The aim of this study was to evaluate the bone tissue response to strontium- and silicon-substituted apatite (Sr-HA and Si-HA) modified titanium (Ti) implants. Sr-HA, Si-HA and HA were grown on thermally oxidized Ti implants by a biomimetic process. Oxidized implants were used as controls. Surface properties, i.e. chemical composition, surface thickness, morphology/pore characteristics, crystal...

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Superconductivity in copper oxides arises when a parent insulator compound is doped beyond some critical concentration [1]. In the case of La2CuO4 (LCO), high-Tc superconductivity is obtained either by substituting La 3+ with Sr 2+ or by inserting interstitial O 2[2]. Latest advance of the unique capabilities of layer-by-layer oxide molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) allows controlling the structural...

Using infrared spectroscopy, we found that changes in the in-plane charge dynamics attributable to static stripe order in La(1.275)Nd(0.6)Sr(0.125)CuO(4) or superconductivity in La(1.875)Sr(0.125)CuO(4) are confined to energies smaller than 100 cm(-1). An absorption peak in the low- omega conductivity of the Nd-doped compound is suggestive of localization effects due to the reduced dimensionali...

Slow antiferromagnetic dynamics in the low temperature tetragonal phase of La 2−x Sr x CuO 4 as revealed by ESR of Gd spin probes Abstract Measuring the ESR of Gd spin probes we have studied the magnetic properties of the copper oxide planes in the low temperature tetragonal (LTT) phase of Eu doped La 2−x Sr x CuO 4. The data give evidence that at particular levels of Sr and Eu doping the frequ...

This paper describes some physical, structural, and biological properties of gypsum bioceramics doped with various amounts of strontium ions (0.19-2.23 wt%) and compares these properties with those of a pure gypsum as control. Strontium-doped gypsum (gypsum:Sr) was obtained by mixing calcium sulfate hemihydrate powder and solutions of strontium nitrate followed by washing the specimens with dis...

Polarized x-ray absorption ne structure (XAFS) measurements at the La and Sr sites in La 2?x Sr x CuO 4 (0:075 < x < 0:35) indicate that doped holes introduced with Sr are not uniformly distributed in the CuO 2 planes but reside in impurity states with the majority of charge located on CuO 6 octahedra coupled to the Sr dopants by an apical oxygen (denoted as Sr octahedra). A model based on dope...

Complex oxide systems have attracted considerable attention because of their fascinating properties, including the magnetic ordering at the conducting interface between two band insulators, such as LaAlO3 and SrTiO3. However, the manipulation of the spin degree of freedom at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterointerface has remained elusive. Here, we have fabricated hybrid magnetic tunnel junctions consist...