Ceramic Materials for Biomedical Applications

Dear Colleagues,

It is a matter of great pleasure to invite you to contribute to the present Special Issue on “Ceramic Materials for Biomedical Applications”.

Ceramic materials can be used in many ways with different purposes. The ceramics, used mainly in biomedical fields, are called bioceramics or bioglasses. Generally, bioceramics are closely related to either the composition of hard tissues in human bodies or are extremely durable metal oxides. Bioceramics are used in various types of medical procedures, and as such, they have to meet strict requirements with regard to their physical and chemical properties and biocompatibility. Bioceramics can also be sorted into different types, such as ceramic oxides, which are compatible with the human body, or resorbable ceramic materials, which will be eventually supplanted by the body after they have played their role in the healing process. Ceramics have been successfully used for more than twenty years as orthopaedic prostheses and are characterized by low friction coefficient and low wear rate, compared to metallic materials (stainless steels, titanium, and chromium–cobalt alloys). However, they have much higher brittleness than that of metals, and this restricts the use of ceramics in load bearing implants. This disadvantage can be overcome by developing composite materials with combination of two different materials. In composites, the dispersed phases can increase the fracture toughness and mechanical characteristics of ceramics.

Dr. Monika Furko
Guest Editor

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