Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine (1990-2011)

Volume 1, Number 1 / June 1990

iii	Editorial
1-8	A generalized method for characterizing elastic anisotropy in solid living tissues	J. L. Katz and A. Meunier
9-13	Theoretical and practical aspects of testing potential biomaterialsin vitro	C. J. Kirkpatrick and C. Mittermayer
14-20	Hardness, Young's modulus and yield stress in mammalian mineralized tissues	J. D. Currey and K. Brear
21-25	Zeolitic dehydration-rehydration of adipate-intercalated octacalcium phosphate	H. Monma and Y. Moriyoshi
26-32	Chemotaxis and the inhibition of chemotaxis of human neutrophils in reponse to metal ions	A. Remes and D. F. Williams
33-37	A fundamental study of fissure sealant in dental application:in vitro adhesive tensile strength	Irmansyah, K. Wakasa and M. Yamaki
38-43	Microhardness and Young's modulus in cortical bone exhibiting a wide range of mineral volume fractions, and in a bone analogue	G. P. Evans, J. C. Behiri, J. D. Currey and W. Bonfield
44-48	Dental application of the 30Ni-30Cu-40Mn ternary alloy system	K. Wakasa and M. Yamaki
49-54	Age-hardening reactions and microstructures of a dental gold alloy with palladium and platinum	K. Hisatsune, M. Nakagawa, K. Udoh, B. I. Sosrosoedirdjo and M. Hasaka
55-59	Optical and thermal properties in experimental Bis-GMA-based resins influenced by filler characteristics	H. Urabe, K. Wakasa and M. Yamaki
60	The European Society for Biomaterials

Volume 1, Number 2 / July 1990

61-68	Methods for the evaluation of biocompatibility of soluble synthetic polymers which have potential for biomedical use: 1 — Use of the tetrazolium-based colorimetric assay (MTT) as a preliminary screen for evaluation ofin vitro cytotoxicity	D. Sgouras and R. Duncan
69-80	The response of the hierarchical structure of the intervertebral disc to uniaxial compression	J. J. Cassidy, A. Hiltner and E. Baer
81-89	A water transport model for the creep response of the intervertebral disc	J. J. Cassidy, M. S. Silverstein, A. Hiltner and E. Baer
90-93	The castability of ternary Ni-Cu-Mn alloys for crown and bridge applications	K. Wakasa and M. Yamaki
94-99	The mould-filling capacity of two casting alloys	H. Herø
100-104	Constraining the lateral dimensions of uniaxially loaded materials increases the calculated strength and stiffness: application to muscle and bone	R. M. Aspden
105-109	Metal materials biodegradation: a chronoamperometric study	M. F. Viegas, L. M. Abrantes and J. Lecoeur
110-113	In vitro fluoride uptake by bovine enamel in using cyanoacrylate adhesives containing fluoride compounds	Irmansyah, K. Wakasa and M. Yamaki
114-117	Post-composition control of hydroxyapatite in an aqueous medium	T. Honda, M. Takagi, N. Uchida, K. Saito and K. Uematsu
118-122	A caries prophylactic study on artificial lesions in bovine tooth enamel coated with cyanoacrylate adhesives containing fluoride compounds	Irmansyah, K. Wakasa and M. Yamaki

Volume 1, Number 3 / October 1990

123-130	Structure-property relationships in the case of the degradation of massive aliphatic poly-(α-hydroxy acids) in aqueous media	Su Ming Li, H. Garreau and M. Vert
131-139	Structure-property relationships in the case of the degradation of massive poly(α-hydroxy acids) in aqueous media	Su Ming Li, H. Garreau and M. Vert
140-145	Effect of palladium addition on the tarnishing of dental gold alloys	M. Ohta, M. Nakagawa and S. Matsuya
146-153	The application of holography to examine plated fracture fixation systems	J. C. Shelton, D. Gorman and W. Bonfield
154-156	Porosimetry studies on polyacrylic acid-ZnO cements	A. Padilla, A. Vázquez, G. Vázquez-Polo, D. R. Acosta and V. M. Castaño
157-162	Initial platelet adhesion and platelet shape on polymer surfaces with different carbon bonding characteristics (anin vitro study of Teflon, Pellethane and XLON intravenous cannulae)	N. Larsson, L-E. Linder, I. Curelaru, P. Buscemi and R. Sherman, et al.
163-170	Application of multifunctional base monomer to dental composite resins	H. Urabe, K. Wakasa and M. Yamaki
171-176	Corrosive properties in experimental Ni-Cu-Mn-based alloy systems for dental purposes	K. Wakasa and M. Yamaki
177-181	An application of non-asbestos papers to the dental field: mechanical properties and structural change	K. Wakasa, H. Matsui and M. Yamaki
182-184	Carbonate-doped hydroxyapatite	E. G. Nordström and K. H. Karlsson

Volume 1, Number 4 / November 1990

185-191	Radiation grafting of hydrophilic monomers on to plasticized poly(vinyl chloride) sheets	V. Kalliyana Krishnan, A. Jayakrishnan and Joseph D. Francis
192-197	Wound-healing phenomena around percutaneous devices implanted in rabbits	J. A. Jansen, J. P. C. M. Waerden and K. Groot
198-206	Structure-property relationships in the case of the degradation of massive poly(α-hydroxy acids) in aqueous media	Suming Li, H. Garreau and M. Vert
207-210	A thermoanalytical study on non-asbestos ring-lining materials for dental application	K. Wakasa, H. Matsui and M. Yamaki
211-218	The effect of beryllium on the corrosion resistance of nickel-chromium dental alloys	Tzyy-Ping Cheng, Wen-Ta Tsai, Jiin-Huey Chern Lin and Ju-Tung Lee
219-227	In vivo behaviour of glasses in the SiO₂-Na₂O-CaO-P₂O₅-Al₂O₃-B₂O₃ system	Ö. H. Andersson, Guizhi Liu, K. H. Karlsson, L. Niemi and J. Miettinen, et al.
228-232	A semi-automated cell culture evaluation system for cytotoxicity testing of dental materials	G. Schmalz and H. Schweikl
233-238	Apatite coating on ceramics, metals and polymers utilizing a biological process	Y. Abe, T. Kokubo and T. Yamamuro
239-244	Bioactivity of CaO·SiO₂-based glasses:in vitro evaluation	Y. Ebisawa, T. Kokubo, K. Ohura and T. Yamamuro

Volume 2, Number 1 / January 1991

1-8	A histomorphometric comparison of the muscular tissue reaction to stainless steel, pure titanium and titanium alloy implant materials	M. Therin, A. Meunier and P. Christel
9-18	Enzymic hydrolysis of biopolymers via single-scission attack pathways: a unified kinetic model	R. Azhari and N. Lotan
19-26	Electrochemistry of AISI 316L stainless steel in calcium phosphate and protein solutions	S. R. Sousa and M. A. Barbosa
27-35	In vitro corrosion of some Co-Cr and Ni-Cr alloys used for removable partial dentures: influence of heat treatments	E. Angelini and F. Zucchi
36-42	In vivo degradation of collagen-vicryl materials in rabbit ear chambers	I. N. Bird, I. A. Silver, S. D. Gorham and D. A. French
43-50	Effects of suspension-induced osteopenia on the mechanical behaviour of mouse long bones	S. J. Simske, A. R. Greenberg and M. W. Luttges
51-55	Calcium apatite prepared from calcium hydroxide and orthophosphoric acid	A. Osaka, Y. Miura, K. Takeuchi, M. Asada and K. Takahashi
56-61	Radiation grafting of hydrophilic monomers onto plasticized poly(vinyl chloride) sheets	V. Kalliyana Krishnan, A. Jayakrishnan and J. D. Francis
62	The European Society for Biomaterials 9th European Conference on Biomaterials Chester, UK 9–11th September, 1991 in conjunction with 2nd Consensus Conference on Definitions in Biomaterials 7–8th September, 1991 and IUPAC working party on blood compatibility

Volume 2, Number 2 / April 1991

63-70	Biodegradation of four calcium phosphate ceramics;in vivo rates and tissue interactions	M. M. A. Ramselaar, F. C. M. Driessens, W. Kalk, J. R. Wijn and P. J. Mullem
71-76	Tensile behaviour in 30Ni-30Cu-40Mn-based alloys for a dental application	K. Wakasa and M. Yamaki
77-81	Bone reaction to the implant of intramedullary pins of three different metals in rat femur	U. E. Pazzaglia, G. Zatti, P. Cherubino, W. Frick and R. Koch
82-85	An application of monomer coating for glass-cloth-reinforced acrylic resin	J. Nitanda, H. Matsui, A. Matsui, Y. Kasahara and K. Wakasa, et al.
86-88	Inhibition of bovine pericardium calcification: A comparative study of Al³⁺ and lipid removing treatments	E. Jorge Herrero, M. P. Gutiérrez, C. Escudero and J. L. Castillo-Olivares
89-93	Chemical incompatibility between polymerizing HEMA and rubber balloons used for selective endovascular treatment of intracranial aneurysms	M. Nonent, A. Laurent, J. J. Merland, J. Huguet and M. Vert
94-100	Elastic deformation of a tapered vascular prosthesis	T. V. How
101-105	Fibre reinforcement in heat-cured, microwave-cured and visible light-cured base resins	J. Nitanda, K. Wakasa, H. Matsui, Y. Kasahara and M. Yamaki, et al.
106-109	Immobilization of a fibronectin fragment at the surface of a polyetherurethane film	W. Breuers, D. Klee, H. Höcker and C. Mittermayer
110-117	Activation of complement in human serum by polyurethane having PEO-PTMO-PEO as soft segment	Yuko Ikeda, Shinzo Kohjiya, Shinzo Yamashita and Hiroshi Fukumura
118-124	The electromechanical properties of fluid-filled bone: A new dimension	G. W. Hastings and F. A. Mahmud

Volume 2, Number 3 / July 1991

125-128	A way to improve understanding of the physiological response of tissue to implant bioceramics: the thermodynamics of irreversible processes	Li Panjian and K. Groot
129-132	Dental application of various kinds of fibres in heat curing acrylic resin	J. Nitanda, K. Wakasa, H. Matsui, Y. Kasahara and M. Yamaki, et al.
133-137	The stability of hydroxyapatite in an optimized bioactive glass matrix at sintering temperatures	I. Kangasniemi, K. Groot, J. Wolke, Ö. Andersson and Z. Luklinska, et al.
138-141	Enhanced maturation of hydroxyapatite from aqueous solutions using microwave irradiation	E. Lerner, S. Sarig and R. Azoury
142-148	Methylcellulose cell culture as a new cytotoxicity test system for biomaterials	M. J. A. Luyn, P. B. Wachem, P. Nieuwenhuis, L. Olde Damink and H. Hoopen, et al.
149-152	Sintering mechanism of hydroxyapatite by addition of lithium phosphate	T. Goto, N. Wakamatsu, H. Kamemizu, M. Iijima and Y. Doi, et al.
153-161	Glass-ceramic-metal composites for making graded seals in prosthetic devices	R. Rogier and F. Pernot
162-167	Ultrastructural study of the effects of coral skeleton on cultured human gingival fibroblasts in three-dimensional collagen lattices	A. H. M. Shabana, J. P. Ouhayoun, H. Boulekbache, J. M. Sautier and N. Forest
168-175	Mechanical behaviour of trabecular bone of the human femoral head in females	D. D. Deligianni, Y. F. Missirlis, K. E. Tanner and W. Bonfield
176-180	Growth-hormone loaded bioactive ceramics	S. Downes, L. Silvio, C. P. A. T. Klein and M. V. Kayser
181-185	Evaluation of the mutagenic potential of root canal sealers using the salmonella/microsome assay	H. Schweikl and G. Schmalz
186	The European Society for Biomaterials 4th World Biomaterials Congress 24–28 April, 1992 ICC Berlin

Volume 2, Number 4 / October 1991

187-188	Biomaterials: a broader and broader field of interest	Ch. Baquey
189-192	Interactions of biospecific sorbents with physiologically active substances	L. D. Uzhinova, N. A. Platé and S. M. Krasovskaja
193-196	Adsorption of human antibodies to factor VIII:C to insoluble modified polystyrene from plasma	C. Boisson-Vidal, H. Messaikeh and J. Jozefonvicz
197-201	Potential interest of optical fibres as immunosensors: study of different antigen coupling methods	P. Claudon, M. Donner and J. F. Stoltz
202-204	Fibre optic biosensors with immobilized bioluminescence enzymes	L. J. Blum, S. M. Gautier and P. R. Coulet
205-207	Electrochemical assay of thrombin immobilized on carbon electrodes using an electrogenic and chromogenic substrate	H. Randriamahazaka and J. M. Nigretto
208-211	Evaluation of a collagen-glycosaminoglycan complex as a dressing for gingival wounds	G. Roussille and B. Barthet
212-216	Biological properties of vascular substitutes based on an original collagenic coating	M. Y. Jablonski-Bernasconi, A. Perrot Minnot, F. Rouais and Ch. Baquey
217-221	Bone cell grafts in bioreactor: a study of feasibility of bone cell autograft in large defects	P. Frayssinet, I. Primout, N. Rouquet, A. Autefage and A. Guilhem, et al.
222-226	Reconstructed skin from co-cultured human keratinocytes and fibroblasts on a chitosane cross-linked collagen-GAG matrix	L. Shahabeddin, O. Damour, F. Berthod, P. Rousselle and G. Saintigny, et al.
227-233	Deposition of cellular fibronectin and desorption of human serum albumin during adhesion and spreading of human endothelial cells on polymers	A. Dekker, T. Beugeling, H. Wind, A. Poot and A. Bantjes, et al.
234-237	Modelling of immobilized cell systems	J. C. Vincent and J. Lefebvre
238-242	Targetable photoactivatable drugs	B. Říhová, N. L. Krinick and J. Kopeček
243-247	Study of diffusional properties of silicone matrices for drug bioavailability modulation	J. C. Moreau, B. Leclerc, J. Mazan, G. Couarraze and G. Torrès, et al.

Volume 3, Number 1 / January 1992

1-4	Surface modification of a biocompatible polymer based on polyurethane for artificial blood vessels	D. Anderheiden, D. Klee, H. Höcker, B. Heller and C. J. Kirkpatrick, et al.
5-9	Phospholipase A₂-catalysed modification of plasma low density lipoproteins caused reduction of hypercholesterolemic rabbit plasma cholesterolin vivo	R. Labeque, B. M. Clark, J. Ferreira, R. Langer and C. J. -P. Mullon, et al.
10-13	Cytotoxic effects of some inflammatory mediators on microencapsulated cells	Ch. Cadic, B. Dupuy and S. Vitiello
14-18	High-performance liquid chromatography of proteins on functional polysaccharide-coated silica supports	D. Muller, F. L. Zhou, S. Khamlichi and J. Jozefonvicz
19-27	Interactive effects of resin composition and ambient temperature of light curing on the percentage conversion, molar heat of cure and hardness of dental composite resins	J. Vaidyanathan and T. K. Vaidyanathan
28-32	Scanning tunnelling microscopy and tunnelling spectroscopy of titanium before and afterin vitro immersion	P. D. Bianco, P. Ducheyne and D. Bonnell
33-42	Plasma spraying induced changes of calcium phosphate ceramic characteristics and the effect onin vitro stability	S. R. Radin and P. Ducheyne
43-47	Absorbable self-reinforced polylactide (SR-PLA) composite rods for fracture fixation: strength and strength retention in the bone and subcutaneous tissue of rabbits	A. Majola, S. Vainionpää, P. Rokkanen, H. -M. Mikkola and P. Törmälä
48-53	Fibrous hydroxyapatite grown in the gel system: effects of pH of the solution on the growth rate and morphology	Masami Tanahashi, Kanichi Kamiya, Tohru Suzuki and Hiroyuki Nasu
54-58	Phase transformation behaviour of a low carat gold alloy for porcelain bonding during continuous heating	K. Hisatsune, Y. Tanaka, T. Tani, K. Udoh and K. Yasuda
59-64	Thermomechanical properties of hyaluronic acid-derived products	S. Iannace, L. Ambrosio, L. Nicolais, A. Rastrelli and A. Pastorello
65-74	Phase transformation in carbon-coated nitinol, with application to the design of a prosthesis for the reconstruction of the anterior cruciate ligament	A. Hedayat, J. Rechtien and K. Mukherjee
75-78	Crystal aggregates in articular cartilage as observed in the SEM	A. Hayes, I. G. Turner, K. A. Powell and P. A. Dieppe

Volume 3, Number 2 / March 1992

79-83	Chemical reaction of bioactive glass and glass-ceramics with a simulated body fluid	T. Kokubo, H. Kushitani, C. Ohtsuki, S. Sakka and T. Yamamuro
84-87	Experimental studies of the biological response to a new bone cement	P. Revell, M. George, M. Braden, M. Freeman and B. Weightman
88-94	An evaluation of the use of infrared heating for contouring 30% short carbon-fibre-reinforced PEEK	J. J. Mason, S. A. Brown and A. Moet
95-100	Bioactivity of CaO·SiO₂ glasses added with various ions	K. Ohura, T. Nakamura, T. Yamamuro, Y. Ebisawa and T. Kokubo, et al.
101-105	No relationship between the cell surface hydrophobicity of coagulase-negative staphylococci and their ability to adhere onto fluorinated poly(ethylene-propylene)	P. Brokke, J. Dankert, A. H. Hogt and J. Feijen
106-113	Small diameter polyurethane-polydimethylsiloxane vascular prostheses made by a spraying, phase-inversion process	G. Soldani, G. Panol, H. F. Sasken, M. B. Goddard and P. M. Galletti
114-118	Effect of microstructure on the corrosion behaviour of dental gold alloys	M. Nakagawa, S. Matsuya and M. Ohta
119-125	Compositional dependence of bioactivity of glasses in the system CaO-SiO₂-Al₂O₃: itsin vitro evaluation	Chikara Ohtsuki, Tadashi Kokubo and Takao Yamauro
126-136	A quantitative comparison of the cell response to commercially pure titanium and Ti-6Al-4V implants in the abdominal wall of rats	C. B. Johansson, T. Albrektsson, L. E. Ericson and P. Thomsen
137-140	Dental application of glass cloth to denture: dimensional accuracy in reinforced resins	J. Nitanda, K. Wakasa, H. Matsui, Y. Kasahara and M. Yamaki, et al.
141-144	Thermoanalytical characteristics of powders in dental cast investment	K. Wakasa and M. Yamaki
145-150	Evaluation of the acceptance of glass in bone	Ö. H. Andersson, Guizhi Liu, K. Kangasniemi and J. Juhanoja
151-153	Thermochemical studies of surface-induced activation in human granulocytesin vitro	J. Ikomi-Kumm, L. Ljunggren and M. Monti
154-156	Electron microscopy of the bone-hydroxylapatite interface from a human dental implant	R. Garcia and R. H. Doremus

Volume 3, Number 3 / May 1992

157-159	The application of the reptation hypothesis to polyelectrolyte biomaterials	J. W. Nicholson
160-169	Modification of the soft tissue response to implanted materials through the use of an anti-inflammatory drug	J. A. Hunt and D. F. Williams
170-174	A histomorphometric and removal torque analysis of c.p. titanium implants inserted in reamed bone beds with and without acrylic cement	R. Morberg and T. Albrektsson
175-179	Hydroxyapatite coatings by a polymeric route	T. Brendel, A. Engel and C. Rüssel
180-183	Hydroxyapatite-induced alkaline phosphatase activity of human pulp fibroblasts	Yoshio Tsukamoto, Sachiko Fukutani and Masakazu Mori
184-185	Identification of fibronectin in tissue implant interfaces	K. Smetana
186-191	On the bonding of porcelain on titanium	J. A. Hautaniemi, H. Herø and J. T. Juhanoja
192-198	The effect of metal ions on neutrophil degranulation	J. A. Hunt, A. Remes and D. F. Williams
199-203	Filter cake forming and hot isostatic pressing for TZP-dispersed hydroxyapatite composite	Masaki Takagi, Masahiro Mochida, Nozomu Uchida, Katsuichi Saito and Keizo Uematsu
204-211	The engineering background of the concept of isoelastic implants	G. Heimke, R. J. Kolbe and R. A. Latour
212-218	Quantitative histomorphometric evaluation of spinal arthrodesis after biphasic calcium phosphate ceramic implantation in sheep	P. Hardouin, D. Chopin, B. DeVyver, B. Flautre and M. C. Blary, et al.
219-221	Surface properties of hydroxyapatite ceramic as new percutaneous material in skin tissue	Yoshiharu Shin, Hideki Aoki, Naoki Yoshiyama, Masaru Akao and Masaaki Higashikata
222-228	Histological evaluation of natural coral skeleton as a grafting material in miniature swine mandible	J. P. Ouhayoun, A. H. M. Shabana, S. Issahakian, J. L. Patat and G. Guillemin, et al.
229-233	Transformation characteristics and related deformation behaviour in orthodontic NiTi wire	M. Thier, D. Treppmann, D. Drescher and C. Boureaul

Volume 3, Number 4 / July 1992

235-238	Thermal treatment and crystalline structure in dental cast ceramic materials	K. Wakasa, M. Yamaki and A. Matsui
239-244	Subcutaneous and intramuscular implantation of sepiolite-collagen complexes	N. Olmo, J. Turnay, J. G. Gavilanes, M. A. Lizarbe and J. I. Herrera
245-251	Shear strength of cancellous bone after osteotomy fixed with absorbable self-reinforced polyglycolic acid and poly-L-lactic acid rods	M. J. Manninen, U. Päivärinta, H. Pätiälä, P. Rokkanen and R. Taurio, et al.
252-254	Microhardness evaluations of the bone growing into porous implants	S. Stea, C. Tarabusi, G. Ciapetti, A. Pizzoferrato and A. Toni, et al.
255-261	Continuous and discontinuous fatigue crack growth of irradiated ultrahigh molecular mass polyethylene in saline solution at 37°C	Z. P. Zeng, M. Buggy, J. Griffin and E. G. Little
262-271	Ultrastructure of the bone-titanium interface in rabbits	L. Sennerby, P. Thomsen and L. E. Ericson
272-277	Calcification of polyurethane-based biomaterials implanted subcutaneously in rats: role of porosity and fluid absorption in the mechanism of mineralization	G. Golomb
278-282	Electrical impedance — a new parameter for oral mucosal irritation tests	R. Nilsson, J. O. Fallan, K. S. Larsson, S. Ollmar and F. Sundström
283-287	Microstructural characterization of hydroxyapatite coating on titanium	Huaxia Ji, C. B. Ponton and P. M. Marquis
288-292	Comparison of shear strength of osteotomies fixed with absorbable self-reinforced poly-L-lactide and metallic screws	R. Suuronen, L. Wessman, M. Mero, P. Törmälä and J. Vasenius, et al.
293-298	A dynamicin vitro method for studying bioprosthetic heart valve calcification	G. M. Bernacca, A. C. Fisher, T. G. Mackay and D. J. Wheatley
299-305	Formation of calcium deficient hydroxyapatite at near-physiological temperature	M. T. Fulmer, R. I. Martin and P. W. Brown
306-312	Changes in contact angles as a function of time on some pre-oxidized biomaterials	Y. Oshida, R. Sachdeva and S. Miyazaki

