Advances in Bioceramics and Porous Ceramics VIII, Volume 36, Issue 5

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 vii Introduction ixBIOCERAMICSPotential of Bioactive Glass Scaffolds as Implants for Structural Bone Repair 3Mohamed N. Rahaman, B. Sonny Bal, and Lynda F. BonewaldIn Vitro Degradation and Conversion of Melt-Derived Bioactive Glass Microfibers in Simulated Body Fluid 17Mohamed N. Rahaman, Xin Liu, and Delbert E. DayOn the Formation of Apatites in the Chemically Bonded CaO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O Bioceramic System 29Leif Hermansson, Gunilla Gomez-Ortega, Emil Abrahamsson, and Jesper LööfFabrication and Characterization of Nano Bioglass-Ceramic Scaffold for Bone Tissue Engineering 37Sampath Kumar Arepalli, Himanshu Tripathi, M. Vyshali Nanda, V.Sri Sravya, Ram Pyare, and S. P. SinghSynthesis and Characterization of Co-Cu Ferrite and Bioglass Composites for Hyperthermia Treatment of Cancer 51V. Chalisgaonkar, K. Pandey, A. S. Kumar, H. Tripathi, S. P. Singh, and R. PyareAlpha–Beta Phase Transformation in Tricalcium Phosphate (TCP) Ceramics: Effect of Mg2+ Doping 63Matteo Frasnelli and Vincenzo M. SglavoExperimental Approach to Study the Thermal Induced State of Stress in a Medical Ceramic Bilayer 71V. MercurioEffect of Grain Boundary Segregation on the Hydrothermal Degradation of Dental 3Y-TZP Ceramics 81F. Zhang, M. Inokoshi, K. Vanmeensel, B. Van Meerbeek, I. Naert, and J. VleugelsPOROUS CERAMICSTreatment of Produced Water using Silicon Carbide Membrane Filters 91Abhaya K. Bakshi, Rajendra Ghimire, Eric Sheridan, and Melanie KuhnMicrocapsules from Pickering Emulsions Stabilized by Clay Particles 107Gisèle L. Lecomte-Nana, Volga Niknam, Anne Aimable, Marguerite Bienia, David Kpogbemabou, Jean-Charles Robert-Arnouil, and Asma LajmiAuthor Index 125