Subject Code:
ML4L008
Name: Bio-materials
L-T-P: 3-0-0
Credit: 3
Pre-requisite(s): None
Over view and historical background; Standardized approach to Biomaterials Science; Types of host reaction to biomaterials and biocompatibility; Biomaterial testing- in vitro and in vivo; design of experiment;  material-characterization and properties; metal-, ceramic-, polymer- and/or composite- based implants; Tissue engineering materials and regeneration; biomaterial compositions  and applications; tissue engineering of skin, ligaments, cardiovascular and nervous system; drug and nucleic acid delivery, functional regeneration of synovial joints; biomimetics.
Texts / Reference Books:
  • Hollinger, J. O. 2nd Edition, An introduction to biomaterials. CRC press, 2011.
  • Park, J., & Lakes, R. S., Biomaterials: an introduction, Springer, 2011.
Subject Code: ML4L011 Name: Bio-materials L-T-P: 3-0-0 Credit: 3
Pre-requisite(s): None
Over view and historical background; Standardized approach to Biomaterials Science; Types of host reaction to biomaterials and biocompatibility; Biomaterial testing- in vitro and in vivo; design of experiment;  material-characterization and properties; metal-, ceramic-, polymer- and/or composite- based implants; Tissue engineering materials and regeneration; biomaterial compositions  and applications; tissue engineering of skin, ligaments, cardiovascular and nervous system; drug and nucleic acid delivery, functional regeneration of synovial joints; biomimetics.
Texts / Reference Books:
  • Hollinger, J. O. 2nd Edition, An introduction to biomaterials. CRC press, 2011.
  • Park, J., & Lakes, R. S., Biomaterials: an introduction, Springer, 2011.