Advanced Composite Materials

Ashutosh Tiwari is Secretary General, International Association of Advanced Materials; Chairman and Managing Director of Tekidag AB (Innotech); Associate Professor and Group Leader, Smart Materials and Biodevices at the world premier Biosensors and Bioelectronics Centre, IFM-Linköping University; Editor-in-Chief, Advanced Materials Letters; a materials chemist and docent in the Applied Physics with the specialization of Biosensors and Bioelectronics from Linköping University, Sweden. He has more than 100 peer-reviewed primary research publications in the field of materials science and nanotechnology and has edited/authored more than 35 books on advanced materials and technology. He is the founder member and chair of American, Asian, European and Advanced Materials World Congress, Smart Materials and Surfaces, Global & European Graphene Forum, International Conference on Smart Energy Technologies, International Conference on Material Science and Technology and World Technology Forum.Mohmmad R. Alenezi (PhD, University of Surrey, UK) is the Assistant Deputy Director General for Applied Education and Research at Public Authority for Applied Education and Training in Kuwait. He is also an assistant professor at the department of Electronics Engineering at the college of technological studies. His research is focused on rationally controlled synthesis of metal oxide nanostructures at low temperature and large scale and their uses in the fabrication of different devices for a wide range of applications.Seong Chan Jun received his Master and Ph.D. degrees from Cornell University and Columbia University respectively after which he joined the Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) at Columbia University. He worked at the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT) in nano-electronics divisions, and since 2008 he has been on the mechanical engineering faculty at Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. His specialty is electrical and optical nano-materials.

• Preface xv1 Composite Materials for Application in Printed Electronics 1Kamil Janeczek1.1 Introduction 11.2 Filler Materials 51.3 Conductive Polymers 91.4 Preparation of Electronics Materials for Printing 101.5 Overview of Application Fields 131.6 Conclusions 30References 312 Study of Current-limiting Defects in Superconductors Using Low-temperature Scanning Laser Microscopy 45Pei Li and Dmytro Abraimov2.1 Introduction 462.2 Introduction of Low-temperature Scanning Laser Microscopy and Its Application in Defect Studies in Superconductors 502.3 Case Studies of Using LTSLM to Study Defects in Superconductors 642.4 Conclusions 85Reference 863 Innovative High-tech Ceramics Materials 93Hüsnügül Yılmaz Atay3.1 Introduction 933.2 Ceramic Structure 1003.3 Raw Materials 1083.4 Processing of Ceramics 1113.5 Properties 1183.6 Some Important Advanced Ceramics 1213.7 Conclusions 149References 1504 Carbon Nanomaterials-based Enzymatic Electrochemical Sensing 155Rooma Devi, Lipsy Chopra, C.R. Suri, D.K. Sahoo and C.S. Pundir4.1 Introduction 1554.2 Carbon Nanomaterials 1574.3 Carbon Nanotubes Paste Electrodes 1654.4 Carbon Nanotube-based Electrodes with Immobilized Enzymes 1664.5 Fullerene-modified Electrode 1734.6 Carbon Nanoonion (CNO)-modified Electrode 1744.7 Carbon Nanodiamond-modified Electrode 1744.8 Carbon Nanohorns-modified Electrode 1744.9 Carbon Nanofibers-based Electrode 1754.10 Carbon Nanodot-based Electrode 1764.11 Electrochemical Biosensor 1774.12 Conclusions 1924.13 Future Developments 194Acknowledgment 195References 1955 Nanostructured Ceramics and Bioceramics for Bone Cancer Treatment 209B. Palazzo, S. Scialla, F. Scalera, N. Margiotta and F. Gervaso15.1 Overview 2105.2 General Concepts onto Bone Cancer and Bone Metastases 2105.3 Intrinsically Anticancer Nanoceramics 2245.4 Imprinting Anticancer Properties to Bioceramics by Chemotherapeutic Functionalization 2385.5 Composite Magnetic Bioceramics 2495.6 Conclusions and Outlook 254Acknowledgements 256References 2566 Therapeutic Strategies for Bone Regeneration: The Importance of Biomaterials Testing in AdequateAnimal Models 275P.O. Pinto, L.M. Atayde, J.M. Campos, A.R. Caseiro, T. Pereira, C. Mendonça, J.D. Santos and A.C. Maurício6.1 Introduction 2766.2 Animal Models Used for In Vivo Testing Bone of Grafting Products 2926.3 Histomorphometric Analyses 2986.4 Histologic Analysis 3016.5 Conclusions 303Acknowledgments 306References 3067 Tuning Hydroxyapatite Particles’ Characteristics for Solid Freeform Fabrication of Bone Scaffolds 321F. Miculescu, A. Maidaniuc, G.E. Stan, M. Miculescu, S.I. Voicu, A. Cîmpean, V. Mitran and D. Batalu7.1 Introduction 3227.2 Powder-based Solid Freeform Fabrication of Naturally Derived Ceramic Components 3267.3 Tuning of Naturally Derived Calcium Phosphates for Solid Freeform Fabrication 3627.4 Conclusions 383Acknowledgments 384References 3848 Carbon Nanotubes-reinforced Bioceramic Composite: An Advanced Coating Material for Orthopedic Applications 399D. Gopi, E. Shinyjoy, L. Kavitha and D. Rajeswari8.1 Introduction 4008.2 Materials and Method 4078.3 Results and Discussion 4178.4 Conclusion 444Acknowledgments 445References 445Index 453