Ultrananocrystalline Diamond Coatings for Next-Generation High-Tech and Medical Devices

A comprehensive guide to using ultrananocrystalline-diamond (UNCDTM) and thin film technology for implantable and external medical devices.

Orlando Auciello (Edited by)

9781107088733, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 21 July 2022

350 pages
25 x 17.5 x 2.2 cm, 0.67 kg

A comprehensive guide to the science of a transformational ultrananocrystalline-diamond (UNCDTM) thin film technology enabling a new generation of high-tech and external and implantable medical devices. Edited and co-authored by a co-originator and pioneer in the field, it describes the synthesis and material properties of UNCDTM coatings and multifunctional oxide/nitride thin films and nanoparticles, and how these technologies can be integrated into the development of implantable and external medical devices and treatments of human biological conditions. Bringing together contributions from experts around the world, it covers a range of clinical applications, including ocular implants, glaucoma treatment devices, implantable prostheses, scaffolds for stem cell growth and differentiation, Li-ion batteries for defibrillators and pacemakers, and drug delivery and sensor devices. Technology transfer and regulatory issues are also covered. This is essential reading for researchers, engineers and practitioners in the field of high-tech and medical device technologies across materials science and biomedical engineering.

1. Fundamentals on Synthesis and Properties of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (UNCDTM) Coatings Orlando Auciello, Jesus J. Alcantar-Peña and Elida de Obaldia
2. Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (UNCD) Films as Hermetic/Biocompatible/Bioinert Coating for Encapsulation of Eye Implantable Microchip to Restore Partial Vision to Blind People Orlando Auciello
3. Science and Technology of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (UNCDTM) Coatings for Glaucoma Treatment Devices Orlando Auciello, Alejandro Berra and Mario J. Saravia
4. Science and Technology of Novel Integrated Biocompatible Super-Paramagnetic Oxide Nanoparticles Injectable in Human Eye and External Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (UNCDTM)-Coated Magnet for New Retina Reattachment Procedure Orlando Auciello, Alejandro Berra, Mario J. Saravia, Roberto Zysler and Enio Jr. Lima
5. Science and Technology of Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (UNCDTM) Coatings for New Generation of Implantable Prostheses: Dental Implants, Artificial Hips and Knees Orlando Auciello, Karam Kang, Daniel Olmedo and Debora R. Tasat
6. Science and Technology of Novel Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (UNCDTM) Scaffolds for Stem Cells Growth and Differentiation for Developmental Biology and Biological Treatment of Human Medical Conditions Orlando Auciello and Bing Shi
7. New Generation of Li-ion Batteries (LIB) with Order of Magnitude Longer Life and Safer than Current LIBs, Based on Novel Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (UNCDTM)-Coated Components for New Generation of Defibrillators/Pacemakers and Implantable Battery Powered Medical Devices Orlando Auciello and Yonhua Tzeng
8. Science and Technology of Integrated Piezoelectric Nitride/Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (UNCDTM) Films for a New Generation of Biomedical MEMS Energy Generation, Drug Delivery and Sensor Devices Orlando Auciello, Martín Zalazar
9. Science and Technology of Integrated Multifunctional Piezoelectric Oxides/UltrananocrystallineDiamond (UNCDTM) Films for a New Generation of Biomedical MEMS Energy Generation, Drug Delivery and Sensor Devices Orlando Auciello and Geunhee Lee
10. Biomaterials and Multifunctional Biocompatible Ultrananocrystalline Diamond (UNCDTM) Technologies Transfer Pathway: From the Laboratory Through Regulatory Agencies to the Market for Medical Devices Orlando Auciello.

Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Nanotechnology [TBN], Biomedical engineering [MQW]