Bulletin

March 2010 - Vol 89 No. 2
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The American Ceramic Society also has two short videos of interviews with researchers who discuss their use of nanoparticles for drug-delivery and imaging systems.


Biomedical applications of multifunctional nanomaterial systems

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Nanotubes and other nanoparticles for drug delivery systems

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Energy efficiency to be focus of refractory conference

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The St. Louis Section and the Refractory Ceramics Division of ACerS will be holding its 46th annual symposium March 24–25, 2010, in St. Louis, Mo., at the Hilton, St. Louis Airport Hotel.

Business, science, education and policy leaders to meet in June

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In June 2010, ACerS will convene the first “Ceramic Leadership Summit,” bringing together senior executives, researchers, policymakers, university administrators, senior faculty and a group of future leaders to discuss strategic issues and trends affecting the ceramics and glass community as well as emerging technologies.

 
Nanophase ceramics for improved drug delivery: Current opportunities and challenges 24

by Lei Yang, Brian W. Sheldon and Thomas J. Weber
Nanophase ceramics already have been widely used in a broad spectrum of biomedical applications, and now drug delivery is one of the fastest emerging and developing arenas for nano-ceramics.

 
2010 Glass & Optical Materials Division annual meeting preview 33
Invitation from the program chair and program overview . . . 33
Hotel information . . . 34
Schedule-at-a-glance . . . 34
Symposia schedule . . . 34
Workshop schedule . . . 34
Poster session and student poster competition . . . 36
Short course schedule . . . 36

 

 

 

 

 
Electronic Materials and Applications 2010 meeting highlights 37

Premier of electronics meeting attracts international crowd

 
International Conference and Exposition on Advanced Ceramics
and Composites report		 38
Forum for quests and collaborations found in Daytona at ICACC’10
 
 

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