George E. Stan

TL;DR: A first general appraisal of the scientific output in the interrelated areas of bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics, scaffolds, implant coatings, and tissue engineering is presented to provide knowledge-based tools towards guiding young researchers in the design of new bioactive glass compositions, taking into account the desired functional properties.

TL;DR: A comprehensive inventory of the progresses achieved so far is gathered, to allow fellow researchers to compare with ease and filter the best solutions for the cation substitution of HA-based materials and enable the development of multi-functional biomedical designs.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the perspectives of incorporating starch and starch blends in hydroxyapatite materials, based on the role of starch within the materials, the review covers its use as a polymeric matrix in hydroxypatite composites used as adhesives, bone cements, bone waxes, drug delivery devices or scafes.

TL;DR: The data showed the formation of mineralized foci by differentiation of hMSCs to human primary osteoblasts after cultivation in osteogenic media on RF-sputtered films and the capacity of B-type CHA coating to support MSCs adhesion and osteogenic differentiation ability.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors reported on the synthesis of novel ovine and bovine derived hydroxyapatite thin films on titanium substrates by pulsed laser deposition for a new generation of implants.