**BIOMATERIALS – PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY**

Edited by **Rosario Pignatello**

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http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/914 Edited by Rosario Pignatello

#### **Contributors**

Osvaldo Campanella, Behic Mert, Patel K Bhavesh, Hartono Sumali, Rong-Sen Yang, Tsang-Hai Huang, Ming-Yao Chang, Kung-Tung Chen, Sandy Hsieh, Ben Ayed Foued, Nobuhiro Nagai, Ryosuke Kubota, Ryohei Okahashi, Masanobu Munekata, Baoping Zhang, You Wang, Lin Geng, Serpil Ünver Saraydın, Dursun Saraydin, Mitsugu Todo, Tetsuo Takayama, Ben Chew, Dirk Lange, Chelsea Elwood, Mar Diez, Vera Schulte, Marga Lensen, Philippe Courtois, Leif Hermansson, Lothar Elling, Christiane Elisabeth Römer, Gabriel Katana, Wycliffe Kipnusu, Federica Chiellini, Andrea Morelli, Gary Rayson, Patrick Williams, Sang Hyuk Park, Eun Mi Rhim, Sun-Young Kim, Su-Jin Ahn, Kyung Lhi Kang, Duck Su Kim, Sungyoon Huh, Piero Ugliengo, Marta Corno, Fabio Chiatti, Alfonso Pedone, Miroslav Petrtyl, Jaroslav Lisal, Jana Danesova, Jessem Landoulsi, Michel J. Genet, Karim El Kirat, Caroline Richard, Sylviane Pulvin, Paul Rouxhet, Masaru Murata, Toshiyuki Akazawa, Masaharu Mitsugi, In-Woong Um, Kyung-Wook Kim, Young-Kyun Kim, Luca Maria Moricca, Giuseppina Fini, Alessandra Leonardi, Sara Buonaccorsi, Valentina Pellacchia, Luciano D, Elidon Mici, Laura Frontero, Yan Lu, Zhao Xia, Jiao Wei, John Ramshaw, Juan Valerio Cauich-Rodríguez, Birzabith Mendoza-Novelo

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Biomaterials - Physics and Chemistry Edited by Rosario Pignatello p. cm. ISBN 978-953-307-418-4 eBook (PDF) ISBN 978-953-51-4403-8
