Abstract
The physical characterization or properties required of a material for medical applications vary widely according to the particular application. Moreover, due to our imperfect understanding of tissue-material interactions, it is difficult if not impossible to translate the values of physicochemical properties of materials intoin vivoperformances. However, this should not prevent us from a thorough investigation of the characteristics of materialsin vitrobefore using them as implants. On the contrary, the study of implant materials must start from a basic understanding of the behavior of materials under various conditions. In this chapter, we will try to limit our study by focusing attention on the basic elements of material characterizations.
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Park, J.B. (1984). Characterization of Materials. In: Biomaterials Science and Engineering. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2769-1_2
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