Together, 316L steel, magnesium-alloy, Ni-Ti, titanium-alloy, and cobalt-alloy are commonly
employed biomaterials for biomedical applications due to their excellent mechanical …

Hydroxyapatite, the main inorganic material in natural bone, has been used widely for
orthopaedic applications. Due to size effects and surface phenomena at the nanoscale …

Written by more than 400 subject experts representing diverse academic and applied
domains, this multidisciplinary resource surveys the vanguard of biomaterials and …

Wear behavior of plasma-sprayed carbon nanotube (CNT)-reinforced hydroxyapatite (HA)
coating is evaluated in the simulated body fluid environment. Apart from enhancing the …

Background: This study compared the incidence of osteolysis, aseptic loosening, and
revision following use of highly cross-linked polyethylene (HXLPE) or conventional …

Hydroxyapatite (HA) and related materials have been frequently studied as ceramic-based
bone graft materials due to their outstanding biocompatibility and osteoconduction. Since …

Aseptic loosening as a result of wear debris is considered to be the main cause of long-term
implant failure in orthopaedic surgery and improved biomaterials for bearing surfaces …

More than twenty years ago, hydroxyapatite (HA), calcium phosphate ceramics, was
introduced as a coating for cementless hip prostheses. The choice of this ceramic is due to …

A biphasic layer with a Zn-containing β-tricalcium phosphate (ZnTCP) phase and a
fluoridated hydroxyapatite (FHA) phase on titanium alloy substrate was prepared by the sol …

We have developed a laser‐textured superhydrophilic Ti‐6Al‐4V surface with unique
surface chemistry and topography that substantially promotes osteoblast adhesion in …