Diamond-Based Materials for Biomedical Applications

<p>Contributor contact details</p> <p>Woodhead Publishing Series in Biomaterials</p> <p>Part I: Introduction to diamond-based materials for medical applications</p> <p>Chapter 1: Introduction to medical applications of diamond particles and surfaces</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>1.1 Introduction</p> <p>1.2 Growth of synthetic diamond</p> <p>1.3 Diamond-based medical devices</p> <p>1.4 Functionalization of nanodiamond and nanocrystalline diamond</p> <p>1.5 Drug delivery using nanodiamond</p> <p>1.6 Imaging with nanodiamond</p> <p>1.7 Conclusion</p> <p>1.8 Acknowledgments</p> <p>Chapter 2: Functionalization of diamond surfaces for medical applications</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>2.1 Introduction</p> <p>2.2 Electrochemical reduction of aryldiazonium salts</p> <p>2.3 Photochemical modification</p> <p>2.4 Preparation of amine-terminated diamond surfaces</p> <p>2.5 Preparation of oxygen-terminated diamond surfaces</p> <p>2.6 Conclusion and future trends</p> <p>Chapter 3: Biotribology and biological behaviour of nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) coatings for medical applications</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>3.1 Introduction to nanocrystalline diamond (NCD)</p> <p>3.2 NCD-coated silicon nitride ceramics as new materials for joint replacement</p> <p>3.3 Growth and characterization of NCD films deposited on Si3N4 substrates</p> <p>3.4 Biotribology of NCD coatings</p> <p>3.5 Biological behaviour of NCD-coated Si3N4 ceramics</p> <p>Chapter 4: Blood compatibility of diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>4.1 Introduction</p> <p>4.2 Diamond-like carbon (DLC) structure, properties and applications</p> <p>4.3 Deposition techniques for DLC films</p> <p>4.4 DLC blood compatibility</p> <p>4.5 Modified DLC films</p> <p>4.6 Biomedical applications of DLC coatings</p> <p>4.7 Conclusion and future trends</p> <p>Part II: Biomedical applications of diamond-based materials</p> <p>Chapter 5: Nanostructured diamond coatings for orthopaedic applications</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>5.1 Introduction</p> <p>5.2 Ultra-hard carbon coatings</p> <p>5.3 Wear measurements for ceramic-based orthopaedic implants</p> <p>5.4 Mesenchymal stem cells derived from bone marrow and their interactions with nanostructured diamond surfaces</p> <p>5.5 Macrophage cell interactions to diamond wear debris</p> <p>5.6 In vivo evaluation of nanostructured diamond surfaces</p> <p>5.7 Future trends</p> <p>5.8 Acknowledgements</p> <p>Chapter 6: Ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) films for ophthalmological applications</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>6.1 Introduction</p> <p>6.2 The use of ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) films as coatings in the restoration of sight in people blinded by degenerated photoreceptors</p> <p>6.3 The use of UNCD films in the treatment of glaucoma</p> <p>6.4 Integrated magnet/superparamagnetic nanoparticles interacting system for new treatment of retina detachment</p> <p>6.5 Conclusions</p> <p>6.6 Acknowledgments</p> <p>Chapter 7: Ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) for neural applications</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>7.1 Introduction</p> <p>7.2 Mechanism aspects of ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD)/neural cell interactions</p> <p>7.3 Methods of guiding neurons</p> <p>7.4 Neural and retinal prostheses</p> <p>Chapter 8: Nanodiamonds for drug delivery systems</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>8.1 Introduction</p> <p>8.2 Surface modification of diamond nanoparticles for drug delivery and targeting</p> <p>8.3 Development of nanodiamond-based drug delivery for proteins</p> <p>8.4 Development of nanodiamond-based drug delivery for genes</p> <p>8.5 Development of nanodiamond-based drug delivery for low molecular weight therapeutic agents</p> <p>8.6 Biocompatibility, biodistribution and biological fate of nanodiamonds</p> <p>8.7 Conclusions</p> <p>Chapter 9: Diamond nucleation and seeding techniques for tissue regeneration</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>9.1 Introduction</p> <p>9.2 Diamond nucleation</p> <p>9.3 Methods for diamond nucleation and seeding</p> <p>9.4 Bias enhanced nucleation in hot filament chemical vapour deposition</p> <p>9.5 Ultrasonic seeding</p> <p>9.6 Seeding using a polymer composite</p> <p>9.7 Spontaneous nucleation</p> <p>9.8 Biological and tissue engineering applications</p> <p>Chapter 10: Diamond materials for microfluidic devices</p> <p>Abstract:</p> <p>10.1 Introduction</p> <p>10.2 Materials for the manufacture of microfluidic devices</p> <p>10.3 Diamond microfluidic devices</p> <p>10.4 Conclusions and future trends</p> <p>10.5 Acknowledgments</p> <p>Index</p>