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xiii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We would like to extend our appreciation and sincere thanks to those colleagues, postgraduate students, friends, and family who assisted us during the process of writing this book. Most importantly, we thank our team of expert and outstanding coauthors; without their highly valued scholarly contribution, this book could not have been written. BC and EF kindly acknowledge financial support of interdisciplinary research consortium of Hannover Biofabrication and The German Research Foundation (DFG SFB599 “Sustaintable Bioresorbing and Permanent Implants of Metallic and Ceramic Materials” and DFG Project “Electrode optimization for neuroprostheses”). Russell J. Crawford and Elena P. Ivanova Acknowledgement