Objective
This application will study acid degradable fluoro
alumino phospho silicate glasses and their phase
separation and crystallisation behaviour with the
objective of developing novel glass and glass ceramic
materials for the following applications
(i) A glass ceramic inlay for dental use based on apatite
that can be used as inlays as an economic alternative to
the existing mercury based amalgam fillings. The material
will be capable of being cast using the existing lost wax
techniques and equipment currently available in dental
laboratories.
(ii) A high strength castable bone substitute based on an
interlocking microstructure of apatite.
(iii) A bioactive glaze for conferring bioactivity and
osseointegration on medical grade alloys.
(iv) A microporous glass for performing rapid cost
effective industrial separations of biological
macromolecules by size exclusion and affinity techniques
that is capable of being regenerated by washing with
alkalis.
(v) A photomachineable glass ceramic that exhibits better
machining resolution than the current materials and can
be machined using less toxic and corrosive acids than
hydrofluoric.
Biomaterials research and development is a rapidly
expanding area in which Europe can expect to excel. The
current World market for medical materials and devices is
estimated at over 20 billion ECUs and has a growth rate
of between 7 and 12 % per annum. The United States have
invested heavily in this sector and, as a result, meet a
significant proportion of the needs of the European
market. However, a substantial body of expertise exists
within Europe, and the Union is therefore well positioned
to benefit from this expanding market. To address
specific requirements, the partnership brings together
several leading industrial and academic groups in the
ceramic manufacture, processing and dental materials
fields. Added value is brought to the project by
investigating related bioscience and materials processing
technologies in addition to medical materials. Successful
completion of the proposed programme will strengthen the
position of the Europe as an innovator in the biomaterial
and related bioscience fields.
Fields of science (EuroSciVoc)
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
CORDIS classifies projects with EuroSciVoc, a multilingual taxonomy of fields of science, through a semi-automatic process based on NLP techniques. See: The European Science Vocabulary.
- natural sciences chemical sciences inorganic chemistry transition metals
- engineering and technology mechanical engineering manufacturing engineering subtractive manufacturing
- engineering and technology materials engineering amorphous solids
- engineering and technology industrial biotechnology biomaterials
- medical and health sciences medical biotechnology implants artificial bone
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Coordinator
S10 2TA Sheffield
United Kingdom
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