Abstract

Research & Development in Material Science

Synergy of Material, Structure and Cell

  • Open or Close Arkady Voloshin*

    Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Lehigh University, USA

    *Corresponding author: Arkady Voloshin, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics, Bioengineering Department, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18017, USA

Submission: September 14, 2017; Published: October 23, 2017

DOI: 10.31031/RDMS.2017.01.000521

ISSN: 2576-8840
Volume1 Issue5

Abstract

The contemporary materials provide not only the load-bearing capacity for various engineering structures, but also may serve as a support and living environment for living systems, like cells. This type of material is often called biomaterial. Biomaterial is defined as a substance that has been engineered to take a form which, alone or as part of a complex system, is used to direct, by control of interactions with components of living systems, the course of any therapeutic or diagnostic procedure.

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