Volume 3, Number 5 / September 1992

313-321	Improved materials for blood-contacting applications: blends of sulphonated and non-sulphonated polyurethanes	R. W. Hergenrother and S. L. Cooper
322-325	Electrochemical preparation of protective oxide coatings on titanium surgical alloys	M. Shirkhanzadeh
326-328	Glass transition temperature of glasses in the SiO₂-Na₂O-CaO-P₂O₅-Al₂O₃-B₂O₃ system	Ö. H. Andersson
329-332	Finite-element analysis of setting expansion in dental gypsum-bonded investment	A. Nakatsuka
333-344	Fracture toughness of composite acrylic bone cements	J. Perek and R. M. Pilliar
345-351	Hydroxyapatite-ceramic for juxta-articular implantation	N. M. Meenen, J. F. Osborn, M. Dallek and K. Donath
352-358	In vitro degradation of a polyhydroxybutyrate/polyhydroxyvalerate copolymer	J. C. Knowles and G. W. Hastings
359-364	A biodegradable composite artificial tendon	P. A. Davis, S. J. Huang, L. Ambrosio, D. Ronca and L. Nicolais
365-370	In vitro biocompatibility testing of polylactides Part I Proliferation of different cell types	A. Sliedregt, A. M. Radder, K. Groot and C. A. Blitterswijk
371-376	Polyurethane-polydimethylsiloxane (PU-PDMS) tubular membranes for pancreatic islet transplantation. Permselectivity and diffusion studies	G. Soldani, P. Giusti, P. Marchetti, R. Giannarelli and A. Carlo, et al.
377-381	Young's modulus, density and material properties in cancellous bone over a large density range	R. Hodgskinson and J. D. Currey
382-386	Evaluation of Elastin-Fibrin biomaterial in experimental pancreatic surgery	D. Collet, M. Rabaud, F. Lefebvre, B. Couderc and C. Quentin, et al.
387-390	Wettability of poly(methyl methacrylate) surfaces in dental use	J. C. Ayme, J. Emery, L. Lavielle, G. Lischetti and J. Schultz

Volume 3, Number 6 / November 1992

391-396	A simple optical method for the differentiation of two types of polymeric wear debris in tissue samples	S. O'Shea, K. V. Swettenham and P. A. Revell
397-401	Raman microprobe investigation of the calcium phosphate phases of three commercially available plasma-flame-sprayed hydroxyapatite-coated dental implants	M. Weinlaender, J. Beumer, E. B. Kenney, P. K. Moy and F. Adar
402-407	Protein adsorption characteristics of plasma treated polyurethane surfaces	T. L. Sterrett, R. Sachdeva and P. Jerabek
408-412	Increasing of the corrosion resistance of the Ti6Al4V alloy by high thickness anodic oxidation	A. Cigada, M. Cabrini and P. Pedeferri
413-417	Chemical reactions of calcium phosphate implants after implantationin vivo	F. C. M. Driessens, M. M. A. Ramselaar, H. G. Schaeken, A. L. H. Stols and P. J. Mullem, et al.
418-425	Electron microscopic and voltammetric analysis of carbon fibre electrode pretreatments	T. J. Self and F. Crespi
426-431	Strength retention of self-reinforced poly-L-lactide screws and plates: anin vivo andin vitro study	R. Suuronen, T. Pohjonen, R. Taurio, P. Törmälä and L. Wessman, et al.
432-446	Bioresorbability and biocompatibility of aliphatic polyesters	M. Vert, S. M. Li, G. Spenlehauer and P. Guerin
447-451	Studies on the structure of light-cured Glass-ionomer cements	H. M. Anstice and J. W. Nicholson
452-456	The effect of residual glassy phase in a bioactive glass-ceramic on the formation of its surface apatite layerin vitro	P. Li, Q. Yang, F. Zhang and T. Kokubo
457-463	Base alumina ceramics with dispersoids: mechanical behaviour and tissue response afterin vivo implantation	A. Mandrino, R. Eloy, B. Moyen, J. L. Lerat and D. Treheux

Volume 4, Number 1 / January 1993

1-4	Effects of ions dissolved from bioactive glass-ceramic on surface apatite formation	T. Kokubo, H. Kushitani, C. Ohtsuki, S. Sakka and T. Yamamuro
5-11	Crazing dynamics in the swelling of thermally crosslinked poly(vinyl alcohol)-poly(acrylic acid) films	P. Chiarelli, C. Domenici and G. Genuini
12-16	Adsorption of coagulation factors on to haemodialysis membranes during standard haemodialysis	S. Parzer, P. Balcke and C. Mannhalter
17-22	Adhesion of two uropathogens to silicone and lubricious catheters: influence of pH, urea and creatinine	G. Reid, D. Lam, Z. Policova and A. W. Neumann
23-31	Microcapsules for cell entrapment by template polymerization of a synthetic hydrogel coating around calcium alginate gel: preliminary development	Shao Wen and W. T. K. Stevenson
32-35	A study of the structure of zinc polycarboxylate dental cements	J. W. Nicholson, S. J. Hawkins and E. A. Wasson
36-39	Stability of zirconia-toughened bioactive glass-ceramics: in vivo study using dogs	T. Kasuga, M. Yoshida, A. J. Ikushima, M. Tuchiya and H. Kusakari
40-49	The effect of gamma-ray and ethylene oxide sterilization on collagen-based wound-repair materials	S. D. Gorham, S. Srivastava, D. A. French and R. Scott
50-54	High-strength biofunctional zirconia: mechanical properties and static fatigue behaviour of zirconia-apatite composites	J. Li, L. Hermansson and R. Söremark
55-57	Behaviour of a 316L stainless steel implant processed by sanding or alumina-coated in the metacarpus bone of sheep	R. Souza Filho
58-65	Evaluation of hydroxylapatite/poly(l-lactide) composites: physico-chemical properties	C. C. P. M. Verheyen, C. P. A. T. Klein, J. M. A. Blieck-Hogervorst, J. G. C. Wolke and C. A. Blitterswijn, et al.
66-70	Surface characteristics and staining of experimental visible light-cured unfilled resins	N. Satou, I. Matsumae, A. M. Khan, J. Satou and H. Shintani, et al.
71-75	Dental high-speed cutting of porous-machinable-ceramic/resin composites and bovine enamel	N. Tanaka, A. M. Khan, H. Shintani, M. Taira and K. Wakasa, et al.
76-82	Stoichiometry of hydroxyapatite: influence on the flexural strength	A. Royer, J. C. Viguie, M. Heughebaert and J. C. Heughebaert
83-85	High temperature characteristics of synthetic hydroxyapatite	Jiming Zhou, Xingdong Zhang, Jiyong Chen, Shaoxian Zeng and K. Groot
86-94	Synthetic silicate sulphate apatite: mechanical properties and biocompatibility testing	K. S. Leshkivich and E. A. Monroe

Volume 4, Number 2 / March 1993

95-101	Glass-ionomer cements as adhesives	A. O. Akinmade and J. W. Nicholson
102-106	In vitro and in vivo investigation of a range of phosphate glass-reinforced polyhydroxybutyrate-based degradable composites	J. C. Knowles and G. W. Hastings
107-110	Investigation into the formation and mechanical properties of a bioactive material based on collagen and calcium phosphate	K. I. Clarke, S. E. Graves, A. T. C. Wong, J. T. Triffitt and M. J. O. Francis, et al.
111-116	An investigation of the hardening process for several phosphate glass-containing cements	W. S. Chen, E. A. Monroe, R. A. Condrate and Y. M. Guo
117-126	Passive dissolution kinetics of titanium in vitro	K. E. Healy and P. Ducheyne
127-131	Process of formation of bone-like apatite layer on silica gel	P. Li, C. Ohtsuki, T. Kokubo, K. Nakanishi and N. Soga, et al.
132-141	Commercially pure titanium and Ti6AI4V implants with and without nitrogen-ion implantation: surface characterization and quantitative studies in rabbit cortical bone	C. B. Johansson, J. Lausmaa, T. Röstlund and P. Thomsen
142-149	Low-noble metal alloys: in vitro corrosion evaluation	E. Angelini, P. Bianco, S. Mascellani and F. Zucchi
150-158	Sintering behaviour and mechanical properties of hydroxyapatite and dicalcium phosphate	Pauchiu E. Wang and T. K. Chaki
159-164	Galvanic corrosion of an implant consisting of iron and brass	H. Zitter and K. Pauluzzi
165-168	Determination of the Ca/P ratio in calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite using X-ray diffraction analysis	K. Ishikawa, P. Ducheyne and S. Radin
169-174	Study on short-term implants of a fluorinated glass in bone	D. Zaffe, A. Krajewski, A. Ravaglioli and S. Contoli
175-178	Influence of network characterisitics on diffusion in silicone elastomer	J. Mazan, B. Leclerc, H. Porte, G. Torres and G. Couarraze
179-185	Self-reinforced poly-l-lactide screws in the fixation of cortical bone osteotomies in rabbits	M. J. Manninen
186-191	Implant exudate leucocyte response to anti-inflammatory drug treatment	A. S. Eriksson and P. Thomsen
192-195	Poly(butylene terephthalate) haemocompatibility after physicochemical treatment in order to increase wettability	E. Cenni, L. Savarino, S. Stea, D. Cavedagna and M. E. Donati, et al.
196-200	Experimental determination of short-term creep of femoral sheep bones and theoretical estimation of the dissipated energy during walking	A. G. Bezerianos and G. C. Nikiforidis
201-209	The attachment, spreading and growth of baby hamster kidney cells on collagen, chemically modified collagen and collagen-composite substrata	G. G. Reid, S. D. Gorham and J. M. Lackie
210-212	Dimensional fit of cast titanium restorations	H. Herø, M. Syverud, M. Waarli and E. Kleven
213-218	In vitro biocompatibility testing of polylactides	A. Sliedregt, K. Groot and C. A. Blitterswijk

Volume 4, Number 3 / May 1993

219-224	Glass-ionomer cements as adhesives	A. O. Akinmade and J. W. Nicholson
225-232	Bioactivity of Fe2O3-containing CaO-SiO2 glasses: in vitro evaluation	Y. Ebisawa, T. Kokubo, K. Ohura and T. Yamamuro
233-239	Quantitative bone tissue response to commercially pure titanium implants	M. L. Rubo De Rezende and C. B. Johansson
240-250	Early tissue response to titanium implants inserted in rabbit cortical bone	L. Sennerby, P. Thomsen and L. E. Ericson
251-255	Plasma spraying of biologically derived hydroxyapatite on implantable materials	S. V. Joshi, M. P. Srivastava, A. Pal and S. Pal
256-259	Dynamics of the Periotest method of diagnosing the dental implant-bone interface	T. M. Kaneko
260-265	Bone ingrowth behaviour of hydroxyapatite-coated, polyethylene-intruded and uncoated, sandblasted pure titanium implants in an infected implantation site: an experimental study in miniature pigs	A. Wilke, J. Orth, M. Kraft and P. Griss
266-272	Particulate dental composites under sliding wear conditions	K. Friedrich
273-280	Cellular response to calcium phosphate ceramics implanted in rabbit bone	M. F. Baslé, A. Rebel, F. Grizon, G. Daculsi and N. Passuti, et al.
281-284	Differences in the pseudoelasticity behaviour of nickel-titanium orthodontic wires	F. J. Gil, J. A. Planell and C. Libenson
285-291	Filament-wound composite soft tissue prostheses:controlling compliance and strength by water absorption and degradation	N. Klein, M. Levy-Carciente, D. Cohn, G. Marom and G. Uretzky, et al.
292-295	A pyrolytic route for the formation of hydroxyapatite/fluoroapatite solid solutions	Uwe Partenfelder, Angela Engel and Christian Rüssel
296-299	Porosity and mould filling of titanium castings	H. Herø, M. Syverud and M. Waarli
300-304	Interfacial tissue response to bioactive glasses with reduced surface reactivity	E. Schepers, M. Clercq and P. Ducheyne
305-310	Ellipsometric studies of antisera binding onto medical polyurethanes immersed in human plasma in vitro	P. Tengvall, I. Lundström, C. Freij-Larsson, M. Kober and B. Wesslen
311-317	In vivo reactions to particulate rhenanite and particulate hydroxylapatite after implantation in tooth sockets	M. M. A. Ramselaar, P. J. Mullem, W. Kalk, F. C. M. Driessens and J. R. Wijn, et al.
318-326	Direct immunodetection of surface adsorbed proteins	P. H. Warkentin, I. Lundström and P. Tengvall
327-336	Human tracheal epithelial cells in culture: a suitable model for testing the cytocompatibility of materials for endotracheal use	L. Bordenave, R. Bareille, F. Rouais, F. Lefebvre and J. Amedee, et al.
337-344	Bone repair of defects filled with a phosphocalcic hydraulic cement: an in vivo study	E. Munting, A. A. Mirtchi and J. Lemaitre

Volume 4, Number 4 / July 1993

345-352	Tissue expansion improvement: the role of epidermal growth factor	G. Ricotti, M. M. Tappa, M. G. Tucci, A. Pugnaloni and G. Lucarini, et al.
353-365	Heparin-containing block copolymers	I. Vulić, A. P. Pijpers, T. Okano, S. W. Kim and J. Feijen
366-371	In vitro immuno-cytotoxicity of iron evaluated by DNA synthesis of human T lymphocytes stimulated via CD2 and CD3	G. S. Carvalho and I. Bravo
372-380	Preliminary report on a new composite material made of calcium phosphate, elastin peptides and collagens	A. Rovira, R. Bareille, I. Lopez, F. Rouais and L. Bordenave, et al.
381-388	Analysis and characterization of resorbable dl-lactide-trimethylene carbonate copolyesters	B. Buchholz
389-393	Compressive strength and diametral tensile strength of some calcium-orthophosphate cements: a pilot study	O. Bermúdez, M. G. Boltong, F. C. M. Driessens and J. A. Planell
394-403	A histomorphometric study on osteoconduction and osseointegration of titanium alloy with and without plasma-sprayed hydroxyapatite coating using back-scattered electron images	B. C. Wang, E. Chang, C. Y. Yang and D. Tu
404-406	Mechanical strength of urethane-based visible-light-cured resins	K. Wakasa, H. Urabe, M. Taira, T. Hirose and M. Yamaki
407-414	The development of a physiological hip prosthesis: the influence of design and materials	J. Sloten, L. Labey, R. Audekercke, J. Helsen and G. Perre
415-417	Porosity in water-based dental luting cements	B. W. Bertenshaw and V. Piddock
418-421	The incorporation of hydroxyapatite into glass-polyalkenoate (“glass-ionomer”) cements: a preliminary study	J. W. Nicholson, S. J. Hawkins and J. E. Smith
422-430	Surface modification methodologies for polycrystalline alumina: effects on morphology and frictional coefficients	C. R. Saunders and R. P. Kusy
431-436	Kinetics of isothermal phase transformations in a dental porcelain	M. M. Barreiro and E. E. Vicente
437	Second world congress of biomechanics

Volume 4, Number 5 / September 1993

437-442	Transplantation of microcapsules (a potential bio-artificial organ): biocompatibility and host reaction	D. R. Cole, M. Waterfall, M. McIntyre and J. C. Baird
443-447	Effects of shot-peening on surface contact angles of biomaterials	Y. Oshida, R. Sachdeva, S. Miyazaki and J. Daly
448-459	Heparin-containing block copolymers	I. Vulić, T. Okano, F. J. Gaag, S. W. Kim and J. Feijen
460-465	The crystallization behavior of gallstones grown from cholesterol	S. Kumar and S. J. Burns
466-470	A histological evaluation of the effect of hydroxyapatite coating on interfacial response	J. A. Jansen, J. P. C. M. Waerden and J. G. C. Wolke
471-480	Evaluation of an elastomer for biomedical use in load-bearing applications	J. A. Helsen, S. V. Jaecques, J. Humbeeck and J. -P. Simon
481-493	Plasma-treated ultra-high-strength polyethylene fibres improved fracture toughness of poly(methyl methacrylate)	D. N. Hild and P. Schwartz
494-502	Early tissue response to titanium implants inserted in rabbit cortical bone	L. Sennerby, P. Thomsen and L. E. Ericson
503-508	Formulation and setting times of some calcium orthophosphate cements: a pilot study	F. C. M. Driessens, M. G. Boltong, O. Bermudez and J. A. Planell
509-514	Influence of dibutyl phthalate on the mechanical, thermal, and relaxation behaviour of poly (methyl methacrylate) for denture-base soft liners	S. Kalachandra, R. P. Kusy, T. W. Wilson, I. D. Shin and E. O. Stejskal
515-520	A comparison of friction in hydrogel and polyurethane materials for cushion-form joints	L. Caravia, D. Dowson, J. Fisher, P. H. Corkhill and B. J. Tighe
521-525	A new PLLA/PCL copolymer for nerve regeneration	W. F. A. Dunnen, J. M. Schakenraad, G. J. Zondervan, A. J. Pennings and B. Lei, et al.
526-529	Macrophage recognition of polymers: effect of carboxylate groups	K. Smetana, J. Vacík, M. Houska, D. Součková and J. Lukáš

Volume 4, Number 6 / December 1993

531-537	Changes in the mechanical properties of bioprosthetic valve leaflets made of bovine pericardium, as a result of long-term mechanical conditioning in vitro and implantation in vivo	P. Zioupos, J. C. Barbenel, J. Fisher and D. J. Wheatley
538-542	Hydrogels of poly(vinyl alcohol) and collagen as new bioartificial materials	P. Giusti, L. Lazzeri, N. Barbani, P. Narducci and A. Bonaretti, et al.
543-546	A new bioadhesive for in vivo bone adhesion	E. Brandeis, D. Katz, M. Silbermann and C. Zinman
547-554	Tissue response to a braided poly-L-lactide implant in an experimental reconstruction of anterior cruciate ligament	O. Laitinen, I. Alitalo, T. Toivonen, J. Vasenius and P. Törmälä, et al.
555-561	Fibre reinforced thermoplastic composites for dentistry	J. Jancar and A. T. Dibenedetto
562-568	Thermoplastic fibre-reinforced composites for dentistry	J. Jancar, A. T. Dibenedetto and A. J. Goldberg
569-574	In vitro mineralization in bovine tooth germ cell cultured with sintered hydroxyapatite	M. Akao, M. Sakatsume, H. Aoki, T. Takagi and S. Sasaki
575-581	Natural coral as a substrate for fibroblastic growth in vitro	G. Guillemin, M. Launay and A. Meunier

Volume 5, Number 1 / January 1994

1-6	The use of gas plasma treatment to improve the cell-substrate properties of a skin substitute made of poly(ether)/poly(ester) copolymers	G. J. Beumer, C. A. Blitterswijk and M. Ponec
7-10	Formation of a new bioactive glass-ceramic	Dean-Mo Liu and Hsien-Ming Chou
11-17	Comparative biological properties of HA plasma-sprayed coatings having different crystallinities	P. Frayssinet, F. Tourenne, N. Rouquet, P. Conte and C. Delga, et al.
18-24	Physico-chemistry and cytotoxicity of ceramics	I. Dion, L. Bordenave, F. Lefebvre, R. Bareille and Ch. Baquey, et al.
25-28	Frictional properties of maxillofacial prosthetic elastomers	A. G. Andreopoulos and G. L. Polyzois
29-32	The effect of bead diameter on the accuracy of two current techniques used to quantify bone ingrowth in porous-coated implants	V. L. Caja, A. Moroni, E. L. Egger, F. Gottsauner-Wolf and E. Y. S. Chao
33-39	Poly(ester-ether-ester) block copolymers as biomaterials	P. Cerrai, G. D. Guerra, L. Lelli, M. Tricoli and R. Sbarbati Del Guerra, et al.
40-42	Effect of polyglycolic acid membrane on bone regeneration around titanium implants inserted in bone sockets	J. Muhonen, R. Suuronen, V. J. Oikarinen, E. Sarkiala and R.-P. Happonen
43-51	New developments in the filter test system for cytotoxicity testing	G. Schmalz, K.-A. Hiller and F. Dörter-Aslan
52-57	Observations of residual sub-surface shear strain in the ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene acetabular cups of hip prostheses	J. R. Cooper, D. Dowson, J. Fisher, G. H. Isaac and B. M. Wroblewski
58	7th international symposium on ceramics in medicine 28–30 July 1994

Volume 5, Number 2 / February 1994

59-66	Fluorapatite-coated implants in experimental arthritis: the response of rabbit trabecular bone	W. J. A. Dhert, P. Thomsen, C. P. A. T. Klein, K. Groot and P. M. Rozing, et al.
67-71	Optimization of a calcium orthophosphate cement formulation occurring in the combination of monocalcium phosphate monohydrate with calcium oxide	O. Bermúdez, M. G. Boltong, F. C. M. Driessens and J. A. Planell
72-79	Bone composite behaviour: effects of mineral-organic bonding	W. R. Walsh, M. Ohno and N. Guzelsu
80-87	Optimizing glutaraldehyde crosslinking of collagen: effects of time, temperature and concentration as measured by shrinkage temperature	J. M. Ruijgrok, J. R. Wijn and M. E. Boon
88-95	The regeneration of articular cartilage using a new polymer system	S. Downes, R. S. Archer, M. V. Kayser, M. P. Patel and M. Braden
96-102	Formation of hydroxyapatite in serum	R. I. Martin and P. W. Brown
103-107	Preparation and properties of some magnesium-containing calcium phosphate cements	M. P. Ginebra, M. G. Boltong, F. C. M. Driessens, O. Bermúdez and E. Fernández, et al.
108-112	The effects of implanted ionomeric and acrylic bone cements on peripheral nerve function	A. R. Loescher, P. P. Robinson and I. M. Brook
113-118	The effect of microstructural features on the biaxial flexural strength of leucite reinforced glass-ceramics	M. Y. Shareef, R. Noort, P. F. Messer and V. Piddock

Volume 5, Number 3 / March 1994

119-122	The physical chemistry of light-curable glass-ionomers	J. W. Nicholson and H. M. Anstice
123-129	Effects of glass composition on compressive strength of bioactive cement based on CaO-SiO2-P2O5 glass powders	S. Yoshihara, T. Kokubo, N. Nishimura, T. Yamamuro and T. Nakamura
130-137	Effect of thickness on the fracture characteristics of fetal membranes	E. A. Schober, R. P. Kusy, J. Q. Whitley and D. A. Savitz
138-143	A modified double-torsion method for measuring the fracture toughness of polymeric ophthalmic lenses	P. J. McAuliffe and R. W. Truss
144-146	Development of an octocalcium phosphate cement	O. Bermúdez, M. G. Boltong, F. C. M. Driessens and J. A. Planell
147-153	Plasma-sprayed hydroxyapatite coating: effect of different calcium phosphate ceramics	D. M. Liu, H. M. Chou and J. D. Wu
154-159	A study of the reproducibility of the MTT test	H. Wan, R. Williams, P. Doherty and D. F. Williams
160-163	Development of some calcium phosphate cements from combinations of α-TCP, MCPM and CaO	O. Bermúdez, M. G. Boltong, F. C. M. Driessens and J. A. Planell
164-170	Effective formulations for the preparation of calcium phosphate bone cements	F. C. M. Driessens, M. G. Boltong, O. Bermúdez, J. A. Planell and M. P. Ginebra, et al.
171-175	Intergranular structure in dental amalgams	N. K. Sarkar
176-179	Studies in the setting of polyelectrolyte cements	H. M. Anstice, J. W. Nicholson and N. L. Bubb

