Hydroxyapatite (HA) is an attractive bioceramic for hard tissue repair and regeneration due
to its physicochemical similarities to natural apatite. However, its low fracture toughness …

The high brittleness and low strength of bioactive ceramics have severely restricted their
application in bone repair despite the fact that they have been regarded as one of the most …

As a result of the growing interest in the biological and mechanical performance of
hydroxyapatite (HA)–graphene nano-sheets (GNs) composite systems, reduced graphene …

Background Tissue engineering (TE) is the main approach for stimulating the body's
mechanisms to regenerate damaged or diseased organs. Bone and cartilage tissues due to …

Due to the chemical similarity to the inorganic constituents of calcified tissues of mammals,
biologically relevant calcium orthophosphates (CaPO 4) have been applied as artificial …

Calcium silicate (CaSiO3, CS) ceramics are promising bioactive materials for bone tissue
engineering, particularly for bone repair. However, the low toughness of CS limits its …

Boron carbide (B4C) ceramics has many outstanding performance, such as extremely high
hardness, low density, high melting point, high elastic modulus, high thermoelectromotive …

Objective The aim of this study was to improve the mechanical properties, wear resistance
and antibacterial properties of conventional glass ionomer cements (GICs) by fluorinated …

To respond to the increasing need for bone repair strategies, various types of biomaterials
have been developed. Among those, calcium phosphate (CaP) ceramics are promising …

Nanocarbon materials (carbon nanotubes, graphene, graphene oxide, reduced graphene
oxide, etc.) are considered the ideal toughening phase of ceramic matrix composites …