High-resolution three-dimensional probes of biomaterials and their interfaces

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1963, 2012, Pages 1337-1351

  Grandfield, Kathryn ^a   Palmquist, Anders ^b   Engqvist, Håkan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bone; Electron tomography; Hydroxyapatite; Implant interface; Interface; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

APATITE; BIOCERAMICS; BONE; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE TOMOGRAPHY; HYDROXYAPATITE; OXIDES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; BONE TISSUE; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; CONTROLLED DRUG RELEASE; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; HIGH RESOLUTION; IMPLANT INTERFACE; IMPLANT MATERIALS; INHOMOGENEITIES; LENGTH SCALE; MESOPOROUS TITANIA; MORPHOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL IMAGES;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

BIOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TOMOGRAPHY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CERAMICS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPE TOMOGRAPHY; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR PROBE TECHNIQUES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84857698901     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0253     Document Type: Review

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