Advances in Bioceramics and Porous Ceramics IV, Volume 32, Issue 6

Paolo Colombo, Università di Padova (Italy) and The Pennsylvania State University.

Roger J. Narayan, University of North Carolina and North Carolina State University.

Introduction ix

BIOCERAMICS

Fabrication of Hydroxyapatite-Calcite Nanocomposite 3
E. 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 13
Jie Li, Yuki Shirosaki, Satoshi Hayakawa, and Akiyoshi Osaka

Collagen-Templated Sol-Gel Preparation of Ultra-Fine Silica Nanotube Mats and Osteoblastic Cell Proliferation 19
Song Chen, Toshiyuki Ikoma, Jie Li, Hiromi Morita, Akiyoshi Osaka, Masaki Takeguchi, and Nobutaka Hanagata

Tissue Ingrowth in Resorbable Porous Tissue Scaffolds 25
Janet 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 37
Bin Duan, William W. Lu, and Min Wang

Microbeam X-Ray Grain Averaged Residual Stress in Dental Ceramics 49
Hrishikesh A. Bale, Nobumichi Tamura, and Jay c. Hanan

Bioactive Glass Scaffolds for the Repair of Load-Bearing Bones 65
M. N. Rahaman, X. Liu, and T. S. Huang

Do Cell Culture Solutions Transform Brushite (CaHPO42H2O) to Octacalcium Phosphate (Ca8(HPO4)2(P04)45H2O)? 79
Ibrahim Mert, Selen Mandel, and A. CuneytTas

Hydroxyapatite Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering with Controlled Porosity and Mechanical Strength 95
Vincenzo M. Sglavo, Marzio Piccinini, Andrea Madinelli, and Francesco Bucciotti

Hollow Hydroxyapatite Microspheres for Controlled Delivery of Proteins 102
H. 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 111
Raina 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 123
Xinyuan Liu, Millicent K. Ruffin, Benedict Y. Johnson, and Millicent 0. Owusu

Not All Microcracks are Born Equal: Thermal vs. Mechanical Microcracking in Porous Ceramics 137
Giovanni Bruno, Alexander M. Efremov, Chong An, and Seth Nickerson

SiC Foams for High Temperature Applications 153
Alberto Ottona, Sandra Gianella, and Daniele Gaia

Porous SiC Ceramic from Wood Charcoal 163
S. Manocha, Hemang Patel, and L. M. Manocha

Fabrication of Beta-Cristobalite Porous Material from Diatomite with Some Impurities 177
Osman San, Cem Özgür, and Remzi Gören

Microstructural Study of Alumina Porous Ceramic Produced by Reaction Bonding of Aluminium Powder Mixed with Corn Starch 185
Juliana Anggono, Ida A. O. R. S. Shavitri, and Soejono Tjitro

Characterization of Ceramic Powders during Compaction using Electrical Measurements 199
Timothy Pruyn and Rosario A. Gerhardt

Author Index 21

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