Foreword I; Foreword II; Preface; Section I. Overview: 1. Introduction; 2. Materials for Biomedical Applications; 3. Tissue Engineering Scaffolds: Principles and Properties; Section II. Fundamentals - Materials Science: 4. Conventional and Advanced Manufacturing of Biomaterials; 5. Probing Structure of Materials at Multiple Length Scales; 6.

Mechanical Properties: Principles and Assessment; Section III. Fundamentals - Biological Science: 7. Cells, Proteins and Nucleic Acids: Structure and Properties; 8. Cell-Material Interaction and Biocompatibility; 9. Probing Cell Response, in vitro; 10. Bacterial Growth and Biofilm Formation; 11. Probing Tissue Response, in vivo; Section IV. Illustrative Examples of Biomaterials Development: 12.

Case Study: Corrosion and Wear of Selected Ti-alloys; 13. Case Study: Calcium Phosphate-Mullite Composites; 14. Case Study: Compression Moulded HDPE-based Hybrid Biocomposites; 15. Case Study: Phase Stability, Bactericidal and Cytocompatibility of HA-Ag; 16. Case Study: HA-CaTiO3 based Multifunctional Composites; 17. Case Study: Compatibility of Neuronal/Cardiac Cells with Patterned Substrates; 18. Perspectives; Appendix A; Appendix B; References; Index; Colour Plates.