In-silico study of Hydroxyapatite and Bioglass® : how computational science sheds light on biomaterials

In the present Chapter it has been explained how crucial the computational techniques arewhen applied together with experimentalist measurements in the understanding ofbiological complex systems and mechanisms dealing with biomaterials for a large numberof reasons. Indeed, computational methods are extremely powerfully applied to predictstructure formation and crystal growth as well as to describe at a molecular level the realinteractions responsible of the attachment of the inorganic biomaterial to the organic tissue.In the investigation of phenomena related to a complex system such as the human body,many approximations are required, so a reductionist approach is employed also in thecomputational analysis