The discovery of bioactive glasses (BGs) in the late 1960s by Larry Hench et al. was driven
by the need for implant materials with an ability to bond to living tissues, which were …

Traditionally, bioactive glasses have been used to fill and restore bone defects. More
recently, this category of biomaterials has become an emerging research field for bone …

Bioactive glasses (BGs) and related glass-ceramic biomaterials have been used in bone
tissue repair for over 30 years. Previous work in this field was comprehensively reviewed …

High-tech ceramics have always been associated to medical devices: they are used today
as femoral heads and acetabular cups for total hip replacement, dental implants and …

An overview of the formation of calcium phosphate under in vitro environment on the surface
of a range of bioactive materials (eg from silicate, borate, and phosphate glasses, glass …

Designing tissue engineering scaffolds with the required mechanical properties and
favourable microstructure to promote cell attachment, growth and new tissue formation is …

While preparing this volume, I was encouraged to present the details of three new claims
that I have made concerning Morrey Spaces and the action of Riesz potential operators on …

The sintering process of 45S5 Bioglass® powder (mean particle size< 5μm) was
investigated by using different thermal analysis methods. Heating microscopy and …

Three dimensional scaffolds with controlled pore architecture were prepared from 45S5
Bioglass® powders by robocasting (direct-writing) using carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) as …

The sol–gel process of producing SiO2–CaO bioactive glasses is well established, but
problems remain with the poor mechanical properties of the amorphous form and the …