Bioceramics
From Macro to Nanoscale

Conveys the current state-of-the-art of the science and technology of bioceramics, from macro-scale architectures to nano-size dots or particles

Akiyoshi Osaka (Edited by), Roger Narayan (Edited by)

9780081029992, Elsevier Science

Paperback / softback, published 16 September 2020

468 pages, 350 illustrations (80 in full color)
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.9 cm, 0.84 kg

Biologically functional ceramic materials have been known about for several decades, like phosphate cements and gypsum, and they are within the zeroth generation. Modern and artificially synthesized bioceramics include amorphous materials in the Bioglass® family that were developed in the early 1970’s and derivative glass ceramics such as Bioverit® and Cerabone A-W® that came in 1980’s. They are from the 2nd generation of materials, and mostly applicable to bone replacement or bone defect fillers. Since the late 1990’s, newer technologies have been introduced to the biologically functional material fields; they are the syntheses of organic-inorganic hybrids of micro- and macroscopic scales as well as nano-scales, organic fragment-covered ceramic particles of varied sizes, with light-controlling abilities to modify the frequency of light, in addition synthesis of high strength and high-tribological durability that had not been available before. With the advent of additive manufacturing technology employing lasers, electron beams, and printers, clinical materials of complicated porous structures are now easily prepared. These materials are of the 3rd generation.

1. Introduction 2. Importance of nano-structured surfaces 3. Nano-structured TiO2 layers on Ti for bone-bonding 4. Organic modification of magnetite nanoparticles for biomedical applications 5. NIR excitation of rare earth ions for diagnosis and bioimaging 6. Organic-Inorganic Nanohybrid Particles for Biomedical Applications 7. Incorporation behavior and biomedical applications of inorganic-layered compounds 8. Nano apatite formation on DCPD 9. Bone structure and formation: A new perspective 10. Sol-gel preparation of titanium oxide and hydroxyapatite microparticles for blood purification 11. Design of silica-doped calcium carbonates and their composites for biomedical use 12. Ceramics for Artificial Joints: Alumina, Zirconia and Alumina-Zirconia composites 13. Chemistry of bioceramics in joint arthroplasty: the missing key 14. Robocasting of mesoporous bioactive glasses (MBGs) 15. Glass and glass ceramics for tissue engineering 16. Bioactive ceramics: past and future 17. PILP and bone regeneration 18. Electrospinning and Nanofibrous Structures for Biomedical Applications

Subject Areas: Ceramics & glass technology [TDCQ]