[HTML][HTML] Current status and future potential of wear-resistant coatings and articulating surfaces for hip and knee implants

C Skjöldebrand, JL Tipper, P Hatto, M Bryant… - Materials Today Bio, 2022 - Elsevier
Hip and knee joint replacements are common and largely successful procedures that utilise
implants to restore mobility and relieve pain for patients suffering from eg osteoarthritis …

Review of functionally graded thermal sprayed coatings

L Łatka, L Pawłowski, M Winnicki, P Sokołowski… - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The paper briefly describes major thermal spray techniques used to spray functionally
graded coatings such as atmospheric plasma spraying, high velocity oxy-fuel spraying …

Hyaluronic acid-based dual network hydrogel with sustained release of platelet-rich plasma as a diabetic wound dressing

J Zhou, Y Liu, X Liu, J Wan, S Zuo, T Pan, Y Liu… - Carbohydrate …, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, the incidence of diabetic skin ulcers has increased. Because of its extremely
high disability and fatality rate, it brings a huge burden to patients and society. Platelet-rich …

Potentials of sandwich-like chitosan/polycaprolactone/gelatin scaffolds for guided tissue regeneration membrane

L Zhang, Y Dong, N Zhang, J Shi, X Zhang, C Qi… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Periodontal disease is a common complication and conventional periodontal surgery can
lead to severe bleeding. Guided tissue regeneration (GTR) membranes favor periodontal …

Diamond thin films: giving biomedical applications a new shine

PA Nistor, PW May - Journal of the royal society interface, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Progress made in the last two decades in chemical vapour deposition technology has
enabled the production of inexpensive, high-quality coatings made from diamond to become …

Recycling of pre-stabilized municipal waste incinerator fly ash and soda-lime glass into sintered glass-ceramics

I Ponsot, E Bernardo, E Bontempi, L Depero… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2015 - Elsevier
A recent method, based on the use of amorphous silica, allows for the inertization of MSWI
fly ash, avoiding expensive vitrification. The present paper demonstrates that glass …

Evaluating the toxicity of selected types of nanochemicals

V Kumar, A Kumari, P Guleria, SK Yadav - Reviews of environmental …, 2011 - Springer
Nanotechnology deals with particles/materials having at least one dimension of size in the
range of 1–100 nm. Such particles/materials are generally termed as nanoparticles (NPs) …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in different indoor dusts and their potential cytotoxicity based on two human cell lines

Y Kang, KC Cheung, MH Wong - Environment International, 2010 - Elsevier
In this study, 55 air-conditioner filter dust samples from six different workplaces including
commercial office, secondary school, shopping mall, hospital, electronic factory and …

Bioelectronics with nanocarbons

SK Rastogi, A Kalmykov, N Johnson… - Journal of materials …, 2018 - pubs.rsc.org
Characterizing the electrical activity of cardiomyocytes and neurons is crucial in
understanding the complex processes in the heart and brain tissues, both in healthy and …

Comparative cell behavior on carbon-coated TiO2 nanotube surfaces for osteoblasts vs. osteo-progenitor cells

KS Brammer, C Choi, CJ Frandsen, S Oh, G Johnston… - Acta biomaterialia, 2011 - Elsevier
Surface engineering approaches that alter the topological chemistry of a substrate could be
used as an effective tool for directing cell interactions and their subsequent function. It is well …