Materials’ surfaces are really important because they influence how something interacts with the rest of the world—and big advances in the understanding and fabrication of surfaces mean big advances in how those surfaces can function.
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Despite the fact that there have been amazing advances in healthcare in the past several decades, there are still needs to be addressed, still problems to fix, and still places where advanced materials like glass and ceramics can fill important gaps (including some literal gaps).
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The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) has signed a partnership agreement with the Florida Institute of Technology’s (FIT) Continuing Education department to offer a series of short courses in bioceramics taught by Dr. Larry Hench.
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Innovations in Biomedical Materials: Focus on Ceramics 2014 is coming to the Capital City this summer–some great plenary sessions and panel discussions are already lined up, plus the conference is featuring a new Rapid-Fire Presentation session. Apply today!
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New research uses inspiration from the ocean to improve ceramics, making them stronger by controlling their microstructure and mimicking that of marine mollusks.
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[Editor’s note: this article originally appeared in Wiley Materials Views on July 3.] Highly ordered, vertically oriented titanium oxide nanotube arrays obtained by titanium anodization have attracted huge attention because of their…
Read MoreSilicate nanoplatelets cause stem cells to become bone cells (increasing formation of red color). Credit: A. Gaharwar, Khademhosseini lab. As the US population ages, more than a million Americans a year…
Read MoreA Forecast for Biomaterials: Hench Retirement SymposiumJulian R. Jones and Aldo R. Boccaccini Concrete Creep at Controlled Ambient ConditionsThe effect of ambient temperature and relative humidity on concrete creep was…
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