A collection of papers from the below symposia held during the 10th Pacific Rim Conference on Ceramic and Glass Technology (PacRim10), June 2-7, 2013, in Coronado, California 2012:
Advances in Biomineralized Ceramics, Bioceramics, and Bioinspired Designs
Nanostructured Bioceramics and Ceramics for Biomedical Applications
Preface ix
ADVANCES IN BIOMINERALIZED CERAMICS, BIOCERAMICS, AND BIOINSPIRED DESIGN
Vapor Deposition Polymerization as an Alternative Method to Enhance the
Mechanical Properties of Bio-Inspired Scaffolds 3
Pei Chun Chou, Michael M. Porter, Joanna McKittrick, and Po-Yu Chen
The Natural Process of Biomineralization and In-Vitro Remineralization of
Dentin Lesions 13
Stefan Habelitz, Tiffany Hsu, Paul Hsiao, Kuniko Saeki, Yung-Ching Chien,
Sally J. Marshall, and Grayson W. Marshall
Synthesis of Highly Branched Zinc Oxide Nanowires 25
Wenting Hou, Louis Lancaster, Dongsheng Li, Ana Bowlus, and David Kisailus
A Comparison on the Structural and Mechanical Properties of Untreated and
Deproteinized Nacre 37
Maria I. Lopez, Po-Yu Chen, Joanna McKittrick, and Marc A. Meyers
Reinforcing Structures in Avian Wing Bones 47
E. Novitskaya, M.S. Ribero Vairo, J. Kiang, M.A. Meyers, and J. McKittrick
Structural Differences between Alligator Pipehorse and Bay Pipefish Tails
57
Zherrina Manilay, Vanessa Nguyen, Ekaterina Novitskaya, Michael Porter, Ana
Bertha Castro-Cesena, and Joanna McKittrick
Initial Investigations in Applying a PILP-Mineralization System to Calcium
Oxalate Formation using Vapor Diffusion 65
Douglas E. Rodriguez, Saeed R. Khan, and Laurie B. Gower
Utilizing Kaolinite and Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Precursors to Synthesize
Oriented Aragonitic Structures 75
Jong Seto
Use of Biomineralization Media in Biomimetic Synthesis of Hard Tissue
Substitutes 91
A. Cuneyt Tas
Structural Characterization and Compressive Behavior of the Boxfish Horn
105
Wen Yang, Vanessa Nguyen, Michael M. Porter, Marc A. Meyers, and Joanna
McKittrick
Comparative Evaluation of Crystallization Behavior, Micro Structure
Properties and Biocompatibility of Fluorapatite-Mullite Glass-Ceramics 113
S. Mollazadeh, A. Youssefi, B. Eftekhari Yekta, J. Javadpour, T.S.
Jafarzadeh, M. Mehrju, and M. A. Shokrgozar
NANOSTRUCTURED BIOCERAMICS AND CERAMICS FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS
Size Control of Magnetite Nanoparticles and their Surface Modification for
Hyperthermia Application 127
Eun-Hee Lee and Chang-Yeoul Kim
Design, Synthesis, and Evaluation of Polydopamine-Laced Gelatinous
Hydroxyapatite Nanocomposites for Orthopedic Applications 135
Ching-Chang Ko, Zhengyan Wang, Henry Tseng, Dong Joon Lee, and Camille Guez
Application of Scratch Hardness Tests for Evaluation of Partially Sintered
Zirconia CAD/CAM Blocks for All-Ceramic Prosthesis 149
Da-Jeong Lee, Seung-Won Seo, Hyung-Jun Yoon, Hye-Lee Kim, Jung-Suk Han, and
Dae-Joon Kim
Functionalized Alkoxysilane Mediated Synthesis of Nano-Materials and their
Application 155
P. C. Pandey and Ashish K. Pandey
Development of Bioactive Glass Scaffolds for Structural Bone Repair 167
Mohamed N. Rahaman, Xin Liu, and B. Sonny Bal
Fabrication, Characterization and In-Vitro Evaluation of Apatite-Based
Microbeads for Bone Implant Science 179
J. Feng, M. Chong, J. Chan, Z.Y. Zhang, S.H. Teoh, and E.S. Thian
A Functionalized Nanoporous Alumina Membrane Electrochemical Sensor for DNA
Detection with Gold Nanoparticle Amplification 191
Weiwei Ye and Mo Yang
Author Index 199