Polymer Infiltrated Ceramic Hybrid Composites as Dental Materials

Polymer-Infiltrated-Ceramic-Network the Evolution of CAD/CAM Materials

The development of dental materials during the last few years is related to many factors, such as patient aesthetics requirements and also the increase in usage of CAD/CAM technology. The literature review shows the most used classes of indirect restorative materials and it demonstrates how the evolution of metal-free materials has reached a new level. Research combined with manufacturing techn...

Broad-band Ceramic-polymer Piezoelectric Composites

Bioactive Ceramic-polymer Composites for Tissue Replacement

Bone, at the ultra-structural level, is a composite with mechanical properties that can be matched by man-made composites. It serves as the template for developing bone replacement materials. Research on biomaterials analogous to bone was started in the early 1980s by incorporating bioactive particles into biocompatible polymers in order to produce bone substitutes. Hydroxyapatite reinforced hi...

Bioactive Ceramic-polymer Composites for Bone Replacement

Bone, at the ultra-structural level, is a composite with mechanical properties that can be matched by man-made composites. It serves as the template for developing bone replacement materials. Research on biomaterials analogous to bone was started in the early 1980s by incorporating bioactive particles into biocompatible polymers to produce bone substitutes. Hydroxyapatite reinforced high densit...

Dielectric Mixing Laws in Ceramic/polymer Composites

Dielectric mixing laws were examined for the composites consisting of ferroelectric ceramics particles dispersed in the polymer matrix. The rate of increase in the dielectric permittivity with increasing ceramics content was shown to be consistent with classical Bruggeman predictions. The use of semiconductive polymer matrix generates dielectric as well as conductive relaxations associated with...