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    A unified in vitro evaluation for apatite-forming ability of bioactive glasses and their variants

    The aim of this study was to propose and validate a new unified method for testing dissolution rates of bioactive glasses and their variants, and the formation of calcium phosphate layer formation on their sur...

    Anthony L. B. Maçon, Taek B. Kim in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2015)

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    Characteristics of glass ionomer cements composed of glass powders in CaO–SrO–ZnO–SiO2 system prepared by two different synthetic routes

    Glass ionomer cements (GICs) are composed of an acid degradable glass, polyacrylic acid and water. Sol–gel processing to prepare the glass phase has certain advantages, such as the ability to employ lower synt...

    Ill Yong Kim, Chikara Ohtsuki in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2013)

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    Effect of ammonium carbonate on formation of calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite through double-step hydrothermal processing

    Double-step hydrothermal processing is a process where powder compacts of calcium phosphates are exposed to vapor of solvent solution, followed by being immersed in the solution. In the present study, we inves...

    S. Prakash Parthiban, Ill Yong Kim in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2011)

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    In vitro apatite formation on organic–inorganic hybrids in the CaO–SiO2–PO5/2–poly(tetramethylene oxide) system

    The osteoconduction potential of artificial materials is usually evaluated in vitro by apatite formation in a simulated body fluid (SBF) proposed by Kokubo and his colleagues. This paper reports the compositio...

    Mi-Young Koh, Masanobu Kamitakahara in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2010)

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    Fabrication of spherical CaO–SrO–ZnO–SiO2 particles by sol–gel processing

    This study was concerned with the fabrication of ceramic CaO–SrO–ZnO–SiO2 spherical particles, which are novel candidates for the glass phase in glass polyalkenoate cements (GPCs). GPCs made from these glasses ha...

    Ill Yong Kim, Mark R. Towler, Anthony Wren in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in… (2009)

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    Preparation of bioactive microspheres of organic modified calcium silicates through sol–gel processing

    Bioactive ceramics show specific biological activity, a bone-bonding ability, and are used as bone-repairing materials. Particles of bioactive ceramics may be used as fillers for fabricating bioactive composit...

    Ill Yong Kim, Chikara Ohtsuki in Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology (2008)