Volume 5, Number 4 / April 1994

181-189	Biodegradation of porous versus non-porous poly(L-lactic acid) films	K. H. Lam, P. Nieuwenhuis, I. Molenaar, H. Esselbrugge and J. Feijen, et al.
190-193	Physical characterization of a new biomaterial for wound management	A. M. Gatti, P. Pinchiorri and E. Monari
194-199	Tissue compatibility of polylactic acids in the skeletal site	Hikojiro Saitoh, Takashi Takata, Hiromasa Nikai, Hideaki Shintani and Suong-Hyu Hyon, et al.
200-206	Scanning probe microscopy of intrafibrillar crystallites in calcified collagen	D. Erts, L. J. Gathercole and E. D. T. Atkins
207-213	Ex-vivo blood compatibility of silicone-containing biomaterials	Horng-Ban Lin, R. W. Hergenrother, J. H. Silver, Jui-Che Lin and F. Lim, et al.
214-218	Measurement of the elastic modulus of fibre-reinforced composites used as orthodontic wires	J. Jancar, A. T. Dibenedetto, Y. Hadziinikolau, A. J. Goldberg and A. Dianselmo
219-224	In vitro testing of plasma-sprayed hydroxyapatite coatings	K. A. Gross and C. C. Berndt
225-231	The effect of drilling parameters on bone	H. Ohashi, M. Therin, A. Meunier and P. Christel
232-236	The effect of drilling parameters on bone	H. Ohashi, M. Therin, A. Meunier and P. Christel
237-241	The effect of drilling parameters on bone	H. Ohashi, M. Therin, A. Meunier and P. Christel

Volume 5, Number 5 / May 1994

243-251	The early host and material response of hydroxyapatite/β-tricalciumphosphate porous ceramics after implantation into the femur of rats	Zhang Jianguo, Zhang Xingdong, C. Müller-Mai and U. Gross
252-255	Preparation and characterization of nanograde osteoapatite-like rod crystals	L. Yubao, J. Wijn, C. P. A. T. Klein, S. Meer and K. Groot
256-262	Retrieval study of stainless steel and titanium miniplates and screws used in maxillofacial surgery	S. Torgersen and N. R. Gjerdet
263-268	Shape change and phase transition of needle-like non-stoichiometric apatite crystals	L. Yubao, C. P. A. T. Klein, J. Wijn, S. Meer and K. Groot
269-278	Distribution of cells in soft tissue and fluid space around hollow and solid implants in the rat	A. S. Eriksson, L. E. Ericson, P. Thomsen and R. Lindblad
279-283	Structure and properties of hydroxyapatite-bioactive glass composites plasma sprayed on Ti6Al4V	J. H. Chern Lin, M. L. Liu and C. P. Ju
284-290	Histologic evaluation of the soft tissue response to sintered austenitic stainless steel fibre structures	J. A. Jansen, J. P. C. M. Waerden and Y. C. G. J. Paquay
291-298	The effects of citric and acetic acids on the formation of calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite at 38 °C	K. S. Tenhuisen and P. W. Brown
299-302	Studies in the setting of polyelectrolyte materials	H. M. Anstice and J. W. Nicholson

Volume 5, Numbers 6-7 / June 1994

303-307	The biomaterial horizon
308-313	Block copolymers of L-lactide and poly(ethylene glycol) for biomedical applications	P. Cerral, M. Tricoli, L. Lelli, G. D. Guerra and R. Sbarbati Del Guerra, et al.
314-319	Tensile and torsional shear strength of the bone implant interface of titanium implants in the rabbit	L. Pröbster, CH Voigt, G. Fuhrmann and U. M. Gross
320-325	Abundant postoperative calcification of an elastomer: matrix calcium phosphate-polymer composite for bone reconstruction	A. M. Radder and C. A. Blitterswijk
326-331	Morphology and composition of nanograde calcium phosphate needle-like crystals formed by simple hydrothermal treatment	Li Yubao, K. Groot, J. Wijn, C. P. A. T. Klein and S. V. D. Meer
332-337	Evaluation of alternative glutaraldehyde stabilization strategies for collagenous biomaterials	E. Casagranda, J. A. Werkmeister, J. A. M. Bamshaw and G. Ellender
338-339	Heterocyclic methacrylate-based drug release polymer system	M. P. Patel, M. Braden and S. Downes
340-344	Quantitative comparison of screw-shaped commercially pure titanium and zirconium implants in rabbit tibia	C. B. Johansson, A. Wennerberg and T. Albrektsson
345-349	Evaluation of different preparations of plasma-spray hydroxyapatite coating on titanium alloy and duplex stainless steel in the rabbit	P. Leali Tranquilli, A. Merolli, O. Palmacci, C. Gabbi and A. Cacchioli, et al.
350-352	Novel aromatic dimethacrylate esters as dental resins	K. W. M. Davy
353-356	Electrochemical studies of laser-treated Co-Cr-Mo alloy in a simulated physiological solution	R. A. Silva, M. A. Barbosa, R. Vilar, O. Conde and M. Cunha Belo, et al.
357-360	Cell biology at interfaces	Iolo Ap Gwynn
361-367	The rotating disc as a device to study the adhesive properties of endothelial cells under differential shear stresses	C. P. M. Reutelingsperger, R. G. J. Gool, V. Heijnen, P. Frederik and T. Lindhout
368-370	Culture of human bone marrow cells on non-porous calcium carbonate and plastic: preliminary results	H. Petite, P. Christel and J. T. Triffitt
371-375	Cytotoxicity investigations of plasma sprayed calcium phosphate coatings	E. Lugscheider, M. Knepper, B. Heimberg, A. Dekker and C. J. Kirkpatrick
376-380	Mechanical properties and surface analysis of retrieved zirconia hip joint heads after an implantation time of two to three years	B. Cales and Y. Stefani
381-383	The effect of titanium debris on soft tissue response	J. A. Hunt, D. F. Williams, A. Ungersböck and S. Perrin
384-386	Biomechanical and histomorphological investigations on an isoelastic hip prosthesis after an eight month implantation period	H.-J. Wilke, R. S. Seiz, M. Bombelli, L. Claes and L. Dürselen
387-392	Three-body abrasive wear behaviour of orthopaedic implant bearing surfaces from titanium debris	R. A. Poggie, A. K. Mishra and J. A. Davidson
393-396	Cytotoxicity of some catalysts commonly used in the synthesis of copolymers for biomedical use	M. C. Tanzi, P. Verderio, M. G. Lampugnani, M. Resnati and E. Dejana, et al.
397-401	Anisotropy in the dynamic non-linear viscoelastic properties of bovine compact bone	Yuji Tanabe and Koichi Kobayashi
402-406	Characterization of the repair tissue in articular cartilage defects using silver-enhanced colloidal gold immunostaining	N. Reissis, S. Downes, M. Kayser, D. Lee and G. Bentley
407-410	Intramedullary bone formation after polylactic acid wire implantation	T. E. Otto, P. Patka, H. J. Th. M. Haarman, C. P. A. T. Klein and R. Vriesde
411-416	Bone ingrowth analysis and interface evaluation of hydroxyapatite coated versus uncoated titanium porous bone implants	A. Moroni, V. L. Caja, C. Sabato, E. L. Egger and F. Gottsauner-Wolf, et al.
417-423	Five years of experience with biodegradable implants in paediatric surgery	O. E. Illi, C. A. Gitzelmann, B. Gasser, F. Misteli and M. Ruedi
424-428	Applying a calcium phosphate layer on PEO/PBT copolymers affects bone formation in vivo	M. L. Gaillard, J. Brink, C. A. Blitterswijk and Z. B. Luklinska
429-433	A preliminary assessment of poly(pyrrole) in nerve guide studies	R. L. Williams and P. J. Doherty
434-440	Methods to characterize the surface roughness of metallic implants	A. Ungersböck and B. Rahn
441-445	The cytotoxicity evaluation of Kevlar and silicon carbide by MTT assay	H. Wan, R. L. Williams, P. J. Doherty and D. F. Williams
446-451	Cast Co-Cr alloy and pure chromium in proteinaceous media: an electrochemical characterization	H. Tomás, A. P. Freire and L. M. Abrantes
452-456	In vitro biocompatibility of fluorinated polyurethanes	R. Sbarbati Guerra, L. Lelli, C. Tonelli, T. Trombetta and M. G. Cascone, et al.
457-462	Stability of hydroxylapatite plasma-sprayed coated Ti−6AI−4V under cyclic bending in simulated physiological solutions	R. L. Reis, F. J. Monteiro and G. W. Hastings
463-466	Contact guidance of fibroblasts on biomaterial surfaces	J. Meyle, K. Gültig, M. Brich, H. Hämmerle and W. Nisch
467-472	ASTM-F86 passivation increases trace element release from Ti6AI4V into culture medium	B. F. Lowenberg, S. Lugowski, M. Chirman and J. E. Davies
473-480	E-PTFE in rabbit knee-joints	G. Hanff, N. Danielsen and P. Thomsen
481-484	Plasma-sprayed hydroxylapatite coating on carbon fibre reinforced thermoplastic composite materials	S.-W. Ha, J. Mayer, B. Koch and E. Wintermantel
485-490	Biodegradation and tissue-reaction in a long-term implantation study of poly(L-lactide)	R. Gutwald, H. Pistner, J. Reuther and J. Mühling
491-494	Biological effects of aluminium diffusion from plasma-sprayed alumina coatings	P. Frayssinet, F. Tourenne, N. Rouquet, G. Bonel and P. Conte
495-499	Layered, adhesively bonded hydroxyapatite coatings for orthopaedic implants	S. L. Evans, K. R. Lawes and P. J. Gregson
500-502	Quantification of fibroblast adhesion to biomaterials using a fluid mechanics approach	K. J. Bundy, O. C. Roberts, K. O'Connor, V. McLeod and B. Rahn
503-506	Investigations into the mechanical reliability of ceramic femoral heads for hip joints	J. Middleton, G. N. Pande, H. G. Richter and G. Willmann

Volume 5, Number 8 / August 1994

507-510	Numerical optimization of the design of a coated, cementless hip prosthesis	S. L. Evans and P. J. Gregson
511-515	The in vitro effects of semiconductor laser irradiation on inflammation: laser irradiation did not affect monocyte infiltration	N. Yamaguchi and Y. Tsukamoto
516-521	Processing behaviour of hydroxyapatite powders with contrasting morphology	S. Best and W. Bonfield
522-528	Filling of bone defects with porous hydroxyapatite reinforced with polylactide or polyglycolide fibres	P. Ylinen
529-532	In vitro formation of hydroxylapatite layer in a MgO-containing glass	J. S. Moya, A. P. Tomsia, A. Pazo, C. Santos and F. Guitián
533-542	Densification and strengthening of silver-reinforced hydroxyapatite-matrix composite prepared by sintering	T. K. Chaki and P. E. Wang
543-550	Evaluation of a potential dental application of vapour deposition techniques for coating alumina with tin oxide	P. V. McCrory, V. Piddock, E. C. Combe, S. Tinston and R. D. Arnell, et al.
551-556	The immediate effects of ionomeric and acrylic bone cements on peripheral nerve function	A. R. Loescher, P. P. Robinson and I. M. Brook
557-562	A method for quantitative histomorphometric evaluation of soft tissue reactions to implants	A. Ungersböck, U. Schlegel and B. A. Rahn
563-568	Microstructure and related mechanical properties of hot pressed hydroxyapatite ceramics	R. Halouani, D. Bernache-Assolant, E. Champion and A. Ababou

Volume 5, Numbers 9-10 / September 1994

569-574	Cortical bone ingrowth in grooved implants with calcium phosphate coatings: a gap model study	C. P. A. T. Klein, J. G. C. Wolke, R. C. Vriesde and J. M. A. Blieck-Hogervorst
575-581	Late degradation simulation of poly(I-Lactide)	F. R. Rozema, J. E. Bergsma, R. R. M. Bos, G. Boering and A. J. Nijenhuis, et al.
582-586	Gene expression and protein activity in bone-bonding and non-bonding PEO/PBT copolymers	A. M. Radder, C. A. Blitterswijk, H. Leenders, K. Inoue and M. Okumura, et al.
587-591	Feasibility of methylmethacrylate polymerization for bone cement by suspension polymerization in a gel phase	G. Polacco, D. Semino and C. Rizzo
592-595	Surface modification of a new flexible polymer with improved cell adhesion	D. Klee, R. V. Villari, H. Höcker, B. Dekker and C. Mittermayer
596-600	Mouse inflammatory response to stainless steel corrosion products	R. B. Tracana, J. P. Sousa and G. S. Carvalho
601-605	Microbial colonization of implanted silicone and polyurethane catheters	L. Baldassarri, A. Gelosia, E. Fiscarelli, G. Donelli and M. Mignozzi, et al.
606-609	Atomic force microscopy studies of the effects of chemicals on the dentin tissue	C. Cassinelli and M. Morra
610-612	Histological evaluation of bone—cement interface affected by polyethylene particles in rabbit knee	H. Ohashi, A. Kobayashi, K. Yoshida, Y. Yutani and Y. Yamano, et al.
613-616	Biological characterization of hydrogels of poly(vinyl alcohol) and hyaluronic acid	R. Sbarbati Del Guerra, M. G. Cascone, N. Barbani and L. Lazzeri
617-621	The effect of post-curing chemical changes on the mechanical properties of acrylic bone cement	J. L. Hailey, I. G. Turner, A. W. Miles and G. Price
622-627	Using Elisa to evaluate complement activation by reference biomaterials	M. Berger, B. Broxup and M. V. Sefton
628-634	Incidence of infection in implanted polyurethane tubing segments serially injected with staphylococci	P. B. Wachem, M. J. A. Luyn, E. H. Blaauw, D. Raatjes and P. T. Cahalan, et al.
635-639	Biocompatibility testing of a bovine hydroxy—apatite ceramic material with the use of osteo-progenitor cells isolated from human bone marrow	C. Faucheux, R. Bareille, F. Rouais, J. Amédée and A. Liebendörfer, et al.
640-643	In vitro assessment of lymphocytes response following re-exposure to silicone	G. Ciapetti, D. Granchi, S. Stea, E. Cenni and M. E. Donati, et al.
644-646	X-ray diffraction analysis of bone-cement interface in failed hip arthroplasties	L. Savarino, S. Stea, D. Granchi, M. E. Donati and G. Paganetto, et al.
647-650	A latex membrane, as an alternative device in the GTR technique: preliminary report on its biocompatibility	G. Ciapetti, S. Stea, A. Pizzoferrato, L. Checchi and G. A. Pelliccioni
651-653	Forming and sintering of multiphase bioceramics	A. Salomoni, A. Tucci, L. Esposito and I. Stamenkovic
654-656	The influence of loading conditions on the life-times in fatigue testing of bone cements	U. Soltész
657-661	Al₂O₃ against Al₂O₃ combination in hip endoprostheses. Histologic investigations with semiquantitative grading of revision and autopsy cases and abrasion measures	E. J. Henssge, I. Bos and G. Willmann
662-665	Competitive protein adsorption at radio frequency plasma polymer surfaces	B. Lassen and M. Malmsten
666-670	Quantification of the host response to implanted polymers in vivo by flow cytometry	N. P. Rhodes, J. A. Hunt and D. F. Williams
671-678	Modulation of the tissue reaction to biomaterials	M. J. A. Luyn, P. B. Wachem, R. Leta, E. H. Blaauw and P. Nieuwenhuis
679-683	Biodegradable fibres	L. Fambri, A. Pegoretti, M. Mazzurana and C. Migliaresi
684-687	Characterization of growth and electrical activity of nerve cells cultured on microelectronic substrates: towards hybrid neuro-electronic devices	M. Bove, M. Grattarola, M. Tedesco and G. Verreschi
688-691	Substitution of natural coral by cortical bone and bone marrow in the rat femur (Part I)	C. Voigt, C. Merle, C. Müller-Mai and U. Gross
692-694	The improvement of adhesion of polymer on titanium surface after treatment with TEA-CO₂ laser irradiation	W. D. Müller, K. Seliger, J. Meyer and J. L. Gilbert
695-701	Pre-operative addition of calcium ions or calcium phosphate crystals to PEO/PBT copolymers (Polyactive^™) stimulates bone mineralization in vitro	M. L. Gaillard and C. A. Blitterswijk
702-704	Comparison of visually controlled and automatic histomorphometric evaluation of soft tissue	A. Ungersböck and J. A. Hunt
705-710	Cytocompatibility of two segmented biomedical polyurethanes	M. C. Tanzi, S. Mantero, G. Freddi, A. Motta and A. Sada, et al.
711-714	The release of serum proteins and dye from glass ionomer (polyalkenoate) and acrylic cements: a pilot study	C. Wittwer, A. J. Devlin, P. V. Hatton, I. M. Brook and S. Downes
715-722	The effect of magnesium ion implantation into alumina upon the adhesion of human bone derived cells	C. R. Howlett, H. Zreioat, R. O'Dell, J. Noorman and P. Evans, et al.
723-727	Endovascular embolization using hydrogel microspheres	A. Jayakrishnan, M. Mohanty, R. Mandalam, V. R. K. Rao and A. K. Gupta, et al.
728-731	Heparin-modified polylactide as biodegradable hemocompatible biomaterial	K. Herrmann, Th. Groth, B. Seifert and P. Romaniuk
732-737	Reorganization of substratum-bound fibronectin on hydrophilic and hydrophobic materials is related to biocompatibility	G. Altankov and Th. Groth
738-742	Polyetherimide as biomaterial: preliminary in vitro and in vivo biocompatibility testing	G. Peluso, O. Petillo, L. Ambrosio and L. Nicolais
743-747	The rheological behaviour of animal vitreus and its comparison with vitreal substitutes	M. Mensitieri, L. Ambrosio, L. Nicolais, L. Balzano and D. Lepore
748-751	Inhibition of extracellular-matrix degrading proteases in pericardial-derived cardiovascular bioprostheses	D. T. Simionescu, R. Deac and A. Simionescu
752-755	Evaluation of the responses of human peritoneal macrophages to a range of biomaterials using reflectance light microscopy	M. Martin and S. Downes
756-759	Residual stress measurement in thermal sprayed hydroxyapatite coatings	S. R. Brown, I. G. Turner and H. Reiter
760-763	Effect of macrotexture produced by laser beam machining on the retention of ceramics implant in bone in vivo	J. Li, B. Fartash, L. Hammarström and L. Hermansson
764-769	Osteoinduction within PEO/PBT copolymer implants in cranial defects using demineralized bone matrix	R. M. Haastert, J. J. Grote, C. A. Blitterswijk and A. B. Prewett
770-774	Collagen and hyaluronic acid based polymeric blends as drug delivery systems for the release of physiological concentrations of growth hormone	M. G. Cascone, L. Silvio, B. Sim and S. Downes
775-778	Fourier transform Raman spectroscopic studies of human bone	R. Smith and I. Rehman

Volume 5, Number 11 / November 1994

779-783	New polyurethane compositions able to bond high amounts of both albumin and heparin	W. Marconi, A. Galloppa, A. Martinelli and A. Piozzi
784-787	A qualitative in vitro evaluation of the degradable materials poly(caprolactone), poly(hydroxybutyrate) and a poly(hydroxybutyrate)-(hydroxyvalerate) copolymer	N. Gurav and S. Downes
788-792	Comparison of the tissue reaction to implants made of a beta titanium alloy and pure titanium. Experimental study on rabbits	A. Ungersböck, S. M. Perren and O. Pohler
793-797	A simple method of cartilage regeneration using a new polymerizing system: ultrastructural characteristics of the repair tissue	N. Reissis, S. Downes, M. Kayser and G. Bentley
798-807	The role of metal corrosion in inflammatory processes: induction of adhesion molecules by heavy metal ions	C. L. Klein, P. Nieder, M. Wagner, H. Köhler and F. Bittinger, et al.
808-812	Endothelial cell compatibility testing of various prosthetic surfaces	M. Rémy, L. Bordenave, R. Bareille, F. Rouais and Ch. Baquey, et al.
813-818	The role of newly formed vessels and cell adhesion molecules in the tissue response to wear products from orthopaedic implants	N. Al-Saffar, Y. Kadoya and P. Revell
819-823	The use of gelatin as a vehicle for drug and peptide delivery	L. Silvio, R. G. Courteney-Harris and S. Downes
824-829	Cell phenotype characterization in vascular organotypic culture	M. Dufresne, R. Warocquier-Clerout and M. F. Sigot-Luizard
830-833	Sulfated hyaluronic acid as heparin-like material: physicochemical and biological characterization	R. Barbucci, M. Benvenuti, M. Casolaro, S. Lamponi and A. Magnani
834-837	Vibrational spectroscopic study of disposable soft contact lenses. Correlations with the bacterial adhesion on their surface	A. Bertoluzza, P. Monti, R. Simoni, C. R. Arciola and A. Pizzoferrato, et al.

Volume 5, Number 12 / December 1994

839-843	In situ ATR/FTIR studies of protein adsorption on polymeric materials: effectiveness of surface heparinization	A. Magnani, E. Busi and R. Barbucci
844-849	Study of haemodialysis materials; physico-chemical and biological characterization of EVALVA, EVAPA and heparinized EVAPA	R. Barbucci, A. Albanese, F. Tempesti, A. Baszkin and R. Eloy, et al.
850-854	Bovine pericardium for heart valve bioprostheses:in vitro andin vivo characterization of new chemical treatments	E. Pasquino, S. Pascale, M. Andreon, S. Rinaldi and F. Laborde, et al.
855-857	Post-deposition treatment effects on hydroxyapatite vacuum plasma spray coatings	F. Brossa, A. Cigada, R. Chiesa, L. Paracchini and C. Consonni
858-861	A new process for the production of bone cement by gelled suspension polymerization of MMA	P. Giusti, L. Lazzeri, G. Pizzirani, G. Polacco and C. Rizzo, et al.
862-867	Physico-chemical and mechanical characterization of hydrogels of poly (vinyl alcohol) and hyaluronic acid	L. Lazzeri, N. Barbani, M. G. Cascone, D. Lupinacci and P. Giusti, et al.
868-871	Collagen-based bioartificial materials—evaluation as membranes for extracorporeal blood purification	M. Seggiani, L. Lazzeri, M. G. Cascone, N. Barbani and S. Vitolo, et al.
872-876	Blends of hyaluronic acid derivatives with ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymers as potential biomaterials	M. Seggiani, L. Lazzeri, P. Giusti, N. Barbani and L. Lelli, et al.
877-881	Intermolecular interactions in blends of hyaluronic acid with poly(vinyl alcohol) and ethylene-vinyl alcohol copolymers	M. Seggiani, L. Lazzeri and L. Giusti
882-886	Physical and biological stability of dehydro-thermally crosslinked collagen—poly(vinyl alcohol) blends	N. Barbani, L. Lazzeri, L. Lelli, A. Bonaretti and M. Seggiani, et al.
887-890	Preparation and characterization of permselective, biocompatible membranes for the macroencapsulation of pancreatic islets	L. Lelli, N. Barbani, A. Bonaretti, P. Giusti and P. Marchetti, et al.
891-895	The biodegradation of poly (ester-ether-ester) block copolymers in a cellular environmentin vitro	R. Sbarbati Del Guerra, C. Cristallini, N. Rizzi, R. Barsacchi and G. D. Guerra, et al.

