Advances in Bioceramics and Porous Ceramics V, Volume 33, Issue 6

Roger Narayan is Associate Professor at the Joint Department of Biomedical Engineering of North Carolina State University. Earlier assignments have taken him e.g. to Oak Ridge National Lab. His research centers on biomedical engineering including biomaterials and nanoscale systems, intelligent systems, biomedical sensors, as well as nanoelectronics and photonics. He also has publishing experience with Journal boards. Paolo C. Colombo is a cardiologist who specialized in treating patients with heart failure, cardiac assist device and heart transplant. Dr. Colombo is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease and in Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology.

• Preface ixIntroduction xiBIOCERAMICSEffect of Precursor Solubility on the Mechanical Strength of HAP Block 3Nurazreena Ahmad, Kanji Tsuru, Melvin L. Munar, Shigeki Matsuya, and Kunio IshikawaCarbonate Apatite Formation during the Setting Reaction of Apatite Cement 7Arief Cahyanto, Kanji Tsuru, and Kunio IshikawaIn Vitro Evaluation of Silicate and Borate Bioactive Glass Scaffolds Prepared by Robocasting of Organic-Based Suspensions 11Aylin M. Deliormanl and Mohamed N. RahamanTranslucent Zirconia-Silica Glass Ceramics for Dental Crowns 21Wei Xia, Cecilia Persson, Erik Unosson, Ingrid Ajaxon, Johanna Engstrand, Torbjörn Mellgren, and Hakan EngqvistUsing Microfocus X-Ray Computed Tomography to Evaluate Flaws in Ceramic Dental Crowns 29Y. Zhang and J. C. HananResidual Stress and Phase Transformation in Zirconia Restoration Ceramics 37M. Allahkarami and J. C. HananHeterogeneous Structure of Hydroxyapatite and In Vitro Degradability 49Satoshi Hayakawa, Yuki Shirosaki and Akiyoshi Osaka, and Christian JägerAspects of Antibacterial Properties of Nanostructural Calcium Aluminate Based Biomaterials 57Leif HermanssonPotential Toxicity of Bioactive Borate Glasses In-Vitro and In-Vivo 65Steven B. Jung, Delbert E. Day, Roger F. Brown, and Linda F. BonewaldFabrication of Carbonate Apatite-PLGA Hybrid Foam Bone Substitute 75Girlie M. Munar, Melvin L. Munar, Kanji Tsuru, Shigeki Matsuya, and Kunio IshikawaUV-lrradiation Modifies Chemistry of Anatase Layer Associated with In Vitro Apatite Nucleation 79Keita Uetsuki, Shinsuke Nakai, Yuki Shirosaki, Satoshi Hayakawa, and Akiyoshi OsakaPreparation of Magnesium Containing Bioactive Ti02 Ceramic Layer on Titanium by Hydrothermal Treatment 85Xingling Shi, Masaharu Nakagawa, Lingli Xu, and Alireza ValanezhadMillimeter-Sized Granules of Brushite and Octacalcium Phosphate from Marble Granules 91A. Cuneyt TasMicrostructures and Physical Properties of Biomorphic SiSiC Ceramics Manufactured Via LSI-Technique 105Steffen Weber, Raouf Jemmali, Dietmar Koch, and Heinz VoggenreiterBiofluid Flow Simulation of Tissue Engineering Scaffolds with Dendrite Structures 117Satoko Tasaki, Chiaki Maeda, and Soshu KiriharaPOROUS CERAMICSMultifunctional Carbon Bonded Filters for Metal Melt Filtration 125Christos G. Aneziris, Marcus Emmel, and Anja StolleFailure and Stiffness Analysis of Ceramic from a 25-mm Diameter Diesel Particulate Filter 139Ethan E. Fox, Andrew A. Wereszczak, Michael J. Lance, and Mattison K. FerberDevelopment of Porous SiC with Tailorable Properties 153Prashant Karandikar, Glen Evans, Eric Klier, and Michael AghajanianObtaining Porous Corundum Ceramics by Utilization of Waste Rice Husk—Investigation of Composition, Structure and Thermal Degradation of Rice Husk 163Irena Markovska, Bogdan Bogdanov, Dimitar Georgiev, and Yancho HristovProcessing, Microstructure and Properties of Reticulated Vitreous Carbon Foam Manufactured Via the Sponge Replication Technique 175David Haack and Rudolph Olson IIIAir-Atmosphere Sintering of Si3N4-Based Porous and Foamed Ceramics 187Philip T. J. Gagnon, Amit K. Gandhi, and Kevin P. PlucknettComparison of Elastic Moduli of Porous Cordierite by Flexure and Dynamic Test Methods 197R. J. Stafford, K. B. Golovin, A. Dickinson, T. R. Watkins, A. Shyam, and E. Lara-CurzioAuthor Index 205