Category Archives: Publications
Books, journals, poster sessions
Publication on PureStone
Our new paper on antimicrobial material was published in the Materials journal and is entitled Novel Durable Antimicrobial Ceramic with Embedded Copper Sub-Microparticles for a Steady-State Release of Copper Ions. Using pottery clay, porous ceramic stones were molded and then … Continue reading
Coating Zinc with PLLA
Zinc (Zn) has recently been introduced as a promising new metal candidate for biodegradable vascular stent applications with a favorable degradation rate and biocompatibility. Corrosion resistant metal stents are often coated with drug-eluting polymer layers to inhibit harmful biological responses. … Continue reading
Rough Particle – Bubble Interactions
A new paper entitled A Simplified Analysis of the Effect of Nano-asperities on Particle-Bubble Interactions has been published in the Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing journal. This paper was invited by the editors and will be included in a special … Continue reading
Paper on Ramie Fibers
Ramie (Boehmeria nivea) fiber is one of the superior strength lignocellulosic fibers, but the least investigated particularly as a reinforcement to obtain tougher polymeric composites. This paper, just published in Materials Research and entitled Reinforcement of Polyester with Renewable Ramie … Continue reading
SI Volume 5 Issue 2
We are glad to share with you the content of the 2nd issue of 2017 of Surface Innovations, with six papers on advanced materials in dental and orthopedic applications, which were selected and assembled by Prof. Tolou Shokuhfar from the … Continue reading
Paper on Zn-Li
There has recently been great interest in developing bioabsorbable materials for small diameter arterial stents as a number of fully bioabsorbable polymeric stents have shown success in clinical trials. SURFI Team has been developing bioabsorbable stents based on zinc and … Continue reading
Publication on Zn-Al Bioalloys
Special high grade zinc and wrought zinc-aluminum (Zn-Al) alloys containing up to 5.5 wt% Al were processed, characterized, and implanted in rats in search of a new family of alloys with possible applications as bioabsorbable endovascular stents. The results of … Continue reading
Terminology of Contact Angles
The rapid pace and shear number of papers published in recent years on contact angles, wetting, and non-wetting surfaces has lend itself to misconceptions and misuses of terminology, measurement techniques, and interpretation of experimental results. Terms describing contact angles, wettability, … Continue reading
SI Volume 5 Issue 1
The first issue of 2017 of Surface Innovations is available online. We open this first issue with two important contributions prepared by members of the External Advisory Board. In the first paper entitled “Contact Angles and Wettability: Towards Common and … Continue reading
Point of Pride
One of our publications remains as the top cited paper for Surface Innovations in the last 3 years. The paper is entitled Guidelines to Measurements of Reproducible Contact Angles Using a Sessile-Drop Technique and was published at the end of … Continue reading
