Search Results - "Ferreira, M F"
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Bioactive Glasses and Glass-Ceramics for Healthcare Applications in Bone Regeneration and Tissue Engineering
Published in Materials (12-12-2018)“…The discovery of bioactive glasses (BGs) in the late 1960s by Larry Hench et al. was driven by the need for implant materials with an ability to bond to living…”
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Cationic Substitutions in Hydroxyapatite: Current Status of the Derived Biofunctional Effects and Their In Vitro Interrogation Methods
Published in Materials (24-10-2018)“…High-performance bioceramics are required for preventing failure and prolonging the life-time of bone grafting scaffolds and osseous implants. The proper…”
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Composite and Nanocomposite Metal Foams
Published in Materials (28-01-2016)“…Open-cell and closed-cell metal foams have been reinforced with different kinds of micro- and nano-sized reinforcements to enhance their mechanical properties…”
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Structure and Crystallization of Alkaline-Earth Aluminosilicate Glasses: Prevention of the Alumina-Avoidance Principle
Published in The journal of physical chemistry. B (03-05-2018)“…Aluminosilicate glasses are considered to follow the Al-avoidance principle, which states that Al–O–Al linkages are energetically less favorable, such that, if…”
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Synthetic and Marine-Derived Porous Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering
Published in Materials (13-09-2018)“…Bone is a vascularized and connective tissue. The cortical bone is the main part responsible for the support and protection of the remaining systems and organs…”
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Sol-Gel Synthesis and Characterization of a Quaternary Bioglass for Bone Regeneration and Tissue Engineering
Published in Materials (11-08-2021)“…Sol-gel synthesis using inorganic and/or organic precursors that undergo hydrolysis and condensation at room temperature is a very attractive and less…”
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In Situ Impregnation of Silver Nanoclusters in Microporous Chitosan-PEG Membranes as an Antibacterial and Drug Delivery Percutaneous Device
Published in Langmuir (11-10-2016)“…An in situ synthesis method for preparing silver nanoclusters (AgNCs) embedded in chitosan-polyethylene glycol (CS-PEG) membranes is disclosed. The aim is to…”
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Hydrogen-Generation Materials for Portable Applications
Published in Journal of the American Ceramic Society (01-12-2008)“…Unlike traditional batteries, small fuel cells have a high energy density and can work uninterruptedly, being better energy suppliers for portable devices…”
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Descriptive analysis of unfavorable mental health opinions of candidates for bariatric surgery
Published in European psychiatry (01-03-2023)“…Introduction In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of candidates for bariatric surgery and a decrease in psychiatric contraindications…”
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A quantum computing approach for minimum loss problems in electrical distribution networks
Published in Scientific reports (04-07-2023)“…This paper presents an application of a novel quadratic unconstrained binary optimization (QUBO) formulation to the minimum loss problem in distribution…”
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3D Printing of Macro Porous Sol-Gel Derived Bioactive Glass Scaffolds and Assessment of Biological Response
Published in Materials (10-10-2021)“…3D printing emerged as a potential game-changer in the field of biomedical engineering. Robocasting in particular has shown excellent capability to produce…”
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Fabrication and biological evaluation of three-dimensional (3D) Mg substituted bi-phasic calcium phosphate porous scaffolds for hard tissue engineering
Published in RSC advances (22-11-2022)“…This work reports on the fabrication of three-dimensional (3D) magnesium substituted bi-phasic calcium phosphate (Mg-BCP) scaffolds by gel-casting, their…”
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Determinants of expected performance after ISO 9001 certification withdrawal
Published in Total quality management & business excellence (17-11-2022)“…ISO 9001 certification impact on firm performance has been extensively researched. However, despite the high number of firms withdrawing from this…”
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Multi-Parametric Exploration of a Selection of Piezoceramic Materials for Bone Graft Substitute Applications
Published in Materials (17-01-2023)“…This work was devoted to the first multi-parametric unitary comparative analysis of a selection of sintered piezoceramic materials synthesised by solid-state…”
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Direct Ink Writing Glass: A Preliminary Step for Optical Application
Published in Materials (01-04-2020)“…In this paper, we present a preliminary study and conceptual idea concerning 3D printing water-sensitive glass, using a borosilicate glass with high alkali and…”
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PMD tolerant nonlinear compensation using in-line phase conjugation
Published in Optics express (22-02-2016)“…In this paper, we numerically investigate the impact of polarisation mode dispersion on the efficiency of compensation of nonlinear transmission penalties for…”
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Additive manufacturing of 3D porous alkali-free bioactive glass scaffolds for healthcare applications
Published in Journal of materials science (01-10-2017)“…This work deals with the fabrication by robocasting of 3D porous scaffolds of an alkali-free bioactive glass composition, FastOs ® BG, belonging to the…”
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The role of P2O5, TiO2 and ZrO2 as nucleating agents on microstructure and crystallization behaviour of lithium disilicate-based glass
Published in Journal of materials science (2013)“…The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of different nucleating agents (P 2 O 5 , TiO 2 and ZrO 2 ) on the crystallization behaviour and the…”
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Pesticide application to agricultural fields: effects on the reproduction and avoidance behaviour of Folsomia candida and Eisenia andrei
Published in Ecotoxicology (London) (01-11-2012)“…The objective of this work was to assess the impact of pesticide application to non-target soil organisms simulating what happens following pesticide…”
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Robocasting of Cu2+ & La3+ doped sol–gel glass scaffolds with greatly enhanced mechanical properties: Compressive strength up to 14 MPa
Published in Acta biomaterialia (15-03-2019)“…[Display omitted] This research details the successful fabrication of scaffolds by robocasting from high silica sol–gel glass doped with Cu2+ or La3+. The…”
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