Nanotechnology is widely used in our day to day life including its use in medicine. Using
nanotechnology, it is easy to analyze and manipulate atoms, chemical bonds and molecules …

This review describes the mechanisms responsible for low-temperature degradation (LTD)
of zirconia ceramics and its detrimental consequences for biomedical devices. Special …

Zirconia ceramics have found broad applications in a variety of energy and biomedical
applications because of their unusual combination of strength, fracture toughness, ionic …

The failure events of Prozyr® femoral heads in 2001–2002 have opened a strong,
controversial issue on the future of zirconia as a biomaterial. The aim of this paper is to …

The urge to replace missing teeth dates back to the origin of medicine. Along history, organic
materials, metals, alloys, polymers, glasses, and carbon were used to substitute teeth, but …

The objective of this article is to provide an up-to-date overview of zirconia-toughened
alumina (ZTA) components used in total hip arthroplasties. The structure, mechanical …

The most commonly used bearing couple in prosthetic hip or knee joint replacements
consists of a cobalt–chrome (CoCr) metal alloy articulating against ultrahigh‐molecular …

Changes in crystalline phases resulting from low-temperature ageing of different yttria
doped and non-doped zirconia-toughened alumina composites and nanocomposites were …

The combined requirements imposed by the enormous scale and overall complexity of
designing new implants or complete organ regeneration are well beyond the reach of …

Abstract The influence of 0.25, 2 and 5 wt.% alumina addition on the mechanical properties
and low temperature degradation (LTD) of 3, 2.5 and 2 mol% yttria-stabilized TZP ceramics …