Workshop on Non-crystalline Solids for Biomedical Applications

APHYS2003 Workshop

October 16th, 2003

Materials covered in this section are amorphous and nanocrystalline materials, granular systems and fine particles, multiphase systems and thin films, polymers, and other disordered systems. This will be an important and cross-disciplinar topic for APHYS2003. In fact, this International Workshop (dates and other details to be announced soon) will cover several of the Conference topics (Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Science, etc.). The Workshop will cover issues on both Structure and Physical Properties (Optical, Mechanical, Electrical and Electronic) of biomedical non-crystalline solids. 

Some important topics are:

Novel Biomedical Materials Based on Glasses
Thin Films and Surfaces for Bioactivity and Biomedical Applications
Bioactive Glass Composites for Tissue Engineering 
Non-crystalline or semicristalline polymers
Processing and manufacture of ceramics, glass and related materials
Sintering and Plasma Spray Deposition of Bioactive Glass-Matrix Composites for Biomedical Applications
Glass ceramics for biomedical applications 
Glass ceramics with special mechanical properties
Glass ceramics for joining possessing adjusted thermal expansion and good mechanical properties, also at high temperatures
Studies on bio-glass and bio-glass-ceramic coatings on metals and ceramics (interfaces)
Studies on composites for biomedical applications
Bioactive glass-ceramics dental and orthopaedic cements and composite biomaterials
Thin film coating of bioactive glass-ceramics onto metal and ceramic substrates using sol-gel chemistry
Interaction between Ceramics and Tissue, Ceramics for Bone and Joint Replacement and Repair, Dental Ceramics, Investment Materials, Hydroxyapatite, Carbons
Sol Gel Processing of Ceramics and Glass 
Bioactive glass-ceramic implants 
Rheology of glass and polymer
Optical, mechanical and thermal characterization of amorphous materials 
Nucleation and crystallization behaviour of glasses 
Relaxation behaviour of polymer, glass and glass fibers 
Relation between the structure and the properties of glasses and glass fibers 
Optimization of fiber drawing process 
Development of new glasses and glass fibers 
Glass-Coated Joints
Protecting Artificial Joints

Proceedings
Accepted papers will be published in a Special Issue of the Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, although publication in other of the Journals can be considered if the topic is appropiate

Please check this page regularly