Calculations of the impact of friction and wear on energy consumption, economic
expenditure, and CO 2 emissions are presented on a global scale. This impact study covers …

Laser surface texturing is widely explored for modifying the surface topography of various
materials and thereby tuning their optical, tribological, biological, and other surface …

Remarkable advancements in material technologies have accelerated the use of many new
materials and their hybrids and composites in diverse applications. Among such available …

Forty years ago, Garvie and his Australian co‐workers reported that the stress‐induced
transformation of metastable tetragonal zirconia grains to the monoclinic symmetry could …

The growing demand for personalized ceramic devices for biomedical engineering
applications, with increasingly complex shapes and properties, highlights the limitations of …

Objective To determine the osseointegration rate of zirconium dioxide (ZrO 2) dental
implants in preclinical investigations. Data Data on the osseointegration rate was extracted …

This work deals with the mechanical behavior of a zirconia ceramic doped with 1.5 mol% of
yttria, recently developed by Tosoh (Japan). The results show that this material offers an …

Ceramic composites based on alumina and zirconia have found a wide field of application in
the present century in orthopedic joint replacements, and their use in dentistry is spreading …

Piezoelectric biomaterials have demonstrated significant potential in the past few decades to
heal damaged tissue and restore cellular functionalities. Herein, we discuss the role of …

Additive manufacturing has brought about a real revolution in the manufacture of objects in a
variety of application areas, overturning the traditional paradigm based on subtractive …