Bioceramics

Joon Park is a Professor in the Biomedical Engineering Department at the College of Engineering at the University of Iowa.

• Structure of Ceramics and Glasses.- Characterization of Ceramics and Glasses.- Glass Formation and Characterization.- Hard Tissues: Structure, Properties, Healing, Remodeling, and Biocompatibility.- Aluminum Oxides (Alumina).- Zirconium Oxides (Zirconia).- Glass-Ceramics.- Hydroxyapatite.- Carbons and Diamond-Like Carbon Coatings.- Sulfates and Titanates.- Composites, Tissue Substitutes, and Scaffolds.

From the reviews: "This work by Park ... offers an in-depth look at the field of bioceramics. ... Bioceramics makes good use of figures, including color images, cartoon schematics, microscope images, and quantitative graphs, which address biology, chemistry, and engineering concepts. ... This volume will serve well as a graduate-level resource within the curriculum of a material science and engineering department, or as a supplemental monograph for a course in biomaterials within a biomedical engineering curriculum. Summing Up: Recommended. Graduate students, researchers, and faculty." (C. A. Reinhart-King, Choice, Vol. 46 (11), July, 2009)