The objective of this course is to educate the students on the fundamental characteristics and properties of biomaterials, so that they can understand the response of these materials to different biological systems and stimuli. The course will examine physical, chemical, and mechanical properties of materials such as metals, ceramics, polymers, composites, and natural materials used for biomedical applications, biomaterial response to biological systems (such as mechanical breakdown, corrosion, dissolution, leaching, chemical degradation, and wear), and living tissue response to biomaterials (such as inflammation, wound healing carcinogenicity, immunogenicity, cytotoxicity, infection, local/systemic effects).
