Innovative Bioceramics in Translational Medicine I

Preface.- Biomaterials and Bioceramics - Part 1: Traditional, Natural, and Nano.- Biomaterials and Bioceramics - Part 2: Nanocomposites in Osseointegration and Hard Tissue Regeneration.- Natural and Synthetic Intelligent Self-Healing and Adaptive Materials for Medical and Engineering Applications.- Stem Cells and Proteomics in Biomaterials and Biomedical Applications.- Antimicrobial Bioceramics for Biomedical Applications.- Surface Functionalization of Titanium for the Control and Treatment of Infections.- Synthesis of Hydroxyapatite: Crystal Growth Mechanism and its Relevance in Drug Delivery Applications.- Intelligent Drug Delivery System for Artificial Bone Cement Based on Hydroxyapatite-Related Organic/Inorganic Composite Materials.- Chitosan-Hydroxyapatite Composite Scaffolds for the Controlled Release of Therapeutic Metals Ions.- Alumina: Implantable Bionics and Tissue Scaffolds.- Biocomposites and Bioceramics in Tissue Engineering: Beyond the Next Decade.

Dr. Andy H. Choi is an early career researcher who received his Ph.D. from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in Australia in 2004 on the use of computer modeling and simulation known as finite element analysis (FEA) to examine the biomechanical behavior of implants installed into a human mandible. After completing his Ph.D., he expanded his research focus from FEA to sol-gel synthesis of multifunctional calcium phosphate nano-coatings and nanocomposite coatings for dental and biomedical applications. He is currently serving as an associate editor for the Journal of the Australian Ceramic Society and as an editor for a number of dentistry-related journals. In addition, he is also serving as an editorial board member for several dentistry, nanotechnology, and orthopedics journals. To date, Dr. Choi has published over 50 publications including 3 books (Thin Films and Nanocoatings of Hydroxyapatite on Titanium Implants: Production Methods and Adhesion Testing [ISBN 978-3-330-06425-6]; Anatomy, Modeling and Biomaterial Fabrication for Dental and Maxillofacial Applications [eISBN: 978-1-68108-691-0, 2018; ISBN: 978-1-68108-692-7]; Marine-Derived Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering Applications [ISBN: ISBN: 978-981-13-8855-2) and 30 chapters on calcium phosphate, nano-biomaterial coatings, sol-gel technology, marine structures, drug delivery, tissue engineering, and finite element analysis in nanomedicine and dentistry.

Professor Basim Ben-Nissan has higher degrees in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (ITU), Ceramic Engineering (University of New South Wales) and a Ph.D. in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering-Biomedical Engineering (University of New South Wales). Over the last four decades together with a large numbers of Ph.D. students and postdoctoral fellows and surgeons, he has worked on production and analysis of various biomedical materials, implants, slow drug delivery devices, calcium phosphate ceramics,advanced ceramics (alumina, zirconia,