Volume 6, Number 1 / May 1995

1-4	Improvement of bis-GMA-based resins by urethane linkages: DTA and DSC thermal properties	R. Priyawan, K. Wakasa, N. A. Chowdhury and M. Yamaki
5-7	Studies on the radiopacity of experimental dental composite resins containing admixed SiO2−ZrO2 fillers	M. Taira, H. Toyooka, H. Miyawaki and M. Yamaki
8-13	The influence of high sintering temperatures on the mechanical properties of hydroxylapatite	P. Landuyt, F. Li, J. P. Keustermans, J. M. Streydio and F. Delannay, et al.
14-18	Bioactive glass and glass-ceramic-coated hip endoprosthesis: experimental study in rabbit	K. J. J. Pajamäki, T. S. Lindholm, Ö. H. Andersson, K. H. Karlsson and E. Vedel, et al.
19-23	Synthesis and processing of hydroxyapatite ceramic tapes with controlled porosity	I. H. Arita, V. M. Castano and D. S. Wilkinson
24-28	A UV-spectroscopic study of the in vitro association of type I+III collagens with elastin solubilized peptides	M. Hernould, N. Bonzon, M. Rabaud and P. V. Graves
29-31	Dental castable glass ceramics: ceramming treatment and colour property	K. Wakasa, A. Ikeda, Y. Yoshida and M. Yamaki
32-34	Effect of cationic groups on the adhesivity of peritoneal macrophages to polymeric beads	K. Smetana, M. Jelínková, J. Vacík and M. Novák
35-40	Composites of hydroxyapatite and bisphosphonate: properties and alveolar bone response	H. Denissen, W. Kalk, E. Beek, C. Löwik and S. Papapoulos, et al.
41-45	Preventing postoperative intraperitoneal adhesion formation with Polyactive™, a degradable copolymer acting as a barrier	E. A. Bakkum, J. B. Trimbos, R. A. J. Dalmeijer and C. A. Blitterswijk
46-50	The effect of indium on porcelain bonding between porcelain and Au−Pd−In alloy	J. A. Hautaniemi
51-55	Development of a new technique for the extraction of crystals from synovial fluids	N. Moradi-Bidhendi and I. G. Turner
56-61	Stainless steel corrosion products cause alterations on mouse spleen cellular populations	R. B. Tracana, M. L. Pereira, A. M. Abreu, J. P. Sousa and G. S. Carvalho

Volume 6, Number 2 / February 1995

63-67	Correlation of the surface chemistries of polymer bioactive coatings, with their biological performances	R. H. West, A. J. Paul, S. Hibbert, P. Cahalan and L. Cahalan, et al.
68-70	Investigations of the properties of blockpolymerized and injection-moulded PLLA	J. Eitenmüller, D. Muller, A. Dávid and G. Muhr
71-75	Evaluation of poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels as a component of hybrid artificial tissues	M. G. Cascone, M. Laus, D. Ricci and R. Sbarbati Del Guerra
76-79	FTIR and Raman spectra of bioceramics obtained by an innovative method	A. Bertoluzza, S. Cacciari, A. Tinti, M. Vasina and M. A. Morelli
80-84	Biocompatibility of wear-resistant coatings in orthopaedic surgery in vitro testing with human fibroblast cell cultures	J. J. A. M. Raay, P. M. Rozing, C. A. Blitterswijk, R. M. Haastert and H. K. Koerten
85-89	Structural analyses of carbonate-containing apatite samples related to mineralized tissues	F. J. G. Cuisinier, P. Steuer, J. -C. Voegel, F. Apfelbaum and I. Mayer
90-93	Calcium phosphate coatings prepared by electrocrystallization from aqueous electrolytes	M. Shirkhanzadeh
94-104	Hydroxyapatite films on silicon single crystals by a solution technique: texture, supersaturation and pH dependence	P. E. Wang and T. K. Chaki
105-109	Role of adsorbed fluoride ions on the dissolution of synthetic hydroxyapatite	P. Gasser, Y. Haïkel, J. -C. Voegel and Ph. Gramain
110-112	Distribution of polylactosamines and vinculin in macrophages and foreign body giant cells colonizing the cellophane implant surface	K. Smetana and J. Fischer
113-119	Spectroscopic characterization of passivated titanium in a physiologic solution	J. L. Ong, L. C. Lucas, G. n. Raikar, R. Connatser and J. C. Gregory
120-124	Scanning electron microscopy of the undersurface of cell monolayers grown on metallic implants	R. G. Richards, B. A. Rahn and I. Ap Gwynn

Volume 6, Number 3 / March 1995

125-129	Pretreatment of titanium implants with lanthanum ions alters the bone reaction	J. E. Ellingsen and E. M. Pinholt
130-137	Viscoelastic evaluation of different knee osteoarthritis therapies	M. Mensitieri, L. Ambrosio, S. Iannace, L. Nicolais and A. Perbellini
138-143	Mechanical properties of hydroxyapatite formed at physiological temperature	R. I. Martin and P. W. Brown
144-149	Preliminary ageing study of bioactive glass in a cell culture model	W. C. A. Vrouwenvelder, C. G. Groot and K. Groot
150-154	19F and 31P NMR spectroscopy of calcium apatites	M. Braun, P. Hartmann and C. Jana
155-160	Cure behaviour of visible light activated dental composites	A. Maffezzoli, R. Terzi and L. Nicolais
161-166	Cure behaviour of visible light activated dental composites	A. Maffezzoli, R. Terzi and L. Nicolais
167-171	Evaluation of the curing behaviour of three commercial VLC inlay composite resins by DSC and DTA thermal analyses	M. Taira, A. M. Khan, K. Tanaka, H. Shintani and K. Wakasa, et al.
172-176	Coating of hydroxyapatite on metal plates using thermal dissociation of calcium-EDTA chelate in phosphate solutions under hydrothermal conditions	Y. Fujishiro, T. Sato and A. Okuwaki
177-180	Silicone elastomers: study of their mesh size by thermal analysis	J. C. Moreau, G. Madelmont, B. Leclerc, J. Mazan and G. Couarraze
181-185	Interface reactions between biodegradable implants and avascular bone grafts or vascular host site in the porcine skull	M. Rüedi, B. A. Rahn and O. E. Illi

Volume 6, Number 4 / April 1995

187-191	Adhesion of methacrylate-based composite materials to bone: a shear bond strength and scanning electron microscopy study	Marco Franchi, Cesare Nucci, Paolo Trisi and Adriano Piattelli
192-196	Dose-dependent relationship of polymeric hydrogels on motility and vitality of human spermatozoa in vitro	V. Koul, S. Ansari, K. Sharma, S. Anand and S. K. Guha
197-200	Preparation of SiO2-Al2O3 glass powders by the sol-gel process for dental applications	M. Taira and M. Yamaki
201-205	In vitro evaluation of biocompatibility of different wound dressing materials	P. C. Berscht, B. Nies, A. Liebendörfer and J. Kreuter
206-210	XRD and XPS characterization of superplastic TiO2 coatings prepared on Ti6Al4V surgical alloy by an electrochemical method	M. Shirkhanzadeh
211-217	Material properties and tissue reaction during degradation of poly (96L/4D-lactide)-a study in vitro and in rats	F. W. Cordewener, F. R. Rozema, R. R. M. Bos and G. Boering
218-222	Characterization of commercial soft liners by dynamic mechanical analysis	S. Kalachandra, R. J. Minton, T. Takamata and D. F. Taylor
223-229	Tissue reaction to bone plates made of pure titanium: a prospective, quantitative clinical study	A. Ungersboeck, V. Geret, O. Pohler, M. Schuetz and W. Wuest
230-234	Comparison of the ossification kinetics after implantation of a radioactivated coral and a natural coral	J. L. Irigaray, H. Oudadesse, T. Sauvage, H. Fadl and G. Blondiaux, et al.
235-241	HMDC crosslinking of bovine pericardial tissue: a potential role of the solvent environment in the design of bioprosthetic materials	W. A. Naimark, C. A. Pereira, K. Tsang and J. M. Lee
242-247	Bioactive double glass coatings for Co-Cr-Mo alloy	Ö. H. Andersson, K. H. Karlsson, H. Hero, E. Vedel and A. Yli-Urpo, et al.

Volume 6, Number 5 / May 1995

249-257	The influences of plasma spraying parameters on the characteristics of hydroxyapatite coatings: a quantitative study	C. Y. Yang, B. C. Wang, E. Chang and J. D. Wu
258-265	Bond degradation at the plasma-sprayed HA coating/Ti-6AI-4V alloy interface: an in vitro study	C. Y. Yang, B. C. Wang, E. Chang and B. C. Wu
266-271	Grooved substrata facilitate in vitro healing of completely divided flexor tendons	B. Wòjciak, J. Crossan, A. S. G. Curtis and C. D. W. Wilkinson
272-278	In vivo behaviour of three calcium phosphate cements and a magnesium phosphate cement	F. C. M. Driessens, M. G. Boltong, M. I. Zapatero, R. M. H. Verbeeck and W. Bonfield, et al.
279-283	Topography of forming and resorbing cells on endosteal surfaces of the rabbit humerus by double-staining with in situ hybridization and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase reaction: a new model to study the bone reaction to loading	C. F. Voigt, P. Peljak, C. Müller-Mai, H. Herbst and U. M. Gross, et al.
284-287	Quantitative analysis of unreacted hemihydrate in set dental stone by adiabatic calorimetry	K. Hisatsune, Y. Takuma, M. Shibuya, M. Ohsawa and K. Yasuda, et al.
288-296	Calcification of subcutaneously implanted collagens in relation to cytotoxicity, cellular interactions and crosslinking	M. J. A. Luyn, P. B. Wachem, P. J. Dijkstra, L. H. H. Olde Damink and J. Feijen
297-301	The effects of sintering atmosphere on the chemical compatibility of hydroxyapatite and particulate additives at 1200°C	A. J. Ruys, A. Brandwood, B. K. Milthorpe, M. R. Dickson and K. A. Zeigler, et al.
302-309	An animal study of c.p. titanium screws with different surface topographies	A. Wennerberg, T. Albrektsson and B. Andersson

Volume 6, Number 6 / June 1995

311-318	Apatite-mullite glass-ceramics	R. Hill and D. Wood
319-326	Apatite coated on organic polymers by biomimetic process: improvement in adhesion to substrate by HCl treatment	M. Tanahashi, T. Yao, T. Kokubo, M. Minoda and T. Miyamoto, et al.
327-334	Structural characterization of plasma-sprayed hydroxylapatite coatings	R. McPherson, N. Gane and T. J. Bastow
335-339	Thermal wave non-destructive thickness measurements of hydroxyapatite coatings applied to prosthetic hip stems	A. C. Bento, S. R. Brown, D. P. Almond and I. G. Turner
340-347	Calcium phosphate cement: in vitro and in vivo studies of the α-tricalcium phosphate-dicalcium phosphate dibasic-tetracalcium phosphate monoxide system	K. Kurashina, H. Kurita, M. Hirano, J. M. A. Blieck and C. P. A. T. Klein, et al.
348-352	Liquid phase sintering of hydroxyapatite by phosphate and silicate glass additions: structure and properties of the composites	J. D. Santos, R. L. Reis, F. J. Monteiro, J. C. Knowles and G. W. Hastings
353-359	Thermal behaviour of bioactive alkaline-earth silicophosphate glasses	P. G. Galliano and J. M. Porto López
360-366	Long-term behaviour of a hydroxyapatite/collagen-glycosaminoglycan biomaterial used for oral surgery: a case report	J. Hemmerle, M. Leize and J.-C. Voegel
367-372	Platelet procoagulant surface as an essential parameter for the in vitro evaluation of the blood compatibility of polymers	T. Lindhout, R. Blezer, C. Maassen, V. Heijnen and C. P. M. Reutelingsperger

Volume 6, Number 7 / July 1995

373-376	The matrix phase of a ductile dental amalgam	N. K. Sarkar
377-384	Structural degradation of polyurethane-based elastomeric modules	J. S. Stevenson and R. P. Kusy
385-389	Rheology of stimulated whole saliva in a typical pre-orthodontic sample population	R. P. Kusy and D. L. Schafer
390-395	Effect of salivary viscosity on frictional coefficients of orthodontic archwire/bracket couples	R. P. Kusy and D. L. Schafer
396-399	Dental application of crystalline monomer with urethane linkages: a thermoanalytical study on bis-GMA-based resins	T. Tsuji, K. Wakasa and M. Yamaki
400-403	Effect of filler content on mechanical strength in bis-GMA-based resins with urethane linkages	N. A. Chowdhury, K. Wakasa, R. Priyawan and M. Yamaki
404-408	Studies in the setting of polyelectrolyte materials	J. W. Nicholson
409-419	Growth of calcium phosphate on ion-exchange resins pre-saturated with calcium or hydrogenphosphate ions: an SEM/EDX and XPS study	M. R. Mucalo, M. Toriyama, Y. Yokogawa, T. Suzuki and Y. Kawamoto, et al.
420-425	Investigation of the post-hardening reaction in glass-ionomer cements based on poly(vinyl phosphonic acid)	H. M. Anstice and J. W. Nicholson
426-428	Studies in the setting of polyelectrolyte materials	H. M. Anstice and J. W. Nicholson
429-434	Crosslinking of dermal sheep collagen using hexamethylene diisocyanate	L. H. H. Olde Damink, P. J. Dijkstra, M. J. A. Luyn, P. B. Wachem and P. Nieuwenhuis, et al.

Volume 6, Number 8 / August 1995

435-444	Cast titanium as implant material	S. Mohammadi, L. Wictorin, L. E. Ericson and P. Thomsen
445-450	Biodegradation of non-porous films after submucoperiosteal implantation on the palate of Beagle dogs	T. S. Leenstra, J. C. Maltha and A. M. Kuijpers-Jagtman
451-454	Long-term evaluation of titania-based ceramics compared with commercially pure titanium in vivo	B. Fartash, H. Liao, J. Li, N. Fouda and L. Hermansson
455-459	Quantitative analysis of the bone-hydroxyapatite coating interface	S. Stea, M. Visentin, L. Savarino, M. E. Donati and A. Pizzoferrato, et al.
460-472	Glutaraldehyde as a crosslinking agent for collagen-based biomaterials	L. H. H. Olde Damink, P. J. Dijkstra, M. J. A. Luyn, P. B. Wachem and P. Nieuwenhuis, et al.
473-478	Histological evaluation of xenogeneic bone treated by supercritical CO2 implanted into sheep	P. Frayssinet, E. Asimus, A. Autefage and J. Fages
479-482	Dental magnesia-based investments for cast titanium crown: setting and fitness	K. Wakasa and M. Yamaki
483-485	Poisson's ratio of glass-polyalkenoate (“glass-ionomer”) cements determined by an ultrasonic pulse method	A. O. Akinmade and J. W. Nicholson
486-491	Effect of suspension on mouse bone microhardness	S. J. Simske, J. J. Broz and M. W. Luttges
492-496	Development of silver-base alloy for crown and bridge prostheses	T. K. Patro, S. Homagain, B. P. Singh and V. Singh

Volume 6, Number 9 / September 1995

497-504	A review of plasma treatment and the clinical application of polyethylene fibres to reinforcement of acrylic resins	N. H. Ladizesky and I. M. Ward
505-509	Surface alkaline hydrolysis of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate gels	S. Ševčík, J. Vacík, D. Chmelíková and K. Smetana
510-517	Degradation and calcification of a PEO/PBT copolymer series	A. M. Radder, J. A. Loon, G. J. Puppels and C. A. Blitterswijk
518-522	The efficacy of a dual anticalcification agent treatment in the prevention of calcification of glutaraldehyde-fixed porcine pericardium	E. Khor, A. Wee, B. L. Tan and T. Y. Chew
523-527	Chromium accumulation and ultrastructural changes in the mouse liver caused by stainless steel corrosion products	M. L. Pereira, A. M. Abreu, J. P. Sousa and G. S. Carvalho
528-533	Properties and mechanisms of fast-setting calcium phosphate cements	Kunio Ishikawa, Shozo Takagi, Laurence C. Chow and Yoshiko Ishikawa
534-540	Electrochemical determination of the corrosion resistance of noble dental casting alloys	J. -M. Meyer and L. Reclaru
541-544	Improved early bone-implant integration in transgenic mice overexpressing bovine growth hormone	P. Morberg, O. Isaksson, C. B. Johansson, J. Sandstedt and J. Törnell
545-551	Dynamic compaction of calcium phosphate biomaterials	M. Trecant, G. Daculsi and M. Leroy
552-556	Mechanism of β₁ formation in conventional dental amalgams	N. K. Sarkar

Volume 6, Number 10 / October 1995

557-560	Effect of placing, removing and polishing of amalgam restorations on 24-h urinary mercury concentration	Y. Haikel, F. Livardjani, C. Allemann, A. Jaeger and A. A. Lugnier, et al.
561-568	Poly (96L/4D-Lactide) implants for repair of orbital floor defects: an in vitro study of the material properties in a simulation of the human orbit	F. W. Cordewener, F. R. Rozema, C. A. P. Joziasse, R. R. M. Bos and G. Boering, et al.
569-576	Ionic control of the rupture of fetal membranes	E. A. Schober and R. P. Kusy
577-580	In-vitro crystallization of spherulites of monosodium urate monohydrate	S. Narayana Kalkura, E. K. Girija, M. Kanakavel and P. Ramasamy
581-589	The effect of exposure to biological fluids on the spallation resistance of diamond-like carbon coatings on metallic substrates	L. Chandra, M. Allen, R. Butter, N. Rushton and A. H. Lettington, et al.
590-596	A comparison between two methacrylate cements as delivery systems for bioactive human growth hormone	C. J. Goodwin, M. Braden, S. Downes and N. J. Marshall
597-605	Growth of calcium phosphate on surface-modified cotton	M. R. Mucalo, Y. Yokogawa, M. Toriyama, T. Suzuki and Y. Kawamoto, et al.
606-611	Preparation of phosphorus-containing silica glass for radiotherapy by co-implantation of phosphorus and nitrogen ions	M. Kawashita, T. Yao, F. Miyaji, T. Kokubo and G. H. Takaoka, et al.
612-616	Effect of various additives and temperature on some properties of an apatitic calcium phosphate cement	M. P. Ginebra, M. G. Boltong, E. FernÁndez, J. A. Planell and F. C. M. Driessens

Volume 6, Number 11 / November 1995

617-619	Crystallization of cystine	E. K. Girija, S. Narayana Kalkura and P. Ramasamy
620-623	Effect of TEGDMA content on staining of experimental bis-GMA-based resins	I. Matsumae, K. Wakasa, N. Satou, H. Urabe and H. Shintani, et al.
624-629	Thermal expansion of composites	J. F. McCabe and R. W. Wassell
630-634	Double torsion testing of prescription lenses	P. J. McAuliffe and R. W. Truss
635-638	Fracture properties of fully cured acrylic bone cement	J. L. Hailey, I. G. Turner and A. W. Miles
639-641	Effect of bioactive glass granules and polytetrafluoroethylene membrane on repair of cortical bone defect	T. Turunen, J. Peltola, R.-P. Happonen and A. Yli-Urpo
642-646	In vitro predegradation at elevated temperatures of poly(lactide)	J. E. Bergsma, F. R. Rozema, R. R. M. Bos, G. Boering and C. A. P. Joziasse, et al.
647-652	Characterization of some proprietary soft lining materials	S. Kalachandra, R. J. Minton, D. F. Taylor and T. Takamata
653-657	Evaluation of tricalciumphosphate/ hydroxyapatite cement for tooth replacement: an experimental animal study	J. A. Jansen, J. E. Ruijter, H. G. Schaeken, J. P. C. M. Waerden and J. A. Planell, et al.
658-669	Further studies of calcium phosphate growth on phosphorylated cotton fibres	M. R. Mucalo, Y. Yokogawa, T. Suzuki, Y. Kawamoto and F. Nagata, et al.
670-674	Dynamic mechanical analysis of heat, microwave and visible light cure denture base resins	J. Vaidyanathan and T. K. Vaidyanathan

Volume 6, Number 12 / December 1995

675	Editorial
676-679	An in vitro investigation of the PEMA/THFMA system using chondrocyte culture	R. M. Sawtell, S. Downes and M. V. Kayser
680-684	Resorption of corals implanted in diffusion chambers	J. CH. Fricain, CH. Baquey and B. Dupuy
685-689	Development of an elastomer coated hip prosthesis	S. V. Jaecques, J. A. Helsen, J. P. Simon and D. Mattheeuws
690-694	In vivo response of ionomeric cements: effect of glass composition, increasing soda or calcium fluoride content	K. K. Johal, G. T. Craig, A. J. Devlin, I. M. Brook and R. Hill
695-698	Protein adsorption to titania surfaces	S. Kothari, P. V. Hatton and C. W. I. Douglas
699-702	Nucleation and crystal growth of dicalcium phosphate dihydrate on titanium powder	C. Combes, M. Freche and C. Rey
703-707	Changes in the elemental composition of Bioglass during its surface development in the presence or absence of proteins	J. Mei, R. M. Shelton and P. M. Marquis
708-714	Comparative studies on cytotoxic effects of dental amalgams and alternative alloys according to ISO standards in vitro	C. L. Klein, M. Otto, H. Köhler, M. I. Hermanns and C. Susz, et al.
715-724	Biocompatibility and degradation mechanisms of predegraded and non-predegraded poly(lactide) implants: an animal study	J. E. Bergsma, F. R. Rozema, R. R. M. Bos, A. W. M. Rozendaal and W. H. Jong, et al.
725-730	Phagocytosis and biodegradation of short-chain poly [(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid] particles in macrophage cell line	G. Ciardelli, B. Saad, T. Hirt, O. Keiser and P. Neuenschwander, et al.
731-738	A histological study on polyactive® for the prevention of peridural adhesions after spinal surgery: an experimental study in dogs with a 3 months follow-up	J. J. Quist, W. J. A. Dhert, W. Visser, F. C. Oner and A. J. Verbout, et al.
739-744	The growth of chondrocytes using Gelfoam® as a biodegradable scaffold	S. Stanton, V. Salih, G. Bentley and S. Downes
745-748	Biomaterials in the reconstruction of the human middle ear	M. Pinilla, J. R. García Berrocal, R. Ramírez-Camacho, J. Bujan and E. Jorge Herrero
749-753	Pre-treatment of titanium implants with fluoride improves their retention in bone	J. E. Ellingsen
754-761	Molecular interactions at biointerfaces: a study of lipid adsorption	J. L. Ortega-Vinuesa, M. J. Gálvez-Ruiz and R. Hidalgo-Álvarez
762-767	Assessment of the role of cytokines in bone resorption in patients with total joint replacement	N. Saffar, P. A. Revell, H. A. Khwaja and W. Bonfield
768-772	A hydrophylic polymer system enhanced articular cartilage regeneration in vivo	N. Reissis, M. Kayser, G. Bentley and S. Downes
773-778	Presence of a biomaterial implant facilitates induction of experimental infective endocarditis due to streptococci and staphylococci	S. A. J. Zaat, J. Dankert, Werff, P. Brokke and J. Feijen
779-785	Covalent coupling of antibodies to aldehyde groups on polymer carriers	J. M. Peula, R. Hidalgo-Alvarez, R. Santos, J. Forcada and F. J. Nieves
786-792	Characterization of two biodegradable polymers of potential application within the biomaterials field	R. L. Reis and A. M. Cunha
793-798	Mechanical properties of a modified acrylic bone cement with etoxytriethyleneglycol monomethacrylate	B. Pascual, M. Gurruchaga, I. Goñi, M. P. Ginebra and F. J. Gil, et al.
799-803	Flexural and fatigue properties of a bone cement based upon polyethylmethacrylate and hydroxyapatite	E. J. Harper, J. C. Behiri and W. Bonfield
804-807	Creep in polyethylene and hydroxyapatite reinforced polyethylene composites	Suwanprateeb, K. E. Tanner, S. Turner and W. Bonfield
808-812	Finite element modelling—predictor of implant survival?	M. Taylor, K. E. Tanner, M. A. R. Freeman and A. L. Yettram
813-817	Laser surface modification of polymers to improve biocompatibility	J. A. Hunt, R. L. Williams, S. M. Tavakoli and S. T. Riches
818-823	The effect of hydroxyapatite thickness on metal ion release from stainless steel substrates	S. R. Sousa and M. A. Barbosa
824-828	Degradation products of poly(ester-ether-ester) block copolymers do not alter endothelial metabolism in vitro	R. Sbarbati Del Guerra, P. Gazzetti, G. Lazzerini, P. Cerrai and G. D. Guerra, et al.
829-834	Modifications in the molecular structure of hydroxyapatite induced by titanium ions	C. C. Ribeiro, M. A. Barbosa, A. A. S. C. Machado, A. Tudor and M. C. Davies
835-838	Active metal brazing for joining glass-ceramic to titanium—a study on silver enrichment	L. A. Rocha, M. A. Barbosa and R. Puers
839-843	Analysis of the inflammatory exudate surrounding implanted polymers using flow cytometry	J. A. Hunt, N. P. Rhodes and D. F. Williams
844-848	Effect of smooth, porous and fractal surface structure on the properties of an interface	A. Bolz, R. Fröhlich, K. Schmidt and M. Schaldach
849-852	In vitro calcification of orthopaedic implant materials	E. Leitão, M. A. Barbosa and K. Groot
853-856	The effect of antibacterial agents on the behaviour of cultured mammalian fibroblasts	R. Sheridan, P. J. Doherty, T. Gilchrist and D. Healy
857-860	The effects of temperature on the behaviour of an apatitic calcium phosphate cement	M. P. Ginebra, E. Fernández, F. C. M. Driessens, M. G. Boltong and J. Muntasell, et al.

