This book contains 18 papers from the Next Generation Biomaterials and Surface Properties of Biomaterials symposia held during the 2010 Materials Science and Technology (MS&T'10) meeting, October 17-21, 2010, Houston, Texas. Topics include: Biocompatible Coatings; Drug Delivery and Anti-Microbial Coatings; Ceramic and Metallic Biomaterials; Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering; and Surface Modification.

This book contains 18 papers from the Next Generation Biomaterials and Surface Properties of Biomaterials symposia held during the 2010 Materials Science and Technology (MS&T'10) meeting, October 17-21, 2010, Houston, Texas. Topics include: Biocompatible Coatings; Drug Delivery and Anti-Microbial Coatings; Ceramic and Metallic Biomaterials; Biomaterials for Tissue Engineering; and Surface Modification.

Preface vi iNEXT GENERATION BIOMATERIALSUltrafine-Grained Commercially Pure Titanium and MicrostructureResponse to Hydroxyapatite Coating Methods 3Kayla Calvert, Kevin Trumble, Srinivasan Chandrasekar, and MarkHoffmanPreparation of Porous Hydroxyapatite Scaffolds using Yeast as aPore Forming Agent 15Sophie C. Cox and Kajal K. MallickUnderstanding the Influence of SrO Doping on the MechanicalProperties of ß-TCP Ceramics 27Ken DeVoe, Amit Bandyopadhyay, and Susmita BoseDental Application Field Based on Nanostructural ChemicallyBonded Ca-Aluminate 33Leif HermanssonFreeze Extrusion Fabrication of 13-93 Bioactive Glass Scaffoldsfor Repair and Regeneration of Load-Bearing Bones 45T. S. Huang, M. N. Rahaman, N. D. Doiphode, M. C. Leu, B. S.Bal, D. E. Day, and X. LiuPorous Biodegradable Scaffolds for Hard Tissue Engineering57Kajal K. Mallick and James WinnettSynthesis of Nano Hydroxyapatite by Chemical Precipitation UsingDifferent Surfactant Templates 67Shahid Amin and Mohammad MujahidEffect of TiB2 or Y203 Additions on MechanicalBiofunctionality of Ti-29Nb-13Ta-4.6Zr for Biomedical Applications75Mitsuo Niinomi, Masaaki Nakai, Satoshi Yonezawa, Xiu Song, andLei WangApatite Nano-Rods Array Grown on Glass Substrates in AqueousSystems 83A. Osaka, Y. Shirosaki, S. Hayakawa, K. Tsuru, E. Fujii, and K.KawabataDielectric Properties of Porous Calcium Titanate (CaTi03)89G. A. Rott, F. Zhang, Y. Haba, W. Kröger, and E.BurkelNanocomposites of Poly(L-Lactic Acid) and Maghemite for DrugDelivery of Caffeine 95A. Vargas, F. G. Souza Jr.SURFACE PROPERTIES OF BIOMATERIALSHard and Wear Resistant Surfaces for Load Bearing Metal Implants109Vamsi Krishna Baila, Susmita Bose, and AmitBandyopadhyayInfluence of Electro-Thermal Polarization on Surface Propertiesof Hydroxyapatite 125S. Bodhak, S. Bose, and A. BandyopadhyayCalcium Phosphate Ceramics in Drug Delivery and Bone TissueEngineering 135Susmita Bose, Solaiman Tarafder, Shashwat Banerjee, and AmitBandyopadhyayNanoscale Hydroxyapatite Coatings on Ti: SimultaneousEnhancement of Mechanical and Biological Properties 147Mangal Roy, Amit Bandyopadhyay, and Susmita BoseThermal Sprayed Bioceramics Coatings for Metallic Implants159T. P. S, Sarao, H. Singh, H. Singh, and R. ChhibbeRole of Reinforced Materials in Thermal Sprayed HydroxyapatiteCoating on Bio Implants: A Review 173Gurbhinder Singh, Surendra Singh, and Satya PrakashSelective Laser Sintering Fabrication of 13-93 Bioactive GlassBone Scaffolds 185M. Velez, K. C. R. Kolan, M. C. Leu, G. E. Hilmas, and R. F.BrownAuthor Index 195