Advances in Bioceramics and Porous Ceramics III, Volume 31, Issue 6

Introduction.

BIOCERAMICS.

Biodegradable Rare Earth Lithium Aluminoborate Glasses for Brachytherapy Use (J. E. White, D. E. Day, R. F. Brown, and G. J. Ehrhardt).

Analytical Model for Prediction of Residual Stress in Zirconia-Porcelain Bi-Layer (M. Allahkarami, H. A. Bale, and J. C. Hanan).

Calcium-Aiuminate Based Dental Luting Cement with Improved Sealing Properties—An Overview (Leif Hermansson, Adam Faris, Gunilla Gomez-Ortega, Emil Abrahamsson, and Jesper Lööf).

Bioglass/Chitosan Composite as a New Bone Substitute (P. Khoshakhlagh, F. Moztarzadeh, S. M. Rabiee, R. Moradi, P. Heidari, R. Ravariani, S. Amanpour).

Development and Characterization of High Strength Porous Tissue Scaffolds (James J. Liu, Juha-Pekka Nuutinen, Kitu Patel and Adam Wallen).

Grape Technology or Bone-Like Apatite Deposition in Narrow Grooves (A. Sugino, K. Uetsuki, K. Kuramoto, S. Hayakawa, Y. Shirosaki, A. Osaka, K. Tsuru, T. Nakano, and C. Ohtsuki).

Rapid Biomimetic Calcium Phosphate Coating on Metals, Bioceramics and Biopolymers at Room Temperature with 10xSBF (A. Cuneyt Tas).

Chemically Bonded Bioceramic Carrier Systems for Drug Delivery (Leif Hermansson).

POROUS CERAMICS.

Low-Og Technology for Thermal Treatment of High Quality Porous Ceramics (Hartmut Weber).

Reticulated SiC Foam X-ray CT, Meshing, and Simulation (Alberto Ortona, Simone Pusteria, and Solene Valton).

The Effects of ß-Si₃N₄ Seeding and a-Si₃N₄ Powder Size on the Development of Porous ß-Si₃N₄ Ceramics (Daniel A. Gould, Kevin P. Plucknett, Liliana B. Garrido, and Luis A. Genova).

Development of Novel Microporous ZrO₂ Membranes for H2/CO₂ Separation (Tim Van Gestel, Felix Hauler, Doris Sebold, Wilhelm A. Meulenberg, and Hans-Peter Buchkremer).

Thermal Shock Properties of Porous Alumina for Support Carrier of Hydrogen Membrane Materials (Sawao Honda, Yuuki Ogihara, Shinobu Hashimoto, and Yuji Iwamoto).

In Situ Processing of Porous MgTi₂O₅ Ceramics with Pseudobrookite-Type Structure toward Third Generation Diesel Particulate Filter Materials (Yoshikazu Suzuki).

Aluminum Titanate Composites for Diesel Particulate Filter Applications (Monika Backhaus-Ricoult, Chris Glose, Patrick Tepesch, Bryan Wheaton, and Jim Zimmermann).

Weibull Analysis of 4-Point Flexure Strengths in Honeycomb Ceramic Structures (Cordierite and Silicon Carbide) (Randall J. Stafford and Srephen T. Gonczy).

Author Index.