Volume 7, Number 1 / January 1996

1-7	Biocompatibility of intraosseously implanted predegraded poly(lactide): an animal study	J. E. Bergsma, R. R. M. Bos, F. R. Rozema, W. Jong and G. Boering
8-12	Optimization of the interaction between ethylenevinyl alcohol copolymers and human endothelial cells	R. Sbarbati Delguerra, M. G. Cascone, D. Ricci, S. Martinoia and M. T. Parodi, et al.
13-16	Kinetic analysis of immunocomplexation with photoimmobilized F(ab′)2 on planar optical waveguides	H. Gao and H. Sigrist
17-20	In vitro degradation of poly(ester-urethanes) for biomedical applications	I. Rehman, E. H. Andrews and R. Smith
21-28	Adult human bone cells from jaw bones cultured on plasma-sprayed or polished surfaces of titanium or hydroxylapatite discs	D. Santis, C. Guerriero, P. F. Nocini, A. Ungersbock and G. Richards, et al.
29-33	Flow-dependent platelet behaviour in blood—material interactions	G. P. A. Michanetzis and Y. F. Missirlis
34-39	Effect of β-TCP granularity on setting time and strength of calcium phosphate hydraulic cements	H. Andrianjatovo, F. Jose and J. Lemaitre
40-45	Lipid uptake in ePTFE arterial prostheses implanted in humans	D. Mantovani, E. Bédard, M. Marois, R. Guidoin and G. Laroche
46-51	Human osteoprogenitor responses to orthopaedic implant: mechanism of cell attachment and cell adhesion	S. Verrier, R. Bareille, A. Rovira, M. Dard and J. Amedee
52-55	Microcharacterization of a new injectable polymer/ceramic composite as bone substitute in spine surgery	A. Dupraz, T. P. Nguyen, M. Richard, J. Delecrin and G. Daculsi
56-61	Cell response of cultured macrophages, fibroblasts, and co-cultures of Kupffer cells and hepatocytes to particles of short-chain poly[(R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid]	B. Saad, G. Ciardelli, S. Matter, M. Welti and G. K. Uhlschmid, et al.

Volume 7, Number 2 / February 1996

iii	Editorial
63-67	Evaluation of hydroxyapatite powder coated with collagen as an injectable bone substitute: microscopic study in rabbit	B. Flautre, G. Pasquier, M. C. Blary, K. Anselme and P. Hardouin
69-76	Chemiluminescent oxidative products generated by in vitro leukocyte-material interactions	F. Lim and S. L. Cooper
77-83	Inhibition and stimulation of enzymatic activities of human fibroblasts by corrosion products and metal salts	G. S. Carvalho, M. Castanheira, I. Diogo, A. M. Abreu and J. P. Sousa, et al.
85-97	Growth of anchorage-dependent mammalian cells on microstructures and microperforated silicon membranes	E. Richter, G. Fuhr, T. Müller, S. Shirley and S. Rogaschewski, et al.
99-102	Ceramic support for cell cultures	A. Krajewski, A. Ravaglioli, M. Kirsch, G. Biagini and R. Solmi, et al.
103-107	Biofunctional polystyrene derivatives exhibit a high affinity for the epidermal growth factor-receptor (EGF-R): Part I	R. Siali, J. Correia, G. Pavon-Djavid and M. Jozefowicz
109-117	Effective anisotropic elastic constants of bimaterial interphases: comparison between experimental and analytical techniques	Ching-Chang Ko, D. H. Kohn and S. J. Hollister
119-123	The surface modification of polymers to modulate endothelial cell growth	J. S. Colligon, A. Dekker, A. Curry and C. J. Kirkpatrick
125-130	Characterization of hot pressed Al2O3-platelet reinforced hydroxyapatite composites	E. Champion, S. Gautier and D. Bernache-Assollant

Volume 7, Number 3 / March 1996

131-134	Effect of saline solution environment on the cyclic deformation of Ti-6Al-4V alloy	J. M. Manero, F. J. Gil and J. A. Planell
135-140	Surface modification of polyetherurethaneureas and their antithrombogenicity	I. -K. Kang, O. H. Kwon, K. H. Byun and Y. H. Kim
141-148	Steric stabilization and cell adhesion	C. Foa, M. Soler, A.-M. Benoliel and P. Bongrand
149-152	Bone remodelling after total hip arthroplasty	A. Toni, B. Mcnamara, M. Viceconti, A. Sudanese and F. Baruffaldi, et al.
153-160	Anatomical structures determining blood flow in the heart left ventricle	A. Gorodkov, N. B. Dobrova, J.-PH. Dubernard, G. I. Kiknadze and I. A. Gatchetchiladze, et al.
161-166	Nanospheres prepared from poly(β-malic acid) benzyl ester copolymers: evidence for their in vitro degradation	S. Stolnik, M. C. Garnett, M. C. Davies, L. Illum and S. S. Davis, et al.
167-174	Mechanical and histological evaluations of cobalt-chromium alloy and hydroxyapatite plasma-sprayed coatings in bone	C. Y. Yang, B. C. Wang, W. J. Chang, E. Chang and J. D. Wu
175-179	Chain dynamic of calcified tissue	A. Lamure, S. Mezghani, M. F. Harmand and C. Lacabanne
181-185	In vitro calcium phosphate formation on SiO2-Na2O-CaO-P2O5 glass reinforced hydroxyapatite composite: a study by XPS analysis	J. D. Santos, L. J. Jha and F. J. Monteiro
187-189	Reinforcement of hydroxyapatite by adding P2O5-CaO glasses with Na2O, K2O and MgO	J. D. Santos, P. L. Silva, J. C. Knowles, S. Talal and F. J. Monteiro

Volume 7, Number 4 / April 1996

191-193	Hydroxyapatite-polyethylene composites: effect of grafting and surface treatment of hydroxyapatite	S. Deb, M. Wang, K. E. Tanner and W. Bonfield
195-199	A critical investigation of some of the procedures employed in the surgical use of titanium	A. P. Ameen, R. D. Short, C. W. I. Douglas, R. Johns and B. Ballet
201-205	The growth of non-stoichiometric apatites using the constant composition method	C. L. Dhondt, R. M. H. Verbeeck and E. A. P. Maeyer
207-213	A quantitative technique for comparing synthetic porous hydroxyapatite structures and cancellous bone	K. O'Kelly, D. Tancred, B. McCormack and A. Carr
215-221	Evaluation of different chemical methods for cros-linking collagen gel, films and sponges	I. Rault, V. Frei, D. Herbage, N. Abdul-Malak and A. Huc
223-226	XPS Study of elastin-solubilized peptides binding onto apatite in orthopaedic biomaterials	A. Lebugle, A. Rovira, M. Rabaud and C. Rey
227-229	Influence of post-implantation physico-chemical changes in a macroporous ceramic on its mechanical strength	M. Trecant, J. Delecrin, J. M. Nguyen, J. Royer and N. Passuti, et al.
231-235	Pull-out strength of screws from cortical bone in the maxillo-facial region	J. C. Shelton and R. A. Loukota
237-240	Dynamic mechanical analysis and water sorption of some experimental elastomeric soft lining materials	S. Kalachandra, D. Xu, S. Parker, P. Riggs and D. F. Taylor, et al.
241-244	Studies in the setting of polyelectrolyte cements	J. W. Nicholson
245-250	Effect of composition on the mechanical properties and water sorption of a butadiene/styrene copolymer-methacrylate monomer soft lining material	S. Parker, P. Riggs, S. Kalachandra, D. Taylor and M. Braden

Volume 7, Number 5 / May 1996

251-254	Composite hydrogels for intervertebral disc prostheses	L. Ambrosio, P. A. Netti, S. Iannace, S. J. Huang and L. Nicolais
255-260	Characterization of sol-gel surfaces for biomedical applications	D. B. Haddow, P. F. James and R. Noort
261-264	Electrochemical response of iridium oxide for implanted neural stimulating electrodes	T. M. Silva, J. Rito, M. G. S. Ferreira, I. Fonseca and K. Watkins
265-267	Biodegradable polyurethanes	G. Pkhakadze, M. Grigorieva, I. Gladir and V. Momot
269-272	Characterization of hydrogel blends of poly(vinyl pyrrolidone) and poly(vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate)	J. V. Cauich-Rodriguez, S. Deb and R. Smith
273-278	Improvement of stenting therapy with a silicon carbide coated tantalum stent	M. Amon, A. Bolz and M. Schaldach
279-283	The covalent grafting of fibronectin at the surface of poly(ethylene terephthalate) track-etched membranes improves adhesion of rat hepatocytes	S. Thele-Jaumotte, I. Dozot-Dupont, J. Marchand-Brynaert and Y. -J. Schneider
285-289	Thermally stimulated current changes of irradiated skin	S. Mezghani, A. Lamure, D. Bader and C. Lacabanne
291-296	Effects of Co−Cr corrosion products and corresponding separate metal ions on human osteoblast-like cell cultures	H. Tomas, G. S. Carvalho, M. H. Fernandes, A. P. Freire and L. M. Abrantes
297-300	Dehydro-thermally cross-linked collagen-poly(vinyl alcohol) blends: mechanical, biological and surface properties	M. G. Cascone, L. Lazzeri, N. Barbani, G. Polacco and A. Pollicino, et al.
301-303	Evaluation of in vitro stability of large unilamellar liposomes coated with a modified polysaccharide (O-palmitoylpullulan)	J. N. Moreira, L. M. Almeida, C. F. Geraldes and M. L. Costa
305-307	Nonlinear viscoelasticity of Hydrothane®	S. Iannace, L. Ambrosio, A. D'amore and L. Nicolais

Volume 7, Number 6 / June 1996

ii	Announcement
309-316	The kinetics of calcium deficient and stoichiometric hydroxyapatite formation from CaHPO4·2H2O and Ca4(PO4)2O	K. S. Tenhuisen and P. W. Brown
317-322	Non-decay type fast-setting calcium phosphate cement using chitosan	M. Takechi, Y. Miyamoto, K. Ishikawa, M. Yuasa and M. Nagayama, et al.
323-329	Characterization of titanium alloy implant surfaces with improved dissolution resistance	M. Browne, P. J. Gregson and R. H. West
331-336	Interface formed between visceral peritoneum and experimental polypropylene or polytetrafluoroethylene abdominal wall implants	J. M. Bellón, J. Buján, L. Contreras and A. Hernando
337-343	A preliminary investigation into the microscopic depassivation of passive titanium implant materials in vitro	B. M. Souto and G. T. Burstein
345-348	Evidence for macrophage-mediated defluorization of a Teflon vascular graft	S. Hauptmann, B. Klosterhalfen, C. Mittermayer, K. U. Rühlmann and R. Kaufmann, et al.
349-353	Dynamic mechanical characterization of hydrogel blends of poly(vinyl alcohol-vinyl acetate) with poly(acrylic acid) or poly(vinyl pyrrolidone)	J. V. Cauich-Rodriguez, S. Der and R. Smith
355-357	Hydroxyapatite coating by dipping method, and bone bonding strength	Tuantuan Li, Junhee Lee, Takayuki Kobayashi and Hideki Aoki
359-361	The influence of basic filler materials on the degradation of amorphous D- and L-lactide copolymer	S. A. T. Meer, J. R. Wijn and J. G. C. Wolke
363-366	The neuro-electronic interface: measurements and model predictions	M. Grattarola, M. Bove, G. Verreschi, S. Martinoia and M. Tedesco
367-368	Fracture toughness and microstructure degradation of Y-TZP in aqueous physiological environment	M. S. Zolotar and C. A. C. Zavaglia
371-374	Crystallization mechanisms of calcium phosphate cement for biological uses	J. L. Lacout, E. Mejdoubi and M. Hamad
375-379	Relationship between the morphology of PMMA particles and properties of acrylic bone cements	M. B. Ginebra, F. X. Gil, J. A. Planell, B. Pascual and I. Goni, et al.
381-385	An investigation of the growth of human dermal fibroblasts on poly-L-lactic acid in vitro	V. Doyle, R. Pearson, D. Lee, S. Wolowacz and S. Mc Taggart

Volume 7, Number 7 / July 1996

387-391	Poly-L-lactic acid braided fibres produced by melt spinning: characterization and in vitro degradation	S. D. Incardona, L. Fambri and C. Migliaresi
393-397	Electroactive coating of stimulating electrodes	R. Fröhlich, A. Rpzany, J. Riedmüller, A. Bolz and M. Schaldach
399-402	Bioceramics—simulated body fluid interfaces: pH and its influence of hydroxyapatite formation	P. N. Aza, F. Guitian, A. Merlos, E. Lora-Tamayo and S. Aza
403-406	Relevant aspects in the clinical applications of NiTi shape memory alloys	F. X. Gil, J. M. Manero and J. A. Planell
407-411	Crystallinity and structural changes in HA plasma-sprayed coatings induced by cyclic loading in physiological media	R. L. Reis and F. J. Monteiro
413-414	Development of enzyme-loaded nanoparticles: effect of pH	M. B. F. Martins, S. I. D. Simões, M. E. M. Cruz and R. Gaspar
415-423	Tissue reactions to lead samples in a late infection rat model	P. B. Wachem, M. J. A. Luyn, A. W. Wit, D. Raatjes and M. L. P. M. Verhoeven, et al.
425-429	Fibronectin matrix formation and the biocompatibility of materials	G. Altankov and Th. Groth
431-438	Characterization of glass ionomers for surgical applications	G. P. Tartaro, S. D'Amato, A. Itro, G. Carotenuto and A. Gallo, et al.
439-445	Fabrication of transparent hydroxyapatite and application to bone marrow derived cell/hydroxyapatite interaction observation in-vivo	K. Takikawa and M. Akao
447-455	Transmission electron microscopy study of a dental gallium alloy	A. E. Gunnæs, A. Olsen and H. Herø
457-463	Synthesis, X-ray diffraction and solid-state 31P magic angle spinning NMR study of α-tricalcium orthophosphate	M. Bohner, J. LeMaître, A. P. LeGrand, J.-B. D'Espinose de la Caillerie and P. Belgrand

Volume 7, Number 8 / August 1996

465-469	Bioresorbable, heparinized polymers for stent coating:in vitro studies on heparinization efficiency, maintenance of anticoagulant properties and improvement of stent haemocompatibility	B. Seifert, P. Romaniuk and Th. Groth
471-474	Tribological behaviour of Ti6Al4V modified by surface treatments	F. Brossa, A. Cigada, S. Farè, R. Chiesa and L. Paracchini
475-478	A new type of polytetrafluoroethylene prosthesis (Mycro Mesh): an experimental study	J. M. Bellón, L. A. Contreras, J. Buján, A. Carrera-San Martin and E. Jorge-Herrero, et al.
479-488	Substitution of natural coral by cortical bone and bone marrow in the rat femur	C. Müller-Mai, C. Voigt, S. R. Almeida Reis, H. Herbst and U. M. Gross
489-494	Influence of powder characteristics on the rheological behaviour of hydroxyapatite slurries	F. Lelièvre, D. Bernache-Assollant and T. Chartier
495-499	Characterization of plasma-sprayed hydroxyapatite by³¹P-MAS-NMR and the effect of subsequent annealing	J. Vogel, C. Rüssel, G. Günther, P. Hartmann and F. Vizethum, et al.
501-505	Wet synthesis and characterization of modified hydroxyapatite powders	R. N. Correia, M. C. F. Magalhães, P. A. A. P. Marques and A. M. R. Senos
507-510	Granules of osteopatite and glass-reinforced hydroxyapatite implanted in rabbit tibiae	A. Afonso, J. D. Santos, M. Vasconcelos, R. Branco and J. Cavalheiro
511-516	Nanometre-scale surface features of arthropathic microcrystals and their relation to protein adsorption. A study by scanning probe microscopy and wide angle X-ray diffraction	L. J. Gathercole, A. J. Swan, G. Price and P. A. Dieppe
517-522	Comparison of a polymethylmethacrylate and glass-ionomer bone cement using a hemiarthroplasty in the rabbit femur	M. Erbe, R. L. Dyck-Erbe and H. J. Schmitz
523	Biomaterials in the reconstruction of the human middle ear	M. Pinilla Urraca

Volume 7, Number 9 / September 1996

525-530	Structure-mechanical properties relationship of natural tendons and ligaments	P. Netti, A. D'amore, D. Ronca, L. Ambrosio and L. Nicolais
531-541	Crosslinking of tissue-derived biomaterials in 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide (EDC)	J. M. Lee, H. H. L. Edwards, C. A. Pereira and S. I. Samii
543-550	Experimental studies on the suitability of human mesothelial cells for seeding vascular prostheses: shear stress resistance in vitro	F. Bittinger, S. Mühlbayer, V. Salih, M. Grau and H. A. Richter, et al.
551-557	Surface modification of hydroxyapatite to introduce interfacial bonding with polyactiveTM 70/30 in a biodegradable composite	Q. Liu, J. R. Wijn, D. Bakker and C. A. Blitterswijk
559-565	The colour of medical-grade zirconia (Y-TZP)	A. Dietrich, R. B. Heimann and G. Willmann
567-578	Electrocapillary properties of tryptophan	J. B. Craig and C. Mackay
579-584	Biocompatible and mechanical properties of low temperature deposited quaternary (Ti, Al, V) N coatings on Ti6Al4V titanium alloy substrates	D. M. Grant, W. J. Lo, K. G. Parker and T. L. Parker

Volume 7, Number 10 / October 1996

585-589	Corrosion behaviour of metal fibre web structures	Y. C. G. J. Paquay, J. M. A. Blieck-Hogervorst and J. A. Jansen
591-595	A comparison of the effects of γ-irradiation and ethylene oxide sterilization on the properties of compression moulded poly-d,l-lactide	G. G. Henn, C. Birkinshaw, M. Buggy and E. Jones
597-601	Bacterial adhesion to inert thermoplastic surfaces	J. Verran, R. L. Taylor and G. C. Lees
603-609	A histological and histomorphometrical evaluation of screw-type calciumphosphate (Ca-P) coated implants; an in vivo experiment in maxillary cancellous bone of goats	J. E. G. Hulshoff, K. Dijk, J. P. C. M. Waerden, W. Kalk and J. A. Jansen
611-616	Abrasive wear of dental composite resins	Shiqi He, Qianchu Liu, Yiu-Wing Mai and Roland Bryant
617-621	Interfacial stress distribution between bovine dentine and resin composite in dentine bonding systems	K. Wakasa, Y. Yoshida, A. Nakatsuka, A. Ikeda and M. Yamaki
623-628	Chemical characterization of in vivo aged zinc phosphate dental cements	J. Margerit, B. Cluzel, J. M. Leloup, J. Nurit and B. Pauvert, et al.
629-636	Preparation and properties of binary oxide bioceramics	S. Agathopoulos, P. Nikolopoulos, A. Salomoni, A. Tucci and I. Stamenkovic
637-643	A comparative study of the use of colorimetric assays in the assessment of biocompatibility	C. J. Clifford and S. Downes

Volume 7, Number 11 / November 1996

645-650	The effects of irradiation and hydration upon the mechanical properties of tendon	C. W. Smith and J. N. Kearney
651-656	Mechanical and histological assessment of uncoated and HA- or Ti-coated PE and POM plugs implanted in rabbits	B. Gasser, F. Misteli, J. Eulenberger, U. Schönenberger and L. Claes
657-663	TiNi shape memory clamps with optimized structure parameters	P. Filip, J. Musialek, H. Lorethová, J. Nieslanik and K. Mazanec
665-671	Adhesion, growth and differentiation of human bone marrow stromal cells on non-porous calcium carbonate and plastic substrata: effects of dexamethasone and 1,25dihydroxyvitamin D3	H. Petite, K. Kacem and J. T. Triffitt
673-682	Low temperature synthesis of a self-assembling composite: hydroxyapatite-poly[bis(sodium carboxylatophenoxy)phosphazene]	K. S. Tenhuisen, P. W. Brown, C. S. Reed and H. R. Allcock
683-690	Injectable percutaneous bone biomaterials: an experimental study in a rabbit model	G. Pasquier, B. Flautre, M. C. Blary, K. Anselme and P. Hardouin
691-693	Dimethyl sulfoxide as an anticalcification agent for glutaraldehyde-fixed biological tissue	E. Khor, A. Wee, W. K. Loke and B. L. Tan
695-698	Viscoelastic properties modulation of a novel autocrosslinked hyaluronic acid polymer	M. Mensitieri, L. Ambrosio, L. Nicolais, D. Bellini and M. O'Regan
699-704	Sterilization of heparinized Cuprophan hemodialysis membranes	H. W. M. Hoopen, W. L. J. Hinrichs, G. H. M. Engbers and J. Feijen
705	The European Society for Biomaterials annual awards

Volume 7, Number 12 / December 1996

707-711	Cell-biomaterial interactions: role of transglutaminase enzyme	G. Peluso, O. Petillo, L. Mazzarella, F. Cara and A. Sada, et al.
713-721	Long-term soft tissue reaction to various polylactides and their in vivo degradation	P. Mainil-Varlet, S. Gogolewski and P. Nieuwenhuis
723-729	Wear effects in retrieved acetabular UHMW-PE cups	L. Ambrosio, G. Carotenuto, G. Marletta, L. Nicolais and A. Scandurra
731-738	Biocompatibility screening of silane-treated hydroxyapatite powders, for use as filler in resorbable composites	A. M. P. Dupraz, S. A. T. Meer, J. R. Wijn and J. H. Goedemoed
739-744	The surface topography of retrieved femoral heads	R. M. Hall, A. Unsworth, P. Siney and B. M. Wroblewski
745-747	Use of a transparent rabbit ear chamber in the study of biomaterials	S. Gepi-Attee, I. A. Silver, R. C. L. Feneley and J. White
749-752	Adhesion of streptococci to saliva-coated and uncoated composite-based resins	N. Satou, A. Morikawa, K. Ohmoto, H. Urabe and H. Shintani, et al.
753-763	Effect of cross-linkage by gamma radiation in heavy doses to low wear polyethylene in total hip prostheses	H. Oonishi, H. Ishimaru and A. Kato

Volume 8, Number 1 / January 1997

1-4	Characterization of hydroxyapatite and carbonated apatite by photo acoustic FTIR spectroscopy	I REHMAN and W BONFIELD
5-9	In vitro biocompatibility of EPM and EPDM rubbers	F MAST, J. A. R. D HOSCHTITZKY, C. A VAN BLITTERSWIJK and H. A HUYSMANS
11-18	The optimum dose of gamma radiation–heavy doses to low wear polyethylene in total hip prostheses	H OONISHI, M KUNO, E TSUJI and A FUJISAWA
19-23	Comparative study of human monocyte and platelet adhesion to hydrogels in vitro – effect of polymer structure	M JIROUSKOVA, J BARTUNKOVA, K SMETANA, J LUKAS and J VACIK, et al.
25-28	Preparation and characterization of thermally stable nanohydroxyapatite	S ZHANG and K. E GONSALVES
29-37	Sintering and characterization of HA and TCP bioceramics with control of their strength and phase purity	A TAMPIERI, G CELOTTI, F SZONTAGH and E LANDI
39-44	Synthesis of BISGMA derivatives, properties of their polymers and composites	B SANDNER, S BAUDACH, K. W. M DAVY, M BRADEN and R. L CLARKE
45-51	A study of cell behaviour on the surfaces of multifilament materials	H WAN, R. L WILLIAMS, P. J DOHERTY and D. F WILLIAMS
53-56	Experimental analysis of tensile properties of some suturing materials	L NOBILE, L CHECCHI and G MONACO
57-60	Dental application of polyfunctional urethane comonomers to composite resin veneering materials	K WAKASA, Y YOSHIDA, A IKEDA, NURHAYATY NATSIR and N SATOU, et al.

