Bioactive Glasses and Glass-Ceramics: Fundamentals and Applications
About this ebook
A Comprehensive and Critical Overview of Bioactive Glasses and Glass-Ceramics
Bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics are a versatile class of biocompatible materials that have an astonishing impact in biomedicine. Bioactive Glasses and Glass-Ceramics: Fundamentals and Applications presents topics on the functional properties, processing, and applications of bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics.
The primary use of bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics is to repair bone and dental defects; however, their full potential is yet to be fulfilled. Many of today’s achievements in regenerative medicine and soft tissue healing were unthinkable when research began. As a result, the research involving bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics is highly stimulating and continuously progresses across many different disciplines including chemistry, materials science, bioengineering, biology, and medicine. Topics relating to these disciplines and covered within the work include:
- Fundamentals on bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics, bioactive glasses in today’s market, and improvements and challenges for the future
- Scalability and other issues when taking bioactive glass from lab to industry/commercialization applications, plus clinical challenges
- Trending topics such as bioactive glass porous scaffolds, additive manufacturing of bioactive glasses, and nano-engineering of bioactive glasses
- The various bioactive glass compositions which have been developed as medical products in an expanding range of forms and applications
Bioactive Glasses and Glass-Ceramics: Fundamentals and Applications serves as a comprehensive and complete reference work on bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics for research and development (R&D) materials scientists, surgeons, and physicians, and leadership at glass and medical companies. Students and professors in fields of study pertaining to the aforementioned disciplines will also derive value from the work.
About the author
Francesco Baino, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Materials Science and Technology in the Applied Science and Technology Department at Politecnico di Torino, Italy. He is the author of 200 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, around 100 contributions in conference proceedings, and three patents. He is a member of the American Ceramic Society.
Saeid Kargozar, Ph.D., is a Senior Assistant Professor of Tissue Engineering in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. He is the author of almost 90 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, around 10 contributions in conference proceedings, and one patent. Dr. Kargozar is serving as a Guest Associate Editor and Referee for several well-prestigious journals.
