@inbook {17614, title = {Stimuli-Responsive Surfaces for Biomedical Applications}, booktitle = {Biomaterials Surface Science}, year = {2013}, month = {2013-07-24 00:00:00}, pages = {63-87}, publisher = {Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH \& Co. KGaA}, organization = {Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH \& Co. KGaA}, chapter = {4}, abstract = {

This chapter contains sections titled:

Introduction

Surface Modification Methodologies: How to Render Substrates with Stimuli Responsiveness

Exploitable Stimuli and Model Smart Biomaterials

Biomedical Applications of Smart Surfaces

Conclusions

Acknowledgments

References

}, keywords = {BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS, Biomimetics, Smart biomaterials, stimuli responsiveness, Surface engineering, Tissue engineering}, doi = {10.1002/9783527649600.ch4}, url = {http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/9783527649600.ch4/summary}, author = {Costa, R. R. and Alves, N. M. and Rodr{\'\i}guez-Cabello, J. C. and Mano, J. F.}, editor = {Taubert, A. and Mano, J. F. and Rodr{\'\i}guez-Cabello, J. C.} }