite materials for ligaments and tendons - L Ambrosio, A Gloria, National Research Council and F Causa, University of "Magna Grecia", Italy
Injectable composites for bone repair - P Weiss and A Fatimi,Université de Nantes, France
Composite materials for hip joint prostheses - R De Santis, A Gloria and L Ambrosio, National Research Council, Italy
Harnessing the properties of fiber-reinforced composites in the design of tissue-engineered scaffolds - A T Di Benedetto and L Pinatti, University of Connecticut, USA
PART 3 BIOCOMPATIBILITY, MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR AND FAILURE OF BIOCOMPOSITES
The challenge of biocompatibility evaluation of biocomposites - J M Anderson and G Voskerician, Case Western Reserve University, USA
Cellular response to biocomposites - P Jayakumar and L Di Silvio, King’s College London Dental Institute, UK
Testing the in vivo biocompatibility of biocomposites - R Giardino, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute and Bologna University Medical School, M Fini, N Nicoli Aldini and A Parrilli, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Italy
The mechanics of biocomposites - L Nicolais, University of Naples “Federico II”, A Gloria and L Ambrosio National Research Council, Italy
Tribology of biocomposites - S Kanagaraj, Indian Institute of Technology, India and M S A Oliveira and J A de Oliveira, Simõe, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Fatigue behaviour of biocomposites - A Pegoretti, University of Trento, Italy
PART 4 THE FUTURE FOR BIOCOMPOSITES
Nanostructured biocomposites for tissue engineering scaffolds - D Meng and A R Boccaccini, Imperial College London, UK
Developing biocomposites as scaffolds in regenerative medicine - A Tampieri, S Sprio, E Landi and M Sandi, National Research Council, Italy
Developing targeted biocomposites in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine - J A Planell and M Navarro, Technical University of Catalonia, Spain
Ethical issues affecting the use of biocomposites - L Trommelmans and K Dierickx, Centre for Biomedical Ethics and Law, Belgium