Titania-Y-TZP biocomposites and their in vitro studies

• Main Author: Hoo, Pui Woon.
• Other Authors: Miao, Xigeng
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/5056
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Bioactive ceramics have the ability to form chemical bonding with bone, resulting in good interfacial attachment between an implant and its surrounding bone. Sol-gel derived titania is known to be bioactive. The limitation of the current bioactive ceramics, including titania, is the lack of high mec...