Description
Book SynopsisInorganic glasses are successfully used in the biomedical field, in particular degradable glasses have found applications in tissue engineering, bone regeneration and tooth remineralisation. Silicate glasses are the most commonly used ones but phosphate and borate glasses are attracting more and more interest owing to their special properties, differing from those of silicate bio-glasses. Phosphate and borate glasses thus open up potential routes for new therapeutic applications. This book focuses on these emerging materials. Bridging the phosphate and borate glasses communities, this book provides a fundamental treatment of atomic structure and physicochemical properties before highlighting their current and potential future applications. Phosphate and borate glasses not only feature a broader range of glass formation than silicate glasses. Their ability to completely dissolve in water with the solubility varying over orders of magnitude with compositional changes, makes them exciting materials for delivering therapeutic agents into the human body. Biomaterials scientists working in glasses, hard tissue engineering and regenerative medicine will find this a must-have book to own, alongside their more traditional silicate glass tomes.
Table of ContentsUnique Nature of Phosphate and Borate Bioactive Glasses; Structure and Thermal Properties of Phosphate Glasses; Dissolution Behaviour of Phosphate Glasses; The Role of Phosphate Glasses in Bone Regeneration Remedies; Calcium Phosphate Invert Glasses; Phosphate-based Glasses Prepared via Sol–Gel and Coacervation; Amorphous Calcium Phosphate Coatings; Phosphate Glasses for Biophotonic Applications; Structure and Properties of Borate Glasses; Reactions of Borate Glasses in Aqueous Solutions; Sol–Gel Borate Glasses; Recent Advances in the Development and Applications of Phosphate and Borate Glass Microspheres; Borophosphate Glasses and Their Potential Use in Medical Devices; Clinical Products and Further Devices of Phosphates and Borates
