Biomaterials Tutorial

Biomaterials science and engineering is a highly interdisciplinary field intersecting medicine, biology, physics, chemistry, materials science, engineering and ethics, just to name a few of key players. UWEB offers below a series of short tutorials on key subjects and materials impacting biomaterials science and engineering. Additional detail can be found in introductory textbooks such as Biomaterials Science: An Introduction to Materials in Medicine, 2nd edition (Elsevier Publishers, 2004), in short courses and in academic courses, for example University of Washington course BioE492 (Introduction to Biomaterials).

Some of the tutorials are still under construction at this time.

Select from the topics below to find out more about research in these areas.

General Topics about Biomaterials:

Introduction to biomaterials
Biocompatibility
Bacteria, Infection and Biofilms
Blood Biocompatibility
Complement
Biomaterials for Cardiovascular Applications
Devices in the Bloodstream
Wound Healing and the Foreign Body Reaction
Mechanical Properties of Biomaterials
Histology
Implant Devices
Drug Delivery and Controlled Release
Bioelectrodes
Protein Adsorption
Tissue Engineering

Materials:

Poly(HEMA) and hydrogels
Titanium and Metals in medicine
PDMS
PEG/PEO
PLA and PGA
PTFE
Natural Polymers as Biomaterials (chitosan, alginate, collagen)
Porous Scaffolds

Analysis:

An Introduction to Surface Analysis
Scanning Probe Microscopies
Contact Angle
ESCA
ATR and IRRAS
NEXAFS
Quartz Crystal Microbalance
SPR
SEM
TOF-SIMS

Coatings:

Surface Modification Introduction
Microcontact Printing
Plasma Deposition
Self-Assembled Monolayers

Matrix Proteins:

Collagen
Fibrinogen
Fibronectin
Laminin
OPN
Vitronectin