Recent advances in nanostructured ceramics for medical applications have resulted from two complementary forces. First, there is a natural evolution from the microscale to the nanoscale as novel processing and characterization techniques become available. Second, nanostructured ceramics provide exceptional capabilities for specialized interactions with proteins, DNA, viruses, and other nanoscale biological structures. Third, novel techniques for processing ceramic materials are being developed that will facilitate improvements in medical and dental care. This symposium will allow for discussion among the many groups involved in the development and use of bioceramics, including ceramic researchers, medical device manufacturers, and clinicians.
Proposed sessions and topics of interest:
- Nanostructured bioceramics
- Dental biomaterials
- Rapid prototyping of bioceramics
- Advanced processing of bioceramics
- In vitro and in vivo characterization of bioceramics
- Medically-relevant hybrid materials
- Bioinspired materials and devices
- Nanostructured biosensors
- Drug/gene delivery devices
- Biomedical sensors
- Diagnostics for medical applications
Symposium Organizers
- Roger J Narayan, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University, USA; roger_narayan@unc.edu
- Min Wang, The University of Hong Kong, China; memwang@hku.hk
- Markus Reiterer, Medtronic, USA
- Suwan Jayasinghe, University College London, United Kingdom
- Chikara Ohtsuki, Nagoya University, Japan
- Akiyoshi Osaka, Okayam University, Japan
- Rizhi Wang, University of British Columbia, Canada
- Chengtie Wu, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, China,
- Hala Zreiqat, University of Sydney, Australia
- Xuanyong Liu, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, China
- Yu Zhang, University of Pennsylvania, USA
- Congqin Ning, Shanghai Normal University, China
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