This book reports on advanced biomaterials such as bioceramics, hydrogels, biopolymers, nanomaterials, membranes, and other compatible materials for medical applications. It introduces materials as bioactive coatings that utilize or mimic natural mechanisms and structures important for tissue and organ healing and repair. One section of the book is devoted to bone substitutes and osteogenic biomaterials. It also describes biomaterial-cell-tissue interactions, which are of critical importance for various applications in regenerative medicine, orthopedics, and implant functions. The chapters present fabrication methods and testing of various materials for medical applications. Special emphasis is given to natural patterns, theoretical models, and new insights into material characterization, particularly on fractal natural boundaries and mimicry designs taken from nature and implemented in photonics science and engineering. This multidisciplinary book is written by leading researchers andexperts in their fields, and serves researchers, students, physicians, and engineers.

Bone substitutes and osteogenic biomaterials.- ¿1. Tailoring the Microenvironment of Cells towards Osteogenic Differentiation Using Multi-layers of Glycosaminoglycans and Growth Factor Immobilization.- 2. Biology of Ceramic Bone Substitutes.- 3. Bioceramics in Orthopedic Surgery.- Materials in biomedical applications.- 4. Copper(II)-Loaded Polyphosphazenes as a Novel Detoxicant for Sarin.- Biomaterials-cells/tissues interactions.- 5. Stimuli-responsive Multilayers Based on Thiol Chemistry Controlling Adhesion and Growth of Fibroblasts.- 6. Properties of Hydroxyapatite-Based Biomaterials Important for Interactions with Cells and Tissues.- 7. Comparative in Vitro Study on Anti-inflammatory Activity of Covalent vs. Layer-by-Layer-bound Heparin and Hyaluronan Including Signal Transduction Through Transcription Factor NF-¿B.- 8. Biomimetics in Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology.- Production methods and testing of materials for medical applications.- 9. Multifunctional Bio-ceramic Scaffolds and Composites Fabricated by the Freeze Casting Techniques.- 10. Preparation and Analysis Methods of Bone Ceramic Substitutes.- 11. Comparison of Numerical Model with Experimental Measurements for the Purpose of Testing Partially and Fully Biodegradable Stents.- 12. Structural ¿nd Morphological Characterization ¿f Strontium Ferrite-Ethylcellulose Nanocomposite for Application in Membrane Technology.- 13. Unusual Chemical Reactivity at Low Temperatures of Buckminsterfullerene C60.- 14. The Nanomaterials Fractal Characterization and Bioforensic Science.- Natural patterns, theoretical models and new insights in material characterization.- 15. Medical Devices Based on Mimicry in Light-Matter Interaction: "Structured Matter ¿eets Structured Light".- 16. Brownian Motion Fractal Nature Frontiers within the Mater.- 17. Graph Theory Approach in Synthetized Diamonds Electrophysical Parameters Defining.- 18. Neural Networks from Biophysical Applications in Microelectronics Parameters Measurements.- Ceramics in socio-political fields.- 19. Bioceramics and Politics: (Un)likely Encounters.