Diamond Based Materials for Biomedical Applications.

Part 1 Introduction to diamond based materials for medical applications: Introduction to medical applications of diamond particles and surfaces; Functionalisation of diamond surfaces for medical applications; Biotribology and biological behaviour of nanocrystalline diamond (NCD) coatings for medical applications; Blood compatibility of diamond-like carbon (DLC) coatings. Part 2 Biomedical applications of diamond based materials: Nanostructured diamond coatings for orthopaedic applications; Ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) films for ophthalmological applications; Ultrananocrystalline diamond (UNCD) for neural applications; Nanodiamonds for drug delivery systems; Diamond nucleation and seeding techniques for tissue regeneration; Diamond materials for microfluidic devices.