Advanced Bioactive Glasses and Ceramic Coatings
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Ceramic Coatings and Engineering Technology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2024) | Viewed by 4604
Special Issue Editor
Interests: bioceramics; composites; functional ceramics; biopolymers; corrosion
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Dear Colleagues,
It is a matter of great pleasure to invite you to contribute to present Special Issue on “Advanced Bioactive Glasses and Ceramic Coatings”.
Ceramics are very useful and versatile materials. They can be used in many ways and forms in industry or in the biomedical field. The ceramics utilized in biomedical areas are called bioceramics or bioglasses. Bioceramics as well as bioglasses can be used as replacements for hard tissues in human bodies in order to repair damaged bones, owing to their unique chemical and mechanical properties. Moreover, they can also be used in dentistry as injectable bone cements, coatings on implants in orthopaedics, scaffolds in tissue engineering, or as drug carriers. In addition, the glass-ceramic materials can combine the advantageous properties of each component, such as porosity, toughness, and mechanical strength. Bioactive glasses are regarded as a class of bioceramic materials. They also possess appropriate biocompatibility and bioactivity in biological environments. The other main advantage of bioglasses and bioceramics is that they can form a strong chemical bond at the interface when they applied as special coatings, promoting their integration into the bone tissues and stimulate cell proliferation and differentiation. To date, three main types of bioactive glasses are known: silicate-based glass (SiO2), phosphate-based glass (P2O5), and borate-based glass (B2O3). However, there is intensive research on developing new types of bioglasses and bioceramics by doping them with other bioactive elements or minerals, thus improving their bioactivity.
Dr. Monika Furko
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- bioceramic coatings
- biodegradable ceramic composites
- bioactive glasses
- calcium phosphates
- biocompatibility
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