[HTML][HTML] Fit and forget: the future of dental implant therapy via nanotechnology

K Gulati, D Chopra, NA Kocak-Oztug… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2023 - Elsevier
Unlike orthopedic implants, dental implants require the orchestration of both
osseointegration at the bone-implant interface and soft-tissue integration at the …

Nanoporous anodic aluminium oxide: Advances in surface engineering and emerging applications

AMM Jani, D Losic, NH Voelcker - Progress in materials science, 2013 - Elsevier
Anodic aluminium oxide (AAO) has been investigated and utilized in numerous products for
almost a century. But the rapidly increasing interest in nanoscale materials and their …

A review of TiO2 NTs on Ti metal: Electrochemical synthesis, functionalization and potential use as bone implants

NK Awad, SL Edwards, YS Morsi - Materials Science and Engineering: C, 2017 - Elsevier
Degenerative diseases of bone such as osteoarthritis and osteoporosis can lead to bone
fractures and immobility, compromising quality of life. Titanium (Ti)-based implants have …

Biocompatible polymer coating of titania nanotube arrays for improved drug elution and osteoblast adhesion

K Gulati, S Ramakrishnan, MS Aw, GJ Atkins… - Acta biomaterialia, 2012 - Elsevier
Bacterial infection, extensive inflammation and poor osseointegration have been identified
as the major reasons for [early] orthopaedic implant failures based on titanium. Creating …

Thermo/chemo-responsive shape memory effect in polymers: a sketch of working mechanisms, fundamentals and optimization

WM Huang, Y Zhao, CC Wang, Z Ding… - Journal of Polymer …, 2012 - Springer
Based on the working mechanisms, a systematic literature review is logically presented to
reveal that the thermo-and chemo-responsive shape memory effects (SMEs) are not the …

Diatoms biotechnology: various industrial applications for a greener tomorrow

N Sharma, DP Simon, AM Diaz-Garza… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The benefits of the complex microscopic and industrially important group of microalgae such
as diatoms is not hidden and have lately surprised the scientific community with their …

Enhanced antibacterial properties of orthopedic implants by titanium nanotube surface modification: a review of current techniques

Y Li, Y Yang, R Li, X Tang, D Guo… - International journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Prosthesis-associated infections are one of the main causes of implant failure; thus it is
important to enhance the long-term antibacterial ability of orthopedic implants. Titanium …

Shaping tissue with shape memory materials

WM Huang, CL Song, YQ Fu, CC Wang, Y Zhao… - Advanced Drug Delivery …, 2013 - Elsevier
After being severely and quasi-plastically deformed, shape memory materials are able to
return to their original shape at the presence of the right stimulus. After a brief presentation …

Titania nanotube arrays for local drug delivery: recent advances and perspectives

D Losic, MS Aw, A Santos, K Gulati… - Expert opinion on drug …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Titania nanotube (TNTs) arrays engineered by simple and scalable
electrochemical anodization process have been extensively explored as a new …

Redox-active nanomaterials for nanomedicine applications

CM Sims, SK Hanna, DA Heller, CP Horoszko… - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Nanomedicine utilizes the remarkable properties of nanomaterials for the diagnosis,
treatment, and prevention of disease. Many of these nanomaterials have been shown to …