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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Biomedical materials"”.
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Protein Engineering for Biomedical Materials
… engineering has allowed for many advances in biomedical materials include the design of novel protein scaffolds for molecular recognition, as well as the use of recombinant proteins for production of next generation biomaterials. The main focus of my dissertation was to develop new biomedical …
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Magnetic targeted drug delivery system in gene therapy
… PLLA is already used in functional biomedical materials, including functional gene vectors. This thesis covers the synthesis and characterization of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles and summarizes the research process of polymeric coating as a function of gene vectors. …
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Development of Precision 3D-Printed Medical Implants
… biocompatibility and antibacterial properties in biomedical materials. The osteogenic response of both osteoblast and osteocyte cells and the bacteria S. aureus adhesion on a newly developed titanium alloy Ti-12Nb-12Zr-12Sn alloy (Ti12), Ti-6Al-4V alloy (Ti64), and commercially pure titanium (CPT) …
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Synthesis of Polysaccharide-based Biomaterials for Drug Delivery
… synthesis of a broad variety of more functional biomedical materials.
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Polymer Stabilized Magnetite Nanoparticles and Poly(propylene oxide) Modified Styrene-Dimethacrylate Networks
… complexes can be used in a range of biomedical materials. Hydrophilic triblock copolymers with controlled concentrations of pendent carboxylic acids were prepared. The triblock copolymers contain carboxylic acids in the central urethane segments and controlled molecular weight …
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Investigation of Fine-scaled Alpha Precipitation in the Modeled Ti-Mo and Ti-Mo-Al Alloys
… the domains of chemical industry, aerospace, and biomedical materials. The size scale, distribution, and volume fraction of the precipitated phase in the parent phase matrix are all significant elements of these alloys' microstructure that have an impact on their performance. Therefore, a …
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Synthesis of poly(NIPAM-co-vmbpy) microspheres and transition metal monomers for metallopolymeric material construction
… attention for PNIPAM-based polymer as potential biomedical materials. Candidate transition metal monomers containing ruthenium and nickel cores were designed and synthesized for copolymerization with NIPAM and cross-linker methylene-bis-acrylamide in order to attain metallopolymer microspheres …
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Microfluidic formation of hierarchical micro and nano emulsions for biomedical applications
… an important avenue in the development of materials for biomedical applications. In particular, the design and fabrication of protein and peptide-based hydrogels has emerged as an attractive route toward novel materials with tunable three-dimensional chemical and physical structure, …
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Numerical optimisation of biomedical implant characteristics for increased service life.
This study focused on the development of a numerical optimisation technique with the aim to decrease implant stress shielding which in turn could increase Total Hip Arthroplasty (THA) service life and reduce patient discomfort by employing a distributed stiffness along implant length. Research …
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Viscoelastic behavior and wear of polymeric liners for joint replacement
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University. Chemical Engineering, 2010
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Polymer Gels: Kinetics, Dynamics Studies and Their Applications as Biomaterials
The polymer gels especially hydrogels have a very special structure and useful features such as unusual volume phase transition, compatibility with biological systems, and sensitivity to environmental stimuli (temperature, pH value, electric field, light and more), which lead to many potential …
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Surface Engineering and Characterization of Laser Deposited Metallic Biomaterials
Novel net shaping technique Laser Engineered Net shaping (LENS) laser based manufacturing solution (Sandia Corp., Albuquerque, NM); Laser can be used to deposit orthopedic implant alloys. Ti-35Nb-7Zr-5Ta (TNZT) alloy system was deposited using LENS. The corrosion resistance being an important …
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Desenvolvimento de uma matriz maleável, reabsorvível e porosa e sua aplicação no tratamento da doença periodontal pela técnica de regeneração tecidual guiada
A doença periodontal é um importante problema tanto na medicina humana quanto na veterinária, pois apresenta como grave consequência a perda dos tecidos de sustentação da peça dental, sendo que o tratamento convencional retirada mecânica da placa - não permite a formação dos tecidos periodontais de …
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Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Surface Modification: Synthesis and Characterization
Multifunctional nanomaterials can be engineered to aid in the diagnosis of diseases, enable efficient drug delivery, monitor treatment progress over time, and evaluate treatment outcomes. This strategy, known as theranostics, focuses on the combination of diagnostic and therapeutic techniques to …
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ELECTROSPINNING ROBOT FOR REGENERATIVE COATING OF IMPLANTS
… may involve the use of natural or synthetic materials. Common laboratory scale electrospinning setups can be built inexpensively with merely a syringe pump, a high voltage supply, and an aluminum foil target. These systems, however, are limited to flat target surface geometries that span …