Taking place at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this CT Volume contains 17 papers from the following 2014 Materials Science and Technology (MS&T'14) symposia: Next Generation Biomaterials Surface Properties of Biomaterials

Taking place at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this CT Volume contains 17 papers from the following 2014 Materials Science and Technology (MS&T'14) symposia:* Next Generation Biomaterials* Surface Properties of Biomaterials

PrefaceNEXT GENERATION BIOCERAMICSEvaluation of Long-Term Mechanical and Biological Biocompatibility of Low-Cost -Type Ti-Mn Alloys for Biomedical Applications 3Ken Cho, Mitsuo Niinomi, Masaaki Nakai, Pedro Fernandes Santos, Alethea Morgane Liens, Masahiko Ikeda, and Tomokazu HattoriControl of Ag Release from Ag-Containing Calcium Phosphates in Simulated Body Fluid 13Ozkan Gokcekaya, Kyosuke Ueda, and Takayuki NarushimaGallium-Containing Ferrites for Hyperthermia Treatment 21J. Sánchez, Dora Alicia Cortés-Hernández, José C. Escobedo-Bocardo, Rosario A. Jasso-Terán, Pamela Y. Reyes-Rodríguez, and Gilberto F. Hurtado-LópezExploration of Amorphous and Crystalline Tri-Magnesium Phosphates for Bone Cements 33Nicole Ostrowski, Vidisha Sharma, Abhijit Roy, and Prashant N. KumtaMicro-X-Ray Diffraction Study of New Nickel-Titanium Rotary Endodontic Instruments 47William A. Brantley, Masahiro Iijima, William A.T. Clark, Scott R. Schricker, John M. Nusstein, and Itaru MizoguchiTorsional Properties of Nanostructured Titanium Cortical Bone Screws 55J.A.Disegi, B. Shultzabarger, and Michael RoachStrengthening Behaviors of Low-Precious Ag-Pd-Au-Zn Alloys for Dental Applications 63Mitsuo Niinomi, Masaaki Nakai, Junko Hieda, Ken-Cho, Yonghwan Kim, and Hisao FukuiEffect of Immersion Medium on the Degradation and Conversion of Silicate (13-93) Bioactive Glass Scaffolds 73Yifei Gu, Wenhai Huang, and Mohamed N. RahamanEvaluation of Long-Term Bone Regeneration in Rat Calvarial Defects Implanted with Strong Porous Bioactive Glass (13-93) Scaffolds 85Mohamed N. Rahaman, Yinan Lin, Wei Xiao, X. Liu, and B. Sonny BalMagnesium Single Crystal as a Biodegradable Implant Material 97Madhura Joshi, Pravahan Salunke, Guangqi Zhang, Vibhor Chaswal, Zhongyun Dong, and Vesselin ShanovSURFACE PROPERTIES OF BIOMATERIALSDamage Evaluation of TiO2 Nanotubes on Titanium 117Anish Shivaram, Susmita Bose, and Amit BandyopadhyayDrug Delivery from Surface Modified Titanium Alloy for Load-Bearing Implants 129Susmita Bose, Dishary Banerjee, Sam Robertson, Solaiman Tarafder, and Amit BandyopadhyayA Family of Novel Biostable Reticulated Elastomeric and Resilient Biointregative Crosslinked Polyurethane-Urea Scaffolds 137Arindam Datta and Larry LavelleIn Situ Nitridation of Titanium Using LENS(TM) 149Himanshu Sahasrabudhe, Julie Soderlind, and Amit BandyopadhyayMagnesium Doped Hydroxyapatite: Synthesis, Characterization and Bioactivity Evaluation 161Jaswinder Singh, Harpal Singh, and Uma BatraNovel PLA- and PCL-HA Porous 3D Scaffolds Prepared by Robocasting Facilitate MC3T3-E1 Subclone 4 Cellular Attachment and Growth 175V. G. Varanasi, J. Russias, E. Saiz, P. M. Loomer, and A. P. TomsiaDextran Coated Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles for Inhibiting Bone Cancer Cell Functions 187Ece Alpaslan, Hilal Yazici, Negar Golshan, Katherine S. Ziemer, and Thomas J. WebsterAuthor Index 197