Bioceramics: Materials and Applications IV

The Role of Ceramics in an Age of Biology (L.L. Hench).


Processing and Characterization of Phosphate Bioceramics.

A Review of Bone Substitutes in Bone Remodeling: Influence of Materials
Chemistry and Porosity (A. Cuneyt Tas).

Manufacturing of Thermally Sprayed Tricalcium Phosphate Coatings for
Biomedical Applications (M. Baccalaro, R. Gadow, and K. von Niessen).

Hydrothermal Deposition of Hydroxyapatite Coatings on Glass and Ceramics (H. Pan, M.N. Rahaman, and J.-S. Ha).

Porous Hydroxyapatite Containing Silicon Derived from Natural Coral (Y.-H. Kim, S.-R. Kim, S.J. Jung, Y.J. Lee, and H. Song).

Electrochemical Deposition and Patterning of Calcium Phosphate Bioceramic Coating (K. Duan, Y. Fan, and R. Wang).

Oxide Based Sintering Additives for HAp Ceramics (S. Kalita, S. Bose, A. Bandyopadhyay, and H.L. Hosick).

Synthesis, Characterization and Sintering Behavior of Calcium Hydroxyapatite Powders with Average Particle Diameters of 150nm (A.C. Sutorik, M.S. Paras, D. Lawrence, A. Kennedy and T. Hinklin).

Microstructure of Hydroxyapatite Thick Film (W.-L. Shieh, W.-Y. Huang, and T.-S. Sheu).

Molecularly Dispersed Hydroxyapatite Polymer Nanocomposites (O.C. Wilson Jr., and L. Marshall).


Interactions between Ceramics and Biological Environments.

Effects of Organic Molecules In Kokubo¿s Simulated Body Fluid on Apatite Formation on Bioactive Glass and Titanium Substrates (K. Tsuru, Y. Higashi, S. Hayakawa, and A. Osaka).

Hydroxy-Carbonate Apatite Synthesis, Blood Compatibility and Adsorption of Specific Pathogenic Proteins (S. Hayakawa, Y. Kusudo, S. Takemoto, K. Tsusru, A. Osaka, and S. Takashima).

In Vitro Stability Predictions of Osteoblast Interaction with Hydroxyapatite and β-Tricalcium Phosphate (I.O. Smith, M.K. Soto, M.J. Baumann, and L. McCabe).

Two and 10 Year Retrievals of Zirconia Femoral Heads: XRD, SEM and Raman Sprctroscopy Studies (D.D. Green, G. Pezzotti, S. Sakakura, M. Ries and I.C. Clarke).

Phase Transformation and Residual Stresses In Retrieved Zirconia Hip Implants - A Raman Microprobe Spectroscopy Study (G. Pezzotti, S. Sakakura, A. Porporatti, D.D. Green, I.C. Clarke, and N. Sugano).

BioLubrication Phenomena (Protiens) May Control the Wear - Perfromance of Zirconia Hip Joints (I.C. Clarke, D.D. Green, G. Pezzotti, S. Sakakura and B. Ben-Nissan).