Long description:

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.

This book will cover almost all kinds of such 3rd generation ceramic and ceramic-related biomaterials. This book conveys the current state-of-the-art on the science and technology of bioceramics, from nano-size dots or particles to macro-scale architectures, of a wide range of constitutions including quantum dots with peptide fragments, meso-scale therapeutic particles designed to involve drugs or genes, mesoporous organic-inorganic hybrids, nano-structured oxide layers on metals and alloys.

Table of Contents:

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