Volume 8, Number 2 / February 1997

61-65	Mineralization in serially passaged human alveolar bone cells	M. H FERNANDES, M. A COSTA and G. S CARVALHO
67-73	Ovine anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction using a synthetic prosthesis and a collagen inductor	D HUGUET, J DELECRIN, N PASSUTI and G DACULSI
75-83	In-situ polymerization behaviour of bone cements	A MAFFEZZOLI, D RONCA, G GUIDA, I POCHINI and L NICOLAIS
85-90	An experimental study in X-ray spectroscopy of the zirconium (Ca-PSZ) – bone interface. Microanalytic evaluation of the osteogenetic response	M MATTIOLI-BELMONTE, P MENGUCCI, N SPECCHIA, G GOBBI and S DUBINI, et al.
91-96	An investigation of the chemical synthesis and high-temperature sintering behaviour of calcium hydroxyapatite (HA) and tricalcium phosphate (TCP) bioceramics	A CUNEYT TAS, F KORKUSUZ, M TIMUCIN and N AKKAS
97-103	The dependence of osteoblastic response on variations in the chemical composition and physical properties of hydroxyapatite	S BEST, B SIM, M KAYSER and S DOWNES
105-111	The response of primary rat and human osteoblasts and an immortalized rat osteoblast cell line to orthopaedic materials: comparative sensitivity of several toxicity indices	R MACNAIR, E. H RODGERS, C MACDONALD, A WYKMAN and I GOLDIE, et al.
113-118	New Y-TZP powders for medical grade zirconia	W BURGER, H. G RICHTER, C PICONI, R VATTERONI and A CITTADINI, et al.

Volume 8, Number 3 / March 1997

119-129	Dynamic blood cell contact with biomaterials: validation of a flow chamber system according to international standards	M OTTO, C. L KLEIN, H KOHLER, M WAGNER and O ROHRIG, et al.
131-141	The cell and molecular biological approach to biomaterial research: a perspective	C. J KIRKPATRICK, M WAGNER, H KOHLER, F BITTINGER and M OTTO, et al.
143-147	A possibility for new evaluating method of cytotoxicity by using heat shock protein assay	H OSHIMA, T HATAYAMA and M NAKAMURA
149-155	Dental application of binary urethane monomer mixtures:strengthened resin matrix	N. A CHOWDHURY, K WAKASA, R PRIYAWAN and M YAMAKI
157-161	Bioactivity of sol–gel derived organically modified silicates: Part I: In vitro examination	K TSURU, C OHTSUKI, A OSAKA, T IWAMOTO and J. D MACKENZIE
163-174	Polyamide 4,6 membranes for the encapsulation of Langerhans islets: preparation, physico-chemical properties and biocompatibility studies	C LHOMMEAU, S TOILLON, T PITH, L KESSLER and C JESSER, et al.
175-178	Non-destructive characterization of hydrogels	V. A. M LUPRANO, P. A RAMIRES, G MONTAGNA and E MILELLA

Volume 8, Number 4 / April 1997

179-184	Investigation into cell growth on collagen/chondroitin-6-sulphate gels: the effect of crosslinking agents and diamines	C. S OSBORNE, W. H REID and M. H GRANT
185-191	Preparation and characterization of fluoride-substituted apatites	L. J JHA, S. M BEST, J. C KNOWLES, I REHMAN and J. D SANTOS, et al.
193-200	Plasma spraying of zirconia-reinforced hydroxyapatite composite coatings on titanium: Part I Phase, microstructure and bonding strength	E CHANG, W.J CHANG, B.C WANG and C.Y YANG
201-211	Plasma spraying of zirconia-reinforced hydroxyapatite composite coatings on titanium: Part II Dissolution behaviour in simulated body fluid and bonding degradation	E CHANG, W. J CHANG, B. C WANG and C. Y YANG
213-219	Electrophoretic deposition of hydroxyapatite	I ZHITOMIRSKY and L GAL-OR
221-226	Modelling the impact testing of prescription lenses	P. J McAULIFFE, R. W TRUSS and M PITTOLO
227-232	Fabrication of hydroxyapatite ceramic with controlled porosity	DEAN-MO LIU
233-238	The use of rat, rabbit or human bone marrow derived cells for cytocompatibility evaluation of metallic elements	H TOMAS, G. S CARVALHO, M. H FERNANDES, A. P FREIRE and L. M ABRANTES

Volume 8, Number 5 / May 1997

239-245	Screening of biomedical polymer biocompatibility in NMRI-mice peritoneal cavity: A comparison between ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) and polyethyleneterephthalate (PET)	K. G DAHMEN, N MAURIN, H. A RICHTER and CH MITTERMAYER
247-250	Crystal morphology and texture in calcium oxalate monohydrate renal calculi	A MILLAN
251-263	Morphological and chemical characterization of microfabricated fibres for biological applications	J GOLD and B KASEMO
265-269	Biocompatibility of solid poly (ortho ester)	M EKHOLM, A SALO, S SYRJANEN, P LAINE and C LINDQVIST, et al.
271-276	Infrared and Raman microspectrometry study of fluor-fluor-hydroxy and hydroxy-apatite powders	G PENEL, G LEROY, C REY, B SOMBRET and J. P HUVENNE, et al.
277-282	Ageing reactions in a high carat gold alloy for dental porcelain bonding	K HISATSUNE, Y TANAKA, K UDOH and K YASUDA
283-286	Influence of hydrogen bonding on properties of BIS-GMA analogues	S KALACHANDRA, M SANKARAPANDIAN, H. K SHOBHA, D. F TAYLOR and J. E MCGRATH
287-296	Ex vivo complement protein adsorption on positively and negatively charged cellulose dialyser membranes	A MAHIOUT, B. M MATATA, J VIENKEN and J. M COURTNEY
297-301	Fibrous growth of tricalcium phosphate ceramics	J. J PRIETO VALDE, J ORTIZ LOPEZ, G RUEDA MORALES, G PACHECO MALAGON and V PRIETO GORTCHEVA
303-309	Surface degradation features and microstructural properties of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPe)	G. B CORNWALL, C. M HANSSON, A. J BOWE and J. T BRYANT
311-320	Strength retention of self-reinforced poly-L-lactide screws. A comparison of compression moulded and machine cut screws	T POHJONEN, P HELEVIRTA, P TORMALA, K KOSKIKARE and H PATIALA, et al.
321-323	Microcapsules prepared from starch derivatives	M. G DUARTE, D BRUNNEL, M. H GIL and E SCHACHT
325-332	Physico-chemistry and cytotoxicity of ceramics: Part I – Characterization of ceramic powders	I DION, F ROUAIS, Ch BAQUEY, M LAHAYE and R SALMON, et al.

Volume 8, Number 6 / June 1997

333-339	Age-hardening associated with precipitation reaction and spinodal decomposition in a commercial dental low-carat Au–Ag–Cu–Pd alloy	H. I KIM, M. I JANG and B. J JEON
341-347	Effect of heat treatment on apatite-forming ability of Ti metal induced by alkali treatment	H. M KIM, F MIYAJI, T KOKUBO and T NAKAMURA
349-356	Glass-ionomer dental restorative: Part I: a structural study	K. A MILNE, N. J CALOS, J. H O’DONNELL, C. H. L KENNARD and S VEGA, et al.
357-360	Corrosion of gallium alloys in vivo	H HERØ, T OKABE and H WIE
361-364	Preparation and mechanical properties of calcium phosphate/copoly-L-lactide composites	M KIKUCHI, Y SUETSUGU, J TANAKA and M AKAO
365-368	Electrochemical and surface modifications on N+-ion-implanted 316 L stainless steel	E LEITAO, R. A SILVA and M. A BARBOSA
369-374	Extent of conversion and its effect on the mechanical performance of Bis-GMA/PEGDMA-based resins and their composites with continuous glass fibres	A. C KARMAKER, A. T DIBENEDETTO and A. J GOLDBERG
375-378	Comparison of the wear of aged and non-aged ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene sterilized by gamma irradiation and by gas plasma	J FISHER, E. A REEVES, G. H ISAAC, K. A SAUM and W. M SANFORD
379-383	Morphology and ultrastructure of the interface between hydroxyapatite-polyhydroxybutyrate composite implant and bone	Z. B LUKLINSKA and W BONFIELD
385-389	Structure property relationship among novel dental composite matrix resins	H. K SHOBHA, M SANKARAPANDIAN, S KALACHANDRA, D. F TAYLOR and J. E MCGRATH
391-394	The role of macrophages in bioartificial nerve grafts based on resorbable guiding filament structures	N TERADA, L. M BJURSTEN and G LUNDBORG
395-401	Effects of deproteinization and ashing on site-specific properties of cortical bone	J. J BROZ, S. J SIMSKE, W. D CORLEY and A. R GREENBERG

Volume 8, Number 7 / July 1997

403-405	Highly adhesive hydroxyapatite coatings on titanium alloy formed by ion beam assisted deposition	F. Z CUI, Z. S LUO and Q. L FENG
407-412	Growth of calcium phosphate on phosphorylated chitin fibres	Y YOKOGAWA, J PAZ REYES, M. R MUCALO, M TORIYAMA and Y KAWAMOTO, et al.
413-416	Post-irradiation hardness of resin-modified glass ionomer cements and a polyacid-modified composite resin	ADRIAN U. J YAP
417-421	Fibroblast growth and polymorphonuclear granulocyte activation in the presence of a new biologically active sol–gel glass	G PALUMBO, L AVIGLIANO, G STRUKUL, F PINNA and D. DEL PRINCIPE, et al.
423-426	XPS characterization of surface films formed on surface-modified implant materials after cell culture	E LEITAO, M. A BARBOSA and K de GROOT
427-433	Calcium phosphate formation induced on silica in bamboo	S. H LI, Q LIU, J de WIJN, B. L ZHOU and K de GROOT
435-440	Structure and biocompatibility of ion beam modified polyethylene	V SVORCIK, V RYBKA, V HNATOWICZ and K SMETANA
441-446	Porous ceramic lamellae for orthodontic ceramic brackets: Part I Fabrication and characterization	S ARICI, C. J MINORS and P. F MESSER
447-453	Porous ceramic lamellae for orthodontic ceramic brackets: Part II In vitro performance testing	S ARICI, C. J MINORS and P. F MESSER
455-460	Optimization of benzoyl peroxide concentration in an experimental bone cement based on poly(methyl methacrylate)	B VAZQUEZ, S DEB and W BONFIELD
461-464	Decomposition analysis of binary polyfunctional urethane monomer mixtures	R PRIYAWAN, K WAKASA, N. A CHOWDHURY and M YAMAKI

Volume 8, Number 8 / August 1997

465-468	Characterization of some aromatic dimethacrylates for dental composite applications	M SANKARAPANDIAN, H. K SHOBHA, S KALACHANDRA, J. E MCGRATH and D. F TAYLOR
469-472	Influence of Ringer’s solution on creep resistance of hydroxyapatite reinforced polyethylene composites	J SUWANPRATEEB, K. E TANNER, S TURNER and W BONFIELD
473-483	Reliability of PMMA bone cement fixation: fracture and fatigue crack-growth behaviour	N. C NGUYEN, W. J MALONEY and R. H DAUSKARDT
485-488	Fixation of carbon fibre-reinforced carbon composite implanted into bone	M LEWANDOWSKA-SZUMIEŁ, J KOMENDER, A GORECKI and M KOWALSKI
489-492	Oxygen inhibition of autopolymerization of polymethylmethacrylate–glass fibre composite	P. K VALLITTU
493-495	Mechanical properties of rat epiphyseal cancellous bones studied by indentation testing	YUEHUEI H AN, JIANGHUI ZHANG, QIAN KANG and R. J FRIEDMAN
497-505	Multiblock copolyesters as biomaterials: in vitro biocompatibility testing	B SAAD, O. M KEISER, M WELTI, G. K UHLSCHMID and P NEUENSCHWANDER, et al.
507-510	Determination of curing time in visible-light-cured composite resins of different thickness by electron paramagnetic resonance	D SUSTERCIC, P CEVC, N FUNDUK and M. M PINTAR
511-518	Solid state synthesis and thermal stability of HAP and HAP – β-TCP composite ceramic powders	R. RAMACHANDRA RAO, H. N ROOPA and T. S KANNAN
519-523	Interactions of human osteoprogenitors with porous ceramic following diffusion chamber implantation in a xenogeneic host	R GUNDLE, C. J JOYNER and J. T TRIFFITT

Volume 8, Number 9 / September 1997

525-529	Systemic titanium levels in rabbits with a titanium implant in the absence of wear	P. D BIANCO, P. DUCHEYNE and J. M CUCKLER
531-536	An animal study on the bone behaviour of Ca–P-coated implants: influence of implant location	H CAULIER, T HAYAKAWA, I NAERT, J. P. C. M VAN DER WAERDEN and J. G. C WOLKE, et al.
537-541	Synthesis and properties of poly(ethylene glycol) macromer/β-chitosan hydrogels	Y. M LEE, S. S. KIM and S. H. KIM
543-549	In-vitro apatite formation on phosphorylated bamboo	SHIHONG LI, QING LIU, JOOST de WIJN, JOOP WOLKE and BENLIAN ZHOU, et al.
551-557	Endothelial cells on plasma-treated segmented-polyurethane: Adhesion strength, antithrombogenicity and cultivation in tubes	Y KAWAMOTO, A NAKAO, Y ITO, N WADA and M KAIBARA
559-570	Mechanical properties of carbonated apatite bone mineral substitute: strength, fracture and fatigue behaviour	E. F MORGAN, D. N YETKINLER, B. R CONSTANTZ and R. H DAUSKARDT
571-576	In-vitro development of corneal epithelial cells on a new hydrogel for epikeratoplasty	F MAURY, J HONIGER, D. PELAPRAT, M BAUDRIMONT and V BORDERIE, et al.
577-582	A computer-assisted in-vitro biomaterial test for percutaneous devices using human keratinocyte cultures	C KNABE, C GROSSE-SIESTRUP, A HUNDER and A ZIEMANN

Volume 8, Number 10 / October 1997

583-586	Effect of dilution on the kinetics of cross-linking thermal polymerization of dental composite matrix resins	H. K SHOBHA, M SANKARAPANDIAN, Y SUN, S KALACHANDRA and J. E McGRATH, et al.
587-590	Phenotypic characterization of keratinocytes migrated from polymer support – in vitro study	K SMETANA Jr, B DVORANKOVA, JELINKOVA, J MICHALEK and J VACIK
591-594	Strengths of modified amalgam-to-dentin interphases	E HERDA, Y.K.E ARIANTO, R.E BAIER and A.E MEYER
595-601	Immobilization of calcium phosphate nano-clusters into alkoxy-derived porous TiO2 coatings	M SHIRKHANZADEH and S SIMS
603-611	The influence of stress conditions on the wear of UHMWPE for total joint replacements	P. S. M BARBOUR, D. C BARTON and J FISHER
613-620	Study of interface phenomena between bone and titanium and alumina surfaces in the case of monolithic and composite dental implants	D KORN, G SOYEZ, G ELSSNER, G PETZOW and E. F BRES, et al.
621-629	Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy study of an organic–mineral composite for bone and dental substitute materials	P WEISS, M LAPKOWSKI, R. Z LEGEROS, J. M BOULER and A JEAN, et al.
631-635	Conditioning fluid influences on the surface properties of silicone and polyurethane peritoneal catheters: implications for infection	S. P GORMAN, D. S JONES, W. M MAWHINNEY, J. G McGOVERN and C. G ADAIR
637-640	Aluminablasting of human tooth enamel	M ROMINU, D BRATU and J HURST

Volume 8, Number 11 / November 1997

641-648	Modulation of the phenotypic and functional properties of phagocytic macrophages by wear particles from orthopaedic implants	N AL-SAFFAR, P. A REVELL and A KOBAYASHI
649-652	Quantitative rates of in vivo bone generation for Bioglass® and hydroxyapatite particles as bone graft substitute	Y FUJISHIRO, L. L HENCH and H OONISHI
653-665	Structure of the interface between rabbit cortical bone and implants of gold, zirconium and titanium	P THOMSEN, C LARSSON, L. E ERICSON, L SENNERBY and J LAUSMAA, et al.
667-674	Heterocyclic methacrylates for clinical applications–further studies of water sorption	R. M SAWTELL, S DOWNES, M. P PATEL, R. L CLARKE and M BRADEN
675-681	Composition effects on the pH of a hydraulic calcium phosphate cement	M BOHNER, P VAN LANDUYT, H. P MERKLE and J LEMAITRE
683-690	Surface activation of polyetheretherketone (PEEK) and formation of calcium phosphate coatings by precipitation	S.-W HA, M KIRCH, F BIRCHLER, K.-L ECKERT and J MAYER, et al.
691-695	The physics of water sorption by resin-modified glass-ionomer dental cements	J. W NICHOLSON
697-701	Osteogenic responses to extraskeletally implanted synthetic porous calcium phosphate ceramics: an early stage histomorphological study in dogs	ZONG JIAN YANG, HUIPIN YUAN, PING ZOU, WEIDONG TONG and SHUXIN QU, et al.
703-706	Effect of diluent upon the properties of a visible-light-cured dental composite	V. KALLIYANA KRISHNAN, K MANJUSHA and V YAMUNA
707-712	A novel method for fabrication of biodegradable scaffolds with high compression moduli	J. H DE GROOT, H. W KUIJPER and A. J PENNINGS
713-717	Sequential polyurethane–poly(methylmethacrylate) interpenetrating polymer networks as ureteral biomaterials: mechanical properties and comparative resistance to urinary encrustation	D. S JONES, M. C BONNER, S. P GORMAN, M AKAY and P. F KEANE

Volume 8, Number 12 / December 1997

719-720	Editorial	P THOMSEN
721-729	Bone response to surface modified titanium implants – studies on the tissue response after 1 year to machined and electropolished implants with different oxide thicknesses	C LARSSON, L EMANUELSSON, P THOMSEN, L. E ERICSON and B.-O ARONSSON, et al.
731-736	Biomechanical assessment of bone ingrowth in porous hydroxyapatite	K. A HING, S. M BEST, K. E TANNER, W BONFIELD and P. A REVELL
737-742	Monocyte–biomaterial interaction inducing phenotypic dynamics of monocytes: a possible role of monocyte subsets in biocompatibility	R. S BHARDWAJ, U HENZE, B KLEIN, G ZWADLO-KLARWASSER and U KLINGE, et al.
743-746	Complexation of polymeric drugs based on polyacrylic chains with aminosalicylic acid side groups	C ELVIRA and J. SAN ROMAN
747-751	Activation status of platelet aggregates and platelet microparticles shed in sheared whole blood	N. P RHODES, A. P SHORTLAND, A RATTRAY, R. A BLACK and D. F WILLIAMS
753-756	A new composite made of polyurethane and glass ceramic in a loaded implant model: a biomechanical and histological analysis	A IGNATIUS, K UNTERRICKER, K WENGER, M RICHTER and L CLAES, et al.
757-763	Surface characterization and biological evaluation of spark-eroded surfaces	A WENNERBERG, C HALLGREN, C JOHANSSON, T SAWASE and J LAUSMAA
765-770	A simple method to prepare calcium phosphate coatings on Ti6Al4V	H. B WEN, J. R DE WIJN, Q LIU, K DE GROOT and F. Z CUI
771-774	In vitro complement activation after contact with pyrolytic carbon-coated and uncoated polyethylene terephthalate	E CENNI, D GRANCHI, G CIAPETTI, S STEA and E VERRI, et al.
775-779	In vitro mechanical and biological assessment of hydroxyapatite-reinforced polyethylene composite	J HUANG, L. DI SILVIO, M WANG, K. E TANNER and W BONFIELD
781-784	Characterization of microblasted and reactive ion etched surfaces on the commercially pure metals niobium, tantalum and titanium	C. M. J. M PYPEN, H PLENK Jr, M. F EBEL, R SVAGERA and J WERNISCH
785-788	A biomechanical regulatory model for periprosthetic fibrous-tissue differentiation	R HUISKES, W. D. VAN DRIEL, P. J PRENDERGAST and K SØBALLE
789-791	Immobilization of human thrombomodulin onto PTFE	C SPERLING, U KONIG, G HERMEL, C WERNER and M MULLER, et al.
793-797	Corrosion behaviour and mechanical properties of functionally gradient materials developed for possible hard-tissue applications	B. S BECKER and J. D BOLTON
799-802	Release of tobramycin from tobramycin-containing bone cement in bone and serum of rabbits	M. W NIJHOF, W. J. A DHERT, P. B. J TILMAN, A. J VERBOUT and A FLEER
803-807	Effect of crystal seeding on the hydration of calcium phosphate cement	CHANGSHENG LIU and WEI SHEN
809-813	Evaluation of in vitro bioactivity and biocompatibility of Bioglass®-reinforced polyethylene composite	J HUANG, L. DI SILVIO, M WANG, I REHMAN and C OHTSUKI, et al.
815-818	Guided bone regeneration using osteopatite® granules and polytetrafluoroethylene membranes	M VASCONCELOS, A AFONSO, R BRANCO and J CAVALHEIRO
819-822	Ex vivo expansion of haematopoietic progenitors on an endothelialized hydroxyapatite matrix	V CONRAD, L BORDENAVE, F ROUAIS, Ch BAQUEY and M DUPOUY, et al.
823-827	Responses of bone to titania–hydroxyapatite composite and nacreous implants: a preliminary comparison by in situ hybridization	H. LIAO, C. BRANDSTEN, C. LUNDMARK, T. WURTZ and J. LI
829-833	Effect of crosslinking agents on poly(ethylmethacrylate) bone cements	S DEB, M BRADEN and W BONFIELD
835-841	From cytotoxicity to biocompatibility testing in vitro: cell adhesion molecule expression defines a new set of parameters	T. G. VAN KOOTEN, C. L KLEIN, H KOHLER, C. J KIRKPATRICK and D. F WILLIAMS, et al.
843-847	Failure patterns of four osseointegrated oral implant systems	M ESPOSITO, J.-M HIRSCH, U LEKHOLM and P THOMSEN
849-853	Influence of sterilization upon a range of properties of experimental bone cements	E. J HARPER, M BRADEN, W BONFIELD, E DINGELDEIN and H WAHLIG
855-859	Acutely repaired proximal anterior cruciate ligament ruptures in sheep – by augmentation improved stability and reduction of cartilage damage	M RICHTER, L DURSELEN, A IGNATIUS, F MISSLER and L CLAES, et al.
861-865	Hydroxyapatite coatings: a comparative study between plasma-spray and pulsed laser deposition techniques	F. J GARCIA-SANZ, M. B MAYOR, J. L ARIAS, J POU and B LEON, et al.
867-872	Immobilization of the cell-adhesive peptide Arg–Gly–Asp–Cys (RGDC) on titanium surfaces by covalent chemical attachment	S. J XIAO, M TEXTOR, N. D SPENCER, M WIELAND and B KELLER, et al.
873-876	Structural analysis of calcium phosphate coatings produced by pulsed laser deposition at different water-vapour pressures	J. L ARIAS, M. B MAYOR, F. J GARCIA-SANZ, J POU and B LEON, et al.
877-879	Up-regulation of thrombomodulin is inducible on an endothelialized polyester	M REMY, N VALLI, F VILLARS, L BORDENAVE and A GORODKOV
881-886	NaOH treatment of vacuum-plasma-sprayed titanium on carbon fibre-reinforced poly(etheretherketone)	S.-W HA, K.-L ECKERT, E WINTERMANTEL, H GRUNER and M GUECHEVA, et al.
887-890	The effect of temperature and shear rate on platelet aggregation	A. P SHORTLAND, N. P RHODES, A RATTRAY, R. A BLACK and D. F WILLIAMS
891-896	Topographical characterization and microstructural interface analysis of vacuum-plasma-sprayed titanium and hydroxyapatite coatings on carbon fibre-reinforced poly(etheretherketone)	S.-W HA, A GISEP, J MAYER, E WINTERMANTEL and H GRUNER, et al.
897-905	Treatments to induce the nucleation and growth of apatite-like layers on polymeric surfaces and foams	R. L REIS, A. M CUNHA, M. H FERNANDES and R. N CORREIA
907-910	Hydroxyapatite–zirconia composites preparedby precipitation method	V. V SILVA and R. Z DOMINGUES

