Biomaterials Science – Processing, Properties, and Applications V

Preface
<p>NEXT GENERATION BIOCERAMICS</p>
<p>Evaluation of Long–Term Mechanical and Biological Biocompatibility of Low–Cost –Type Ti–Mn Alloys for Biomedical Applications 3<br />Ken Cho, Mitsuo Niinomi, Masaaki Nakai, Pedro Fernandes Santos, Alethea Morgane Liens, Masahiko Ikeda, and Tomokazu Hattori</p>
<p>Control of Ag Release from Ag–Containing Calcium Phosphates in Simulated Body Fluid 13<br />Ozkan Gokcekaya, Kyosuke Ueda, and Takayuki Narushima</p>
<p>Gallium–Containing Ferrites for Hyperthermia Treatment 21<br />J. S&aacute;nchez, Dora Alicia Cort&eacute;s–Hern&aacute;ndez, Jos&eacute; C. Escobedo–Bocardo, Rosario A. Jasso–Ter&aacute;n, Pamela Y. Reyes–Rodr&iacute;guez, and Gilberto F. Hurtado–L&oacute;pez</p>
<p>Exploration of Amorphous and Crystalline Tri–Magnesium Phosphates for Bone Cements 33<br />Nicole Ostrowski, Vidisha Sharma, Abhijit Roy, and Prashant N. Kumta</p>
<p>Micro–X–Ray Diffraction Study of New Nickel–Titanium Rotary Endodontic Instruments 47<br />William A. Brantley, Masahiro Iijima, William A.T. Clark, Scott R. Schricker, John M. Nusstein, and Itaru Mizoguchi</p>
<p>Torsional Properties of Nanostructured Titanium Cortical Bone Screws 55<br />J.A.Disegi, B. Shultzabarger, and Michael Roach</p>
<p>Strengthening Behaviors of Low–Precious Ag–Pd–Au–Zn Alloys for Dental Applications 63<br />Mitsuo Niinomi, Masaaki Nakai, Junko Hieda, Ken–Cho, Yonghwan Kim, and Hisao Fukui</p>
<p>Effect of Immersion Medium on the Degradation and Conversion of Silicate (13–93) Bioactive Glass Scaffolds 73<br />Yifei Gu, Wenhai Huang, and Mohamed N. Rahaman</p>
<p>Evaluation of Long–Term Bone Regeneration in Rat Calvarial Defects Implanted with Strong Porous Bioactive Glass (13–93) Scaffolds 85<br />Mohamed N. Rahaman, Yinan Lin, Wei Xiao, X. Liu, and B. Sonny Bal</p>
<p>Magnesium Single Crystal as a Biodegradable Implant Material 97<br />Madhura Joshi, Pravahan Salunke, Guangqi Zhang, Vibhor Chaswal, Zhongyun Dong, and Vesselin Shanov</p>
<p>SURFACE PROPERTIES OF BIOMATERIALS</p>
<p>Damage Evaluation of TiO2 Nanotubes on Titanium 117<br />Anish Shivaram, Susmita Bose, and Amit Bandyopadhyay</p>
<p>Drug Delivery from Surface Modified Titanium Alloy for Load–Bearing Implants 129<br />Susmita Bose, Dishary Banerjee, Sam Robertson, Solaiman Tarafder, and Amit Bandyopadhyay</p>
<p>A Family of Novel Biostable Reticulated Elastomeric and Resilient Biointregative Crosslinked Polyurethane–Urea Scaffolds 137<br />Arindam Datta and Larry Lavelle</p>
<p>In Situ Nitridation of Titanium Using LENS 149<br />Himanshu Sahasrabudhe, Julie Soderlind, and Amit Bandyopadhyay</p>
<p>Magnesium Doped Hydroxyapatite: Synthesis, Characterization and Bioactivity Evaluation 161<br />Jaswinder Singh, Harpal Singh, and Uma Batra</p>
<p>Novel PLA– and PCL–HA Porous 3D Scaffolds Prepared by Robocasting Facilitate MC3T3–E1 Subclone 4 Cellular Attachment and Growth 175<br />V. G. Varanasi, J. Russias, E. Saiz, P. M. Loomer, and A. P. Tomsia</p>
<p>Dextran Coated Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles for Inhibiting Bone Cancer Cell Functions 187<br />Ece Alpaslan, Hilal Yazici, Negar Golshan, Katherine S. Ziemer, and Thomas J. Webster</p>
<p>Author Index 197</p>