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Materials for biomedical application– high long‐term success rates might pose new problems
Author(s) -
Heimke Ganther
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.19890010707
Subject(s) - materials science , inert , term (time) , nanotechnology , biomedical engineering , biochemical engineering , engineering physics , engineering , quantum mechanics , physics
The increasing functional lifetime of modern implants has been due to engineering successes in utilizing new materials. However, along with this progress has come the concern that some of these materials are not as biologically inert as expected and systemic damage may in some cases be caused. Second article in a quarterly series.