Volume 9, Number 1 / January 1998

1-7	Haemocompatiblity of controlled release glass	S. H CARTMELL, P. J DOHERTY, N. P RHODES, J. A HUNT and D. M HEALY, et al.
9-16	Adhesion of thermally sprayed hydroxyapatite–bond-coat systems measured by a novel peel test	H KURZWEG, R. B HEIMANN and T TROCZYNSKI
17-22	The influence of substratum topography on bacterial adhesion to polymethyl methacrylate	R. L TAYLOR, J VERRAN, G. C LEES and A. J. P WARD
23-30	Polyacids as bonding agents in hydroxyapatite polyester-ether (PolyactiveTM 30/70) composites	Q LIU, J.R de WIJN, D BAKKER, M van TOLEDO and C. A van BLITTERSWIJK
31-37	Cell death induced by metal ions: necrosis or apoptosis?	D GRANCHI, E CENNI, G CIAPETTI, L SAVARINO and S STEA, et al.
39-45	Glutaraldehyde-fixed biological tissue calcification: effectiveness of mitigation by dimethylsulphoxide	EUGENE KHOR, AILEEN WEE, TEE CHUE FENG and DAPHNE CHEW LAM GOH
47-51	A specific quantitative assay for collagen synthesis by cells seeded in collagen-based biomaterials using sirius red F3B precipitation	D. A LEE, E ASSOKU and V DOYLE
53-60	Influence of temperature and additives on the microstructure and sintering behaviour of hydroxyapatites with different Ca/P ratios	M. A FANOVICH and J. M PORTO LOPEZ

Volume 9, Number 2 / February 1998

61-65	Chemical surface treatment of silicone for inducing its bioactivity	F MIYAJI, M IWAI, T KOKUBO and T NAKAMURA
67-72	Direct formation of nanophase hydroxyapatite on cathodically polarized electrodes	M SHIRKHANZADEH
73-76	In vitro cytotoxicity testing of chitosan-containing polyelectrolyte complexes	G. D GUERRA, P CERRAI, M TRICOLI, S MALTINTI and R. SBARBATI DEL GUERRA
77-81	Analysis of shearing stress in the limited durability of bovine pericardium used as a biomaterial	A. CARRERA SAN MARTIN, J. M. GARCIA PAEZ, J. V. GARCIA SESTAFE, E. JORGE HERRERO and R NAVIDAD, et al.
83-88	Adjustable forming of thermoplastic composites for orthopaedic applications	M HOU and K FRIEDRICH
89-92	Amount of hydroxyl radical on calcium-ion-implanted titanium and point of zero charge of constituent oxide of the surface-modified layer	T HANAWA, M KON, H DOI, H UKAI and K MURAKAMI, et al.
93-97	Preliminary histological study of connective tissue response to Zinalco and stainless steel 316L implants after 120 days	C PINA, C. K TORRES and J GUZMAN
99-102	Effect of microstructure of titanium surface on the behaviour of osteogenic cell line MC3T3-E1	N NISHIMURA and T KAWAI
103-108	Hardness and fracture toughness of dense calcium–phosphate-based materials	A SLOSARCZYK and J BIAŁOSKORSKI
109-115	X-ray diffraction of bone at the interface with hydroxyapatite-coated versus uncoated metal implants	L SAVARINO, S STEA, D GRANCHI, M. E DONATI and M CERVELLATI, et al.
117-120	Adherent bacteria cells in five dental materials: sonication effect	Y YOSHIDA, K WAKASA, Y KAJIE, H TAKAHASHI and H URABE, et al.

Volume 9, Number 3 / March 1998

121-128	Preparation of bioactive microporous titanium surface by a new two-step chemical treatment	H. B Wen, Q Liu, J. R De Wijn, K De Groot and F. Z Cui
129-134	Antimicrobial effects of metal ions (Ag+, Cu2+, Zn2+) in hydroxyapatite	T. N Kim, Q. L Feng, J. O Kim, J Wu and H Wang, et al.
135-140	Adsorption of serum alpha-1-microglobulin onto biomaterials	M Santin, M Cannas, M. A Wassall and S. P Denyer
141-146	Detection of mutagenic potential of some glass–ionomer cements through Ames testing	S Stea, M Cervellati, D Cavedagna, L Savarino and E Cenni, et al.
147-157	In vitro and in vivo microbial adhesion and growth on argon plasma-treated silicone rubber voice prostheses	E. P. J. M Everaert, B. VAN DE Belt-Gritter, H. C Van Der Mei, H. J Busscher and G. J Verkerke, et al.
159-163	Sol–gel derived porous hydroxyapatite coatings	WENJIAN Weng and J. L Baptista
165-172	Analysis of the effect of pressure on compression moulding of UHMWPE	N. C Parasnis and K Ramani
173-179	Resorbable continuous-fibre reinforced polymers for osteosynthesis	M Dauner, H Planck, L Caramaro, Y Missirlis and E Panagiotopoulos

Volume 9, Number 4 / April 1998

181-185	Quantitative histological analysis of bony ingrowth within the biomaterial PolyactiveTM implanted in different bone locations: an experimental study in rabbits	S. J. M BOUWMEESTER, R KUIJER, M. M. W. E SOLLIE-DREES, A. J VAN DER LINDEN and S. K BULSTRA
187-190	Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging – a potential method for analysis of bone material	J TIMONEN, L ALVILA, P HIRVA and T. T PAKKANEN
191-196	A finite-element model study of occlusal schemes in full-arch implant restoration	A APICELLA, E MASI, L NICOLAIS, F ZARONE and N DE ROSA, et al.
197-202	Hydrolysis of dicalcium phosphate dihydrate to hydroxyapatite	M. T FULMER and P. W BROWN
203-206	Preparation of hydroxyapatite-granule-implanted superplastic titanium-alloy	T NONAMI, A KAMIYA, K NAGANUMA and T KAMEYAMA
207-212	The influence of sterilization technique and ageing on the structure and morphology of medical-grade ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene	M GOLDMAN, R GRONSKY and L PRUITT
213-219	Ageing behaviour in a dental low-gold alloy with high copper content	K HAMASAKI, K HISATSUNE, K UDOH, Y TANAKA and Y IIJIMA, et al.
221-227	Dynamic fatigue and degradation in solution of hydroxyapatite ceramics	S RAYNAUD, E CHAMPION, D BERNACHE-ASSOLANT and D TETARD
229-237	Chemical and structural changes in zinc polycarboxylate cements after immersion in dilute organic acid solutions	J.-M LELOUP, J NURIT, B PAUVERT, A TEROL and B CLUZEL, et al.
239-242	In vivo cytogenetic studies of the genotoxic effects of polymethyl methacrylate employed in orthopaedics	L LAMBERTI, P BIGATTI, P RIZZI, S MARCHISIO and E RIZZO, et al.
243-248	Behaviour of photopolymerized silicate-glass-fibre-reinforced dimethacrylate composites subjected to hydrothermal ageing: Part I Steady-state sorption characteristics	K. C KENNEDY, T CHEN and R. P KUSY

Volume 9, Number 5 / May 1998

249-255	The healing process of palatal tissues after palatal surgery with and without implantation of membranes: an experimental study in dogs	T. S Leenstra, A. M Kuijpers-Jagtman and J. C Maltha
297-300	Calcium phosphate coating on titanium substrate by a modified electrocrystallization process	Jim-Shone Chen, Horng-Yih Juang and Min-Hsiung Hon
257-262	Electron paramagnetic resonance study of free-radical kinetics in ultraviolet-light cured dimethacrylate copolymers	L' Lapcik, J Jancar, A Stasko and P Saha
263-267	Mechanical properties and bone densities of canine trabecular bone	Q Kang, Y. H An and R. F Friedman
269-272	Studies on the setting of polyelectrolyte cements: Part VI The effect of halide salts on the mechanical properties and water balance of zinc polycarboxylate and glass–ionomer dental cements	J. W Nicholson and F Abiden
273-277	Studies in the setting of polyelectrolyte cements: Part VII The effect of divalent metal chlorides on the properties of zinc polycarboxylate and glass–ionomer dental cements	J. W Nicholson
279-284	Apatite formation on silica gel in simulated body fluid: effects of structural modification with solvent-exchange	S. B Cho, F Miyaji, T Kokubo, K Nakanishi and N Soga, et al.
285-290	Apatite–organic polymer composites prepared by a biomimetic process: improvement in adhesion of the apatite layer to the substrate by ultraviolet irradiation	G. J Liu, F Miyaji, T Kokubo, H Takadama and T Nakamura, et al.
291-295	Evaluation of subsurface damage in CAD/CAM machined dental ceramics	J Sindel, A Petschelt, F Grellner, C Dierken and P Greil

Volume 9, Number 6 / June 1998

301-307	Attachment kinetics, proliferation rates and vinculin assembly of bovine osteoblasts cultured on different pre-coated artificial substrates	U Meyer, T Meyer and D. B Jones
309-316	Coating of ZrO2 supports with a biological glass	A Krajewski, A Ravaglioli, M Mazzocchi and M Fini
317-324	Isothermal and non-isothermal polymerization of a new bone cement	A Borzacchiello, L Ambrosio, L Nicolais, E. J Harper and K. E Tanner, et al.
325-331	Effect of fluoride on apatite formation from Ca4(PO4)2O in 0.1 mol L−1 KH2PO4	S Matsuya, Y Matsuya, S Takagi and L. C Chow
333-336	Experimental evaluation of a percutaneous injectable biomaterial used in radio-interventional bone-filling procedures	G Pasquier, B Flautre, H Leclet and P Hardouin
337-345	In vitro investigation of novel calcium phosphates using osteogenic cultures	C Knabe, W Ostapowicz, R. J Radlanski, R Gildenhaar and G Berger, et al.
347-354	Structure and strength of low-mercury dental amalgams prepared with liquid Hg–47.4% In alloy	A Friedman and A Kaufman
355-362	Nanoporous alkoxy-derived titanium oxide coating: a reactive overlayer for functionalizing titanium surface	M Shirkhanzadeh

Volume 9, Number 7 / July 1998

363-367	Coating of CaTiO₃ on titanium substrates by hydrothermal reactions using calcium-ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid chelate	Y. Fujishiro, N. Sato, S. Uchida and T. Sato
369-373	The effect of biological environment on the surface of titanium and plasma-sprayed layer of hydroxylapatite	V. Palka, J. Ivan, E. Poštrková, V. Kolenčlak and A. Krsek, et al.
375-379	Evaluation of copolymers of polyethylene oxide and polybutylene terephthalate (polyactive): mechanical behaviour	R. J. B. Sakkers, J. R. de Wijn, R. A. J. Dalmeyer, C. A. van Blitterswijk and R. Brand
381-384	Influence of surface microstructure on the reaction of the active ceramics in vivo	H. Yokozeki, T. Hayashi, T. Nakagawa, H. Kurosawa and K. Shibuya, et al.
385-391	Formation of carbonate apatite on calcium phosphate coatings containing silver ions	M. Shirkhanzadeh and M. Azadegan
393-401	Retrieved total hip prostheses. Part I: The effects of cup thickness, head sizes and fusion defects on wear	H. Oonishi, E. Tsuji and Y. Y. Kim
403-407	Bioactive glass granules and polytetrafluoroethylene membrane in the repair of bone defects adjacent to titanium and bioactive glass implants	T. Turunen, J. Peltola, T. Makkonen, H. Helenius and A. Yli-Urpo
409-414	Complement activation by cellulose: investigation of the effects of time, area, flow rate, shear rate and temperature on C3a generation in vitro, using a parallel plate flow cell	N. M. K. Lamba, J. D. S. Gaylor, J. M. Courtney and G. D. O. Lowe
415-420	Analysis of the inflammatory response to titanium and PTFE implants in soft tissue by macrophage phenotype quantification	A. Rosengren, L. M. Bjursten and N. Danielsen
421-424	Calcification of porcine and human cardiac valves: testing of various inhibitors for antimineralization	S. Koutsopoulos, A. Kontogeorgou, E. Dalas and J. Petroheilos

Volume 9, Number 8 / August 1998

425-428	Some factors controlling the injectability of calcium phosphate bone cements	I Khairoun, M. G Boltong, F. C. M Driessens and J. A Planell
429-437	A comparison of the corrosion behaviour and surface characteristics of vacuum-brazed and heat-treated Ti6Al4V alloy	T. M Lee, E Chang and C. Y Yang
439-448	Surface characteristics of Ti6Al4V alloy: effect of materials, passivation and autoclaving	T. M Lee, E Chang and C. Y Yang
449-455	The polymer PolyactiveTM as a bone-filling substance: an experimental study in rabbits	R Kuijer, S. J. M Bouwmeester, M. M. W. E Drees, D. A. M Surtel and E. A. W Terwindt-Rouwenhorst, et al.
457-462	Application of laminates to mouthguards: finite element analysis	Ho Sung Kim and K Mathieu
463-473	Morphological and mechanical study on the effects of experimentally induced inflammatory knee arthritis in rabbit long bones	Qian Kang, Y. H An, H. F Butehorn and R. J Friedman
475-478	The effects of polyethylene cup thickness on wear of total hip prostheses	H Oonishi, H Iwaki, N Kin, S Kushitani and N Murata, et al.
479-484	Ultrasonic implantation of calcium metasilicate glass particles into PMMA	K Tsuru, S Hayakawa, C Ohtsuki and A Osaka

Volume 9, Number 9 / September 1998

485-492	Bioactivity modulation of bioactive materials in view of their application in osteoporotic patients	M. Mattioli Belmonte, A. De Benedittis, R. A. A. Muzzarelli, P. Mengucci and G. Biagini, et al.
493-496	Chemical characterization of in vivo aged zinc polycarboxylate dental cements	J.-M. Leloup, S. Serraj, B. Pauvert, A. Terol and B. Cluzel, et al.
497-502	Predictive modelling of the mechanical properties and failure processes in hydroxyapatite- polyethylene (HapexTM) composite	F. J. Guild and W. Bonfield
503-508	Interaction between self-assembled protein vesicles and microporous apatite surface	M. Shirkhanzadeh
509-515	Bone remodelling in the pores and around load bearing transchondral isoelastic porous-coated glassy carbon implants: Experimental study in rabbits	T. Tarvainen, I. Paronen, T. Tunturi, J. Rautavuori and P. Tormala, et al.
517-521	Comparison of the wet and dry fatigue properties of all ceramic crowns	L. Correr Sobrinho, R. H. Glover, J. C. Knowles and M. J. Cattell
523-528	Evaluation of the tissue reaction to a percutaneous access device using titanium fibre mesh anchorage in goats	M. Gerritsen, Y. G. C. J. Paquay and J. A. Jansen
529-533	Investigation of glass–ionomer cements using differential scanning calorimetry	S. K. H. Khalil and E. D. T. Atkins
535-541	Studies of the healing of bone grafts, and the incorporation of titanium implants in grafted bone: an experimental animal model	E. Liljensten, C. Larsson, P. Thomsen, G. Blomqvist and J.-M. Hirsch, et al.
543-548	In vitro testing of surface-modified biomaterials	E. Leitao, M. A. Barbosa and K. De Groot

Volume 9, Number 10 / October 1998

549-554	The interaction of dental cements with aqueous solutions of varying pH	J.W Nicholson and M.A Amiri
555-559	Fracture strength of all-ceramic crowns	L. Correr Sobrinho, M.J. Cattell and J.C. Knowles
561-566	The effect of chromic acid treatment on the mechanical and tribological properties of aramid fibre reinforced ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene composite	J.M. Hofste, J.A. Schut and A.J. Pennings
567-574	Mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of Ti–6Al–7Nb alloy dental castings	E. Kobayashi, T.J. Wang, H. Doi, T. Yoneyama and H. Hamanaka
575-581	Retrieved total hip prostheses Part II Wear behaviour and structural changes	H. Oonishi, E. Tsuji and Y.Y. Kim
583-587	Preparation and mechanical properties of dense polycrystalline hydroxyapatite through freeze-drying	Hui Lu, Zhe Qu and Yanchun Zhou
589-596	Interdiffusion in short-fibre reinforced hydroxyapatite ceramics	M. Knepper, B.K. Milthorpe and S. Moricca
597-601	Wear of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene against damaged and undamaged stainless steel and diamond-like carbon-coated counterfaces	P. Firkins, J.L. Hailey, J. Fisher, A.H. Lettington and R. Butter
603-609	Fibrous wound repair associated with biodegradable poly-L/D-lactide copolymer implants: study of the expression of tenascin and cellular fibronectin	R. Kontio, A. Salo, R. Suuronen, C. Lindqvist and J.H. Meurman, et al.

Volume 9, Number 11 / November 1998

611-620	Frictional characteristics of composite orthodontic archwires against stainless steel and ceramic brackets in the passive and active configurations	S. W. Zufall, K. C. Kennedy and R. P. Kusy
621-624	Young's and shear moduli of ceramic particle filled polyethylene	M. Wang, C. Berry, M. Braden and W. Bonfield
625-630	Influence of aging heat treatment on mechanical properties of biomedical Ti–Zr based ternary alloys containing niobium	E. Kobayashi, H. Doi, T. Yoneyama, H. Hamanaka and I. R. Gibson, et al.
631-642	Tissue reaction of hydroxyapatite sol to rat molar pulp	TUNTUAN Li, M. Akao and M. Takagi
643-649	Interfacial characterization of plasma-spray coated calcium phosphate on Ti–6Al–4V	E. Park, R. A. Condrate, D. T. Hoelzer and G. S. Fischman
651-660	Behaviour of photopolymerized silicate glass fibre-reinforced dimethacrylate composites subjected to hydrothermal ageing Part II Hydrolytic stability of mechanical properties	K. C. Kennedy, T. Chen and R. P. Kusy
661-666	A comparison of the stiffness, density and composition of bone from the calcar femorale and the femoral cortex	B. Li and R. M. Aspden
667-671	Limited compliance of some apatitic calcium phosphate bone cements with clinical requirements	I. Khairoun, M. G. Boltong, F. C. M. Driessens and J. A. Planell

