This book is a collection of papers from The American Ceramic Society's 35th International Conference on Advanced Ceramics and Composites, held in Daytona Beach, Florida, January 23-28, 2011. This issue includes papers presented in the Next Generation Bioceramics and Porous Ceramics Symposia on topics such as Advanced Processing of Bioceramics; In Vitro and In Vivo Characterization of Bioceramics; Medical and Dental Applications of Bioceramics; Porous Bioceramics; Structure and Properties of Porous Ceramics; and Processing Methods of Porous Ceramics.
Preface vii
Introduction ix
BIOCERAMICS
Fabrication of Hydroxyapatite-Calcite Nanocomposite 3E. K. Girija, G. Suresh Kumar, A. Thamizhavel, Y. Yokogawa, and S. Narayana Kalkura
Preparation and Protein Adsorption of Silica-Based Composite Particles for Blood Purification Therapy 13Jie Li, Yuki Shirosaki, Satoshi Hayakawa, and Akiyoshi Osaka
Collagen-Templated Sol-Gel Preparation of Ultra-Fine Silica Nanotube Mats and Osteoblastic Cell Proliferation 19Song Chen, Toshiyuki Ikoma, Jie Li, Hiromi Morita, Akiyoshi Osaka, Masaki Takeguchi, and Nobutaka Hanagata
Tissue Ingrowth in Resorbable Porous Tissue Scaffolds 25Janet Krevolin, James J. Liu, Adam Wallen, Kitu Patel, Rachel Dahl, Hu-Ping Hsu, Cathal Kearney, and Myron Spector
Selective Laser Sintered Ca-P/PHBV Nanocomposite Scaffolds with Sustained Release of rhBMP-2 for Bone Tissue Engineering 37Bin Duan, William W. Lu, and Min Wang
Microbeam X-Ray Grain Averaged Residual Stress in Dental Ceramics 49Hrishikesh A. Bale, Nobumichi Tamura, and Jay c. Hanan
Bioactive Glass Scaffolds for the Repair of Load-Bearing Bones 65M. N. Rahaman, X. Liu, and T. S. Huang
Do Cell Culture Solutions Transform Brushite (CaHPO42H2O) to Octacalcium Phosphate (Ca8(HPO4)2(P04)45H2O)? 79Ibrahim Mert, Selen Mandel, and A. CuneytTas
Hydroxyapatite Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering with Controlled Porosity and Mechanical Strength 95Vincenzo M. Sglavo, Marzio Piccinini, Andrea Madinelli, and Francesco Bucciotti
Hollow Hydroxyapatite Microspheres for Controlled Delivery of Proteins 102H. Fu, M. N. Rahaman, and D. E. Day
Expression of Mineralized Tissue-Associated Proteins is Highly Upregulated in MC3T3-E1 Osteoblasts Grown on a Borosilicate Glass Substrate 111Raina H. Jaina, Jutta Y. Marzilliera, Tia J. Kowala, Shaojie Wangb, Himanshu Jainb, and Matthias M. Falka
POROUS CERAMICS
High Porosity In Situ Catalyzed Carbon Honeycombs for Mercury Capture in Coal Fired Power Plants 123Xinyuan Liu, Millicent K. Ruffin, Benedict Y. Johnson, and Millicent 0. Owusu
Not All Microcracks are Born Equal: Thermal vs. Mechanical Microcracking in Porous Ceramics 137Giovanni Bruno, Alexander M. Efremov, Chong An, and Seth Nickerson
SiC Foams for High Temperature Applications 153Alberto Ottona, Sandra Gianella, and Daniele Gaia
Porous SiC Ceramic from Wood Charcoal 163S. Manocha, Hemang Patel, and L. M. Manocha
Fabrication of Beta-Cristobalite Porous Material from Diatomite with Some Impurities 177Osman San, Cem Özgür, and Remzi Gören
Microstructural Study of Alumina Porous Ceramic Produced by Reaction Bonding of Aluminium Powder Mixed with Corn Starch 185Juliana Anggono, Ida A. O. R. S. Shavitri, and Soejono Tjitro
Characterization of Ceramic Powders during Compaction using Electrical Measurements 199Timothy Pruyn and Rosario A. Gerhardt
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