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Contents
Nanomaterials for Medical Implants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
Y. Sasikumar, A. Srinivasan, and E. Hrishikesan
Fabrication of Nanostructured Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Govindaraj Perumal and Mukesh Doble
Nanomaterials for Medical Imaging and In Vivo Sensing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
N. Ashwin Kumar, B. S. Suresh Anand, and Ganapathy Krishnamurthy
Nanomaterials: Surface Functionalization, Modification,
and Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Ashish Kumar, Kiran Kaladharan, and Fan-Gang Tseng
Laser Induced Micro/Nano Functional Surfaces on Metals
for Biomedical Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
Srinivasan Arthanari, Jiaru Zhang, Xianda Xue, Yan Li, and Yingchun Guan
Surface Nanostructuring of Metallic Materials for Implant
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
T. Balusamy, T. S. N. Sankara Narayanan, and Hyung Wook Park
Tailoring the Surface Functionalities of Titania Nanotubes
for Biomedical Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
V. S. Simi, L. Mohan, and N. Rajendran