Biomaterials Science: Processing, Properties, and Applications

Preface vi i NEXT GENERATION BIOMATERIALS

Ultrafine-Grained Commercially Pure Titanium and Microstructure Response to Hydroxyapatite Coating Methods 3
Kayla Calvert, Kevin Trumble, Srinivasan Chandrasekar, and Mark Hoffman

Preparation of Porous Hydroxyapatite Scaffolds using Yeast as a Pore Forming Agent 15
Sophie C. Cox and Kajal K. Mallick

Understanding the Influence of SrO Doping on the Mechanical Properties of ß-TCP Ceramics 27
Ken DeVoe, Amit Bandyopadhyay, and Susmita Bose

Dental Application Field Based on Nanostructural Chemically Bonded Ca-Aluminate 33
Leif Hermansson

Freeze Extrusion Fabrication of 13-93 Bioactive Glass Scaffolds for Repair and Regeneration of Load-Bearing Bones 45
T. S. Huang, M. N. Rahaman, N. D. Doiphode, M. C. Leu, B. S. Bal, D. E. Day, and X. Liu

Porous Biodegradable Scaffolds for Hard Tissue Engineering 57
Kajal K. Mallick and James Winnett

Synthesis of Nano Hydroxyapatite by Chemical Precipitation Using Different Surfactant Templates 67
Shahid Amin and Mohammad Mujahid

Effect of TiB2 or Y203 Additions on Mechanical Biofunctionality of Ti-29Nb-13Ta-4.6Zr for Biomedical Applications 75
Mitsuo Niinomi, Masaaki Nakai, Satoshi Yonezawa, Xiu Song, and Lei Wang

Apatite Nano-Rods Array Grown on Glass Substrates in Aqueous Systems 83
A. Osaka, Y. Shirosaki, S. Hayakawa, K. Tsuru, E. Fujii, and K. Kawabata

Dielectric Properties of Porous Calcium Titanate (CaTi03) 89
G. A. Rott, F. Zhang, Y. Haba, W. Kröger, and E. Burkel

Nanocomposites of Poly(L-Lactic Acid) and Maghemite for Drug Delivery of Caffeine 95
A. Vargas, F. G. Souza Jr.

SURFACE PROPERTIES OF BIOMATERIALS

Hard and Wear Resistant Surfaces for Load Bearing Metal Implants 109
Vamsi Krishna Baila, Susmita Bose, and Amit Bandyopadhyay

Influence of Electro-Thermal Polarization on Surface Properties of Hydroxyapatite 125
S. Bodhak, S. Bose, and A. Bandyopadhyay

Calcium Phosphate Ceramics in Drug Delivery and Bone Tissue Engineering 135
Susmita Bose, Solaiman Tarafder, Shashwat Banerjee, and Amit Bandyopadhyay

Nanoscale Hydroxyapatite Coatings on Ti: Simultaneous Enhancement of Mechanical and Biological Properties 147
Mangal Roy, Amit Bandyopadhyay, and Susmita Bose

Thermal Sprayed Bioceramics Coatings for Metallic Implants 159
T. P. S, Sarao, H. Singh, H. Singh, and R. Chhibbe

Role of Reinforced Materials in Thermal Sprayed Hydroxyapatite Coating on Bio Implants: A Review 173
Gurbhinder Singh, Surendra Singh, and Satya Prakash

Selective Laser Sintering Fabrication of 13-93 Bioactive Glass Bone Scaffolds 185
M. Velez, K. C. R. Kolan, M. C. Leu, G. E. Hilmas, and R. F. Brown

Author Index 195