Volume 9, Number 12 / December 1998

673-674	Editorial	C. A. Van Blitterswijk
675-678	A new biomedical polyurethane with a high modulus based on 1,4-butanediisocyanate and ε-caprolactone	C. J. Spaans, J. H. De groot, V. W. Belgraver and A. J. Pennings
679-685	Acrylic bone cements incorporating polymeric active components derived from salicylic acid: curing parameters and properties	C. Elvira, B. Vazquez, J. San RomÁn, B. Levenfeld and P. Ginebra, et al.
687-690	Friction in hip-joint prostheses and its influence on the fixation of the artificial head	R. SchÄfer, U. SoltÉsz and P.-F. Bernard
691-694	Quantification of the bone-related mRNAs at the bone/prosthetic interface	J. A. Hunt, D. F. Williams, C. R. Howlett, H. Zreiqat and B. Zicat
695-700	Persistent expression of mitogenic/transforming factors at the site of failed orthopaedic implants: the impact on immune reactivity	J. Bainbridge and N. Al-Saffar
701-706	In vivo skeletal response and biomechanical assessment of two novel polyalkenoate cements following femoral implantation in the female New Zealand White rabbit	M. C. Blades, D. P. Moore, P. A. Revell and R. Hill
707-709	Fatigue of bone cement with simulated stem interface porosity	S. Tepic and U. SoltÉsz
711-715	Functionality of MDCK kidney tubular cells on flat polymer membranes for biohybrid kidney	F. Fey-Lamprecht, U. Gross, T. H. Groth, W. Albrecht and D. Paul, et al.
717-721	Bone morphogenetic protein and ceramic-induced osteogenesis	Huipin Yuan, Ping Zou, Zongjian Yang, Xingdong Zhang and J. D. De Bruijn, et al.
723-726	Osteoinduction by calcium phosphate biomaterials	Huipin Yuan, Zongjian Yang, Yubao Li, Xingdong Zhang and J. D. De Bruijn, et al.
727-730	Interleukin 15 production by macrophages in the implant interface membrane of aseptically loosened joint replacements	P. A. Revell and S. E. Jellie
731-735	Evaluation of the osteoblast response to a silica gel in vitro	S. I. Anderson, S. Downes, C. C. Perry and A. M. Caballero
737-741	Dependence of in vitro biocompatibility of ionomeric cements on ion release	A. J. Devlin, P. V. Hatton and I. M. Brook
743-748	Three-dimensional matrices of calcium polyphosphates support bone growth in vitro and in vivo	D. Baksh, J. E. Davies and S. Kim
749-754	A novel method to examine the phenotype of chondrocytes	R. Kuijer, D. A. M. Surtel, A. J. Van Der Linden, S. K. Bulstra and R. C. J. J. Passier
755-760	Positively charged polymer polylysine-induced cell adhesion molecule redistribution in K562 cells	G. Rainaldi, A. Calcabrini and M. T. Santini
761-765	Comparison of the cytotoxicity of molybdenum as powder and as alloying element in a niobium–molybdenum alloy	C. M. J. M. Pypen, K. Dessein, J. A. Helsen, M. Gomes and H. Leenders, et al.
767-772	Platelet reactions to modified surfaces under dynamic conditions	N. P. Rhodes, A. P. Shortland, A. Rattray and D. F. Williams
773-777	Soft tissue response to glycerol-suspended controlled-release glass particulate	S. H. Cartmell, P. J. Doherty, J. A. Hunt, D. M. Healy and T. Gilchrist
779-783	Synthesis and characterization of carbonate hydroxyapatite	J. C. Merry, I. R. Gibson, S. M. Best and W. Bonfield
785-788	In vitro real-time characterization of cell attachment and spreading	C. Fredriksson, S. Khilman, B. Kasemo and D. M. Steel
789-792	Synthesis of dahllite through a cement setting reaction	E. Fernandez, J. A. Planell, S. M. Best and W. Bonfield
793-796	Characterization of coatings for open-heart surgery tubing with heparin and lipid	W. P. Novello, A. C. F. Arruda, M. H. Santana, A. M. Moraes and S. C. Pinho
797-802	Identification and mapping of the amorphous phase in plasma-sprayed hydroxyapatite coatings using scanning cathodoluminescence microscopy	K. A. Gross and M. R. Phillips
803-809	Controlled release of NSAIDs bound to polyacrylic carrier systems	C. Parejo, A. Gallardo and J. San RomÁn
811-814	Peripheral nerve regeneration through P(DLLA-ε-CL) nerve guides	W. F. A. Den Dunnen, M. F. Meek, P. H. Robinson and J. M. Schakernraad
815-818	Interactions of chondrocytes with methacrylate copolymers	G. A. Hutcheon, S. Downes and M. C. Davies
819-823	Development of a new synthetic bone graft	D. C. Tancred, A. J. Carr and B. A. O. McCormack
825-833	New starch-based thermoplastic hydrogels for use as bone cements or drug-delivery carriers	C. S. Pereira, A. M. Cunha, R. L. Reis, B. VÁzquez and J. San RomÁn
835-838	Comparison between the polymerization behavior of a new bone cement and a commercial one: modeling and in vitro analysis	A. Borzacchiello, L. Ambrosio, L. Nicolais, E. J. Harper and K. E. Tanner, et al.
839-843	Thin hydroxyapatite coatings via sol–gel synthesis	K. A. Gross, C. S. Chai, G. S. K. Kannangara, B. Ben-Nissan and L. Hanley
845-848	In vitro response of osteoblasts to hydroxyapatite-reinforced polyethylene composites	L. Di Silvio, M. Dalby and W. Bonfield
849-853	Direct activation of mast cells by prosthetic biomaterial particles	N. Al-Saffar, H. Iwaki and P. A. Revell
855-858	In vivo bone formation by human bone marrow cells: effect of osteogenic culture supplements and cell densities	S. C. Mendes, I. Van Den Brink, J. D. De Bruijn and C. A. Van Blitterswijk
859-863	Bone tissue engineering on calcium phosphate-coated titanium plates utilizing cultured rat bone marrow cells: a preliminary study	R. J. Dekker, J. D. De Bruijn, I. Van Den Brink, Y. P. Bovell and P. Layrolle, et al.

Volume 10, Number 1 / January 1999

1-8	Material properties of a	A. SAIKKU-BÄCKSTRÖM, R. -M. Tulamo, T. Pohjonen, P. Törmälä and J. E. Räihä, et al.
9-17	Mechanical properties of	D. S. Metsger, M. R. Rieger and D. W. Foreman
19-27	Human endothelial cell a	B. Garner, A. J. Hodgson, G. G. Wallace and P. A. Underwood
29-33	Synthesis and properties	A. G. Andreopoulos, E. Hatzi and M. Doxastakis
35-46	Surface characterization	C. Sittig, M. Textor, N. D. Spencer, M. Wieland and P. H. Vallotton
47-51	Characterization and his	E.M. Leize, J. Hemmerle, J.C. Voegel and M. Leize
53-58	Biodegradable tube impla	M. Kivalo, V. Sirén, C. Raitta and I. Immonen
59-64	Effects of water-soluble	M. Otsuka, M. Sawada, Y. Matsuda, T. Nakamura and T. Kokubo

Volume 10, Number 2 / February 1999

65-68	Preparation and characterization of new electrocardiogram electrodes	P. XU, G. CAROTENUTO, L. NICOLAIS, Z. ZHENG and X. KUANG
69-74	Mixture of ε-caprolactone-lactide copolymer and tricalcium phosphate: a histological and immunohistochemical study of tissue reactions	M. EKHOLM, J. HIETANEN, C. LINDQVIST, J. RAUTAVUORI and S. SANTAVIRTA, et al.
75-82	Tissue reactions to polyethylene implants with different surface topography	A. ROSENGREN, L.M. BJURSTEN, N. DANIELSEN, H. PERSSON and M. KOBER
83-90	Diamond-like carbon coatings for orthopaedic applications: an evaluation of tribological performance	T. XU and L. PRUITT
91-98	Veneering composites – a thermoanalytical examination	M. ROSENTRITT, M. BEHR, A. LEIBROCK and G. HANDEL
99-109	Physical properties and self-setting mechanism of calcium phosphate cements from calcium bis-dihydrogenophosphate monohydrate and calcium oxide	P. BOUDEVILLE, S. SERRAJ, J.-M. LELOUP, J. MARGERIT and B. PAUVERT, et al.
111-120	Role of interconnections in porous bioceramics on bone recolonization in vitro and in vivo	J. X. LU, B. FLAUTRE, K. ANSELME, P. HARDOUIN and A. GALLUR, et al.
121-128	Polyethylene glycol-grafted bovine pericardium: a novel hybrid tissue resistant to calcification	S. C. VASUDEV and T. CHANDY

Volume 10, Number 3 / March 1999

129-134	Synthetic collagen fibers coated with a synthetic peptide containing the YIGSR sequence of laminin to promote peripheral nerve regeneration in vivo	S. Itoh, K. Takakuda, H. Samejima, T. Ohta and K. Shinomiya, et al.
135-145	Characterization of porous hydroxyapatite	K. A. Hing, S. M. Best and W. Bonfield
147-151	Water sorption behaviour of polymeric systems based on tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate	M. P. Patel, H. Swai, K. W. M. Davy and M. Braden
153-160	In vitro crystallization of octacalcium phosphate on type I collagen: influence of serum albumin	C. Combes, C. Rey and M. Freche
161-167	Thin films of calcium phosphate and titanium dioxide by a sol-gel route: a new method for coating medical implants	L. -D. Piveteau, M. I. Girona, L. Schlapbach, P. Barboux and J. -P. Boilot, et al.
169-176	Calcium phosphate bone cements for clinical applications. Part I: Solution chemistry	E. Ferna´ndez, F. J. Gil, M. P. Ginebra, F. C. M. Driessens and J. A. Planell, et al.
177-183	Calcium phosphate bone cements for clinical applications. Part II: Precipitate formation during setting reactions	E. Ferna´ndez, F. J. Gil, M. P. Ginebra, F. C. M. Driessens and J. A. Planell, et al.
185-190	Electron microscopic evaluation of the effects of stress-shielding on maturation of the mid-substance and ligament-bone junction of the reconstructed anterior cruciate ligament in rabbits	S. Itoh, T. Muneta, K. Shinomiya and S. Ichinose

Volume 10, Number 4 / April 1999

191-198	The implant material, Ti6Al7Nb: surface microstructure, composition and properties	C. Sittig, G. Ha¨hner, A. Marti, M. Textor and N. D. Spencer, et al.
199-204	Elaboration conditions influence physicochemical properties and in vivo bioactivity of macroporous biphasic calcium phosphate ceramics	O. Gauthier, J.-M. Bouler, E. Aguado, R. Z. Legeros and P. Pilet, et al.
205-213	The formation of hydroxyapatite–calcium polyacrylate composites	K. E. Watson, K. S. Tenhuisen and P. W. Brown
215-218	Incorporation of a controlled-release glass into a calcium phosphate cement	I. Khairoun, M. G. Boltong, F. J. Gil, F. C. M. Driessens and J. A. Planell, et al.
219-222	Compositional and structural control in bone regenerative coatings	D. B. Haddow, M. S. Thompson, S. R. Berry and J. T. Czernuszka
223-230	Production and characterization of new calcium phosphate bone cements in the CaHPOv₄–α-Ca₃(PO₄)₂ system: pH, workability and setting times	E. Ferna´ndez*, F. J. Gil, M. P. Ginebra, F. C. M. Driessens and J. A. Planell, et al.
231-237	Heterogeneous crystallization of dicalcium phosphate dihydrate on titanium surfaces	C. Combes, M. Fre`che, C. Rey and B. Biscans
239-242	Porosity control of hydroxyapatite implants	L. Vaz, A. B. Lopes and M. Almeida
243-248	Morphology and composition of hydroxyapatite coatings prepared by hydrothermal treatment on electrodeposited brushite coatings	Yong Han, Kewei Xu and Jian Lu
249-252	Local drug delivery system using ceramics: vacuum method for impregnating a chemotherapeutic agent into a porous hydroxyapatite block	M. Itokazu, M. Esaki, K. Yamamoto, T. Tanemori and T. Kasai

Volume 10, Number 5 / May 1999

255-263	Microstructured bioreactive surfaces: covalent immobilization of proteins on Au(1 1 1)/silicon via aminoreactive alkanethiolate self-assembled monolayers	F. G. Zaugg, N. D. Spencer, P. Wagner, P. Kernen and A. Vinckier, et al.
265-268	Response to polyetherimide based composite materials implanted in muscle and in bone	A. Merolli, V. Perrone, P. Tranquilli Leali, L. Ambrosio and R. De Santis, et al.
269-273	Preparation and characterization of bioactive monolayer and functionally graded coatings	M. Wang, X. Y. Yang, K. A. Khor and Y. Wang
275-281	Corrosion and biocompatibility of orthodontic wires	F. Widu, D. Drescher, R. Junker and C. Bourauel
283-289	New composites of hydroxyapatite and bioresorbable macromolecular material	P. Cerrai, G. D. Guerra, M. Tricoli, A. Krajewski and S. Guicciardi, et al.
291-294	Hardness of model dental composites – the effect of filler volume fraction and silanation	J. F. Mccabe and R. W. Wassell
295-300	PVC as a sensor membrane material: influence of solvent casting variables	S. M. Reddy and P. M. Vadgama
301-307	Hydrogels based on chitosan and dextran as potential drug delivery systems	M. G. Cascone and S. Maltinti
309-317	Fracture evaluation of acrylic bone cements modified with hydroxyapatite: influence of the storage conditions	P. Montemartini, T. Cuadrado and P. Frontini

Volume 10, Number 6 / June 1999

319-327	The failure of amalgam dental restorations due to cyclic fatigue crack growth	D. Arola, M. P. Huang and M. B. Sultan
329-331	No biological advantage with a low temperature curing versus a conventional bone cement: an experimental, mechanical and histomorphometrical study in the rabbit tibia	Morberg, C. B. Johansson and H. Malchau
333-342	Comparative wear under four different tribological conditions of acetylene enhanced cross-linked ultra high molecular weight polyethylene	H. Marrs, D. C. Barton, R. A. Jones, I. M. Ward and J. Fisher, et al.
343-352	Development of thin elastomeric composite membranes for biomedical applications	S. H. Teoh, Z. G. Tang and S. Ramakrishna
353-362	Quantitative analysis of the wear and wear debris from low and high carbon content cobalt chrome alloys used in metal on metal total hip replacements	J. L. Tipper, P. J. Firkins, E. Ingham, J. Fisher and M. H. Stone, et al.
363-368	Functionalized copolymers and their composites with polylactide and hydroxyapatite	S. Jin and K. E. Gonsalves
369-373	Solid state spatially resolved ¹H and ¹⁹F nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of dental materials by stray-field imaging	C. H. Lloyd, S. N. Scrimgeour, G. Hunter, J. A. Chudek and D. M. Lane, et al.
375-378	Effect of filler content and size to properties of composite resins on microwave curing	H. Urabe, Y. Nomura, K. Shirai, M. Yoshioka and H. Shintani
379-382	Real-time measurement of in vitro enamel demineralization in the vicinity of the restoration–tooth interface	S. E. P. Dowker, P. Anderson and J. C. Elliott

Volume 10, Number 7 / July 1999

383-388	Development of porous spherical hydroxyapatite granules: application towards protein delivery	W. Paul and C. P. Sharma
389-394	The influence of surface condition on the localized corrosion of 316L stainless steel orthopaedic implants	J. Beddoes and K. Bucci
395-400	In–vitro calcium phosphate growth over functionalized cotton fibers	H. K. Varma, Y. Yokogawa, F. F. Espinosa, Y. Kawamoto and K. Nishizawa, et al.
401-409	Interfacial bond strength of electrophoretically deposited hydroxyapatite coatings on metals	M. Wei, A. J. Ruys, M. V. Swain, S. H. Kim and B. K. Milthorpe, et al.
411-418	Diaphyseal fractures treated by polylactide and hydroxyapatite pins. Experimental study in rat	J. Griffet, A. Chevallier, T. El Hayek, G. Odin and B. Pebeyre, et al.
419-423	Electrochemical field effects in biological materials: electro-osmotic dewatering of cancerous tissue as the mechanistic proposal for the electrochemical treatment of tumors	A. K. Vijh
425-429	Brain lesion-induced alteration of selected phenotypic properties of spleen macrophages and their partial restoration in the course of foreign body reaction against intraperitoneally implanted polymers	K. Smetana, P. Petrovicky´, P. Zach, V. Němcova´ and M. Jeli´nkova´, et al.
431-435	Effect of chitosan and dextran on the properties of poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels	M. G. Cascone, S. Maltinti, N. Barbani and M. Laus
437-441	Evaluation by Vickers indentation of fracture toughness of a phosphate biodegradable glass	J. Cle´ment, P. Torres, F. J. Gil, J. A. Planell and R. Terradas, et al.
443-448	Improvement of haemocompatibility of metallic stents by polymer coating	J. Lahann, D. Klee, H. Thelen, H. Bienert and D. Vorwerk, et al.

Volume 10, Number 8 / August 1999

449-452	The long-term interaction of dental cements with lactic acid solutions	J. W. Nicholson, B. Czarnecka and H. Limanowska-Shaw
453-457	Characterization of anodic spark-converted titanium surfaces for biomedical applications	J. P. Schreckenbach, G. Marx, F. Schlottig, M. Textor and N. D. Spencer
459-463	Preparation of phosphorus-containing silica glass microspheres for radiotherapy of cancer by ion implantation	M. Kawashita, F. Miyaji, T. Kokubo, Y. Suzuki and K. Kajiyama
465-469	Bioactive nanocrystalline sol-gel hydroxyapatite coatings	C. S. Chai and B. Ben-Nissan
471-474	The effect of strontium oxide in glass–ionomer cements	S. Deb and J. W. Nicholson
475-479	Study of diopside ceramics for biomaterials	Toru Nonami and Sadami Tsutsumi
481-484	Characterization of SiO_2–Na_2O–Fe_2O_3–CaO–P_2O_5–B_2O₃ glass ceramics	K. Singh and D. Bahadur
485-488	Effects of drying on the mechanical properties of bovine femur measured by nanoindentation	Jae-Young Rho and G. M. Pharr
489-492	Effect of tannic acid solution on collagen structures for dental restoration	NURHAYATY Natsir, K. Wakasa, Y. Yoshida, N. Satou and H. Shintani
493-496	Effect of convergence angle and luting agent on the fracture strength of In ceram crowns	L. Correr Sobrinho, S. Consani and J. C. Knowles
497-501	The influence of the time-dependent properties of bone cement on stress in the femoral cement mantle of total hip arthroplasty	J. P. G. Wheeler, A. W. Miles and S. E. Clift
503-512	The effect of processing temperature and time on the structure and fracture characteristics of self-reinforced composite poly(methyl methacrylate)	D. D. Wright, J. L. Gilbert and E. P. Lautenschlager

Volume 10, Number 9 / September 1999

513-517	TEM analysis of tweed structure in high-palladium dental alloys	S. V. Nitta, W. A. T. Clark, W. A. Brantley, R. J. Grylls and Z. Cai
519-525	Numerical study of porosity in titanium dental castings	M. Wu, P. R. Sahm, M. Augthun, H. Spiekermann and J. Scha¨dlich-Stubenrauch
527-531	Blood interactions with plasticized poly(vinyl chloride): relevance of plasticizer selection	H. Q. Yin, X. B. Zhao, J. M. Courtney, C. R. Blass and R. H. West, et al.
533-540	Toughening characterization in alumina platelet–hydroxyapatite matrix composites	S. Gautier, E. Champion and D. Bernache-Assollant
541-548	Effect of passivation on the dissolution behavior of Ti6A14V and vacuum-brazed Ti6A14V in Hank's ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid solution Part I Ion release	T. M. Lee, E. Chang and C. Y. Yang
549-553	Bridging defects in nerve continuity: influence of variations in synthetic fiber composition	L. B. Dahlin and G. Lundborg
555-560	Magnetic properties of Ni–Co–Cr-base Elgiloy	J. C. Ho and F. G. Shellock
561-566	Crystal growth of carbonate apatite using a CaCO₃ flux	Y. Suetsugu and J. Tanaka
567-576	In vitro growth and differentiation of osteoblast-like human bone marrow cells on glass reinforced hydroxyapatite plasma-sprayed coatings	M. P. Ferraz, M. H. Fernandes, A. Trigo Cabral, J. D. Santos and F. J. Monteiro

Volume 10, Numbers 10-11 / October 1999

579-588	Monocyte, macrophage and foreign body giant cell interactions with molecularly engineered surfaces	J. M. Anderson, K. Defife, A. Mcnally, t. collier and c. jenney
589-594	Endothelial cell cultures as a tool in biomaterial research	C. J. Kirkpatrick, M. Otto, T. Van Kooten, V. Krump and J. Kriegsmann, et al.
595-600	Modulation of in vitro myogenesis induced by different polymer substrates	O. Petillo, S. Margarucci, G. Peluso, A. Barbarisi and M. A. B. Melone, et al.
601-605	Protein-mediated macrophage adhesion and activation on biomaterials: a model for modulating cell behavior	W. J. Kao, J. A. Hubbell and J. M. Anderson
607-611	In vitro and in vivo methods to determine the interactions of osteogenic cells with biomaterials	R. O. C. Oreffo and J. T. Triffitt
613-620	Cytoskeletal rearrangement in K562 erythroleukaemic cells forced to grow on a positively charged polymer surface	A. Calcabrini, G. Rainaldi and M. T. Santini
621-627	The development of in vitro biocompatibility tests for the evaluation of intraocular biomaterials	A. W. Lloyd, S. Dropcova, R. G. A. Faragher, P. R. Gard and G. W. Hanlon, et al.
629-634	MMA/MPEOMA copolymers as coating materials for improved blood compatibility: protein adsorption study	Jin Ho Lee, Ji Young Oh and Dong Min Kim
635-639	Linear poly(ethylene oxide)-based polyurethane hydrogels: polyurethane-ureas and polyurethane-amides	P. Petrini, M. C. Tanzi, C. R. Moran and N. B. Graham
641-648	Resorbable polyacrylic hydrogels derived from vitamin E and their application in the healing of tendons	M. A. Plasencia, C. Ortiz, B. Va´zquez, J. San Roma´n and A. Lo´pez-Bravo, et al.
649-652	Investigation into the mechanism of bacterial adhesion to hydrogel-coated surfaces	R. Kunz, C. Anders, L. Heinrich and K. Gersonde
653-658	Biodegradable drug delivery system for the treatment of bone infection and repair	L. Di Silvio and W. Bonfield
659-662	Fibers by bioresorbable poly(ester-ether-ester)s as potential suture threads: a preliminary investigation	G. D. Guerra, P. Cerrai, M. Tricoli, S. Maltinti and I. Anguillesi, et al.
663-670	Quantification of bone ingrowth within bone-derived porous hydroxyapatite implants of varying density	K. A. Hing, S. M. Best, K. E. Tanner, W. Bonfield and P. A. Revell
671-676	Macroporous hydroxyapatite as alloplastic material for dental applications	G. Carotenuto, G. Spagnuolo, L. Ambrosio and L. Nicolais
677-682	Periodontal membranes from composites of hydroxyapatite and bioresorbable block copolymers	P. Cerrai, G. D. Guerra, M. Tricoli, A. Krajewski and A. Ravaglioli, et al.
683-688	In vitro reconstructed tissues on hyaluronan-based temporary scaffolding	P. Brun, R. Cortivo, B. Zavan, N. Vecchiato and G. Abatangelo
689-693	Behavior of tissue-engineered human cartilage after transplantation into nude mice	N. Rotter, J. Aigner, A. Naumann, C. Hammer and M. Sittinger

Volume 10, Number 12 / December 1999

695-696	Biomaterials science: Prospects for the new millenium?	C. Baquey
697-701	Influence of sodium oxide content on bioactive glass properties	K. E. Wallace, R. G. Hill, J. T. Pembroke, C. J. Brown and P. V. Hatton
703-705	Immobilization of a biologically active coating on a hydrophobic L-lactide-ɛ-caprolactone copolymer	E. SÄilynoja, M. Koskinen, J. Salonen, P. Holmlund and A. SÖderg–rd
707-710	Bioabsorbable polymer plates coated with bioactive glass spheres	H. Niiranen and P. To¨rma¨la¨
711-714	Polyurethane-maleamides for cardiovascular applications: synthesis and properties	P. Petrini, S. De Ponti, S. Fare` and M. C. Tanzi
715-719	Zirconia-toughened hydroxyapatite ceramic obtained by wet sintering	J. A. Delgado, L. Morejo´n, S. Marti´nez*, M.P. Ginebra and N. Carlsson, et al.
721-727	Neuronal networks in vitro: formation and organization on biofunctionalized surfaces	C.L. Klein, M. Scholl and A. Maelicke
729-732	Analysis of the structural changes of a phosphate glass during its dissolution in simulated body fluid	J. Cle´ment, J.A. Planell, G. Avila and S. Marti´nez
733-737	Improvement of the mechanical properties of acrylic bone cements by substitution of the radio-opaque agent	M. P. Ginebra, C. Aparicio, L. Albuixech, E. Ferna´ndez-Barraga´n and J. A. Planell, et al.
739-742	Biomechanical evaluation of cell-loaded and cell-free hydroxyapatite implants for the reconstruction of segmental bone defects	P. Chistolini, I. Ruspantini, P. Bianco, A. Corsi and R. Cancedda, et al.
743-746	Polymeric prodrugs of antibiotics with improved efficiency	E. Roseeuw, V. Coessens, E. Schacht, B. Vrooman and D. Domurado, et al.
747-754	Chemical micropatterning of polymeric cell culture substrates using low-pressure hydrogen gas discharge plