Biomaterials
Design of modern polycrystalline dental ceramics, synthesis of bioactive glasses, mesoporous nanoparticles for controllable and extended drug release, nanoparticles and nanocomposites for biomedical implants, synthesis and examination of hybrid biomimetic scaffolds as an alternative approach to decrease failure rate of transplants. Characterization of these materials by directly accessed techniques. Instrumentation High temperature furnace (up to 3000 oC) Low temperature furnace Shaking incubator High-speed centrifuge (up to 15000 rpm) Ultrasonic baths, mechanical stirrers and pH-meters Publications 1 . I. Tsamesidis, G. Pouroutzidou, E. Lymperaki, K. Kazeli, C. Lioutas, E. Christodoulou , P. Perio, K. Reybier, A. Pantaleo, E. Kontonasaki, Effect of ion doping in silica- based nanoparticles on the hemolytic and oxidative activity in contact with human erythrocytes , Chemico-Biological Interactions (accepted 2020). 2 . G.S. Theodorou, D. Patsiaoura, E. Kontonasaki, K. Chrissafis, Thermal Analysis of Glass-Ceramics and Composites in Biomedical and Dental Sciences , Thermodynamics and Biophysics of Biomedical Nanosystems, 245-295. 3 . G.K. Pouroutzidou, G.S. Theodorou, E. Kontonasaki, I. Tsamesidis, A. Pantaleo, D. Patsiaoura, L. Papadopoulou, J. Rhoades, E. Likotrafiti, C.B. Lioutas, K. Chrissafis, K.M. Paraskevopoulos, Effect of ethanol/TEOS ratios and amount of ammonia on the properties of copper-doped calcium silicate nanoceramics , Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine, (2019) 30, 98. 4 . A. Beketova, S. Varitis, E. Kontonasaki, T. Zorba, L. Papadopoulou, N. Kantiranis, G.S.Theodorou, K.M. Paraskevopoulos, P. Koidis, Evaluation of the micro- mechanical and bioactive properties of bioactive glass-dental porcelain composite , Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, (2018) 86, 77-83. 5 . N.S. Dessou, G.S. Theodorou, N. Kantiranis, L. Papadopoulou, T. Zorba, D. Patsiaoura, E. Kontonasaki, K. Chrysaffis, P. Koidis, K.M. Paraskevopoulos, Influence of strontium for calcium substitution on the glass–ceramic network and biomimetic behavior in the ternary system SiO2–CaO–MgO , Journal of Materials Science, (2017) 52, 8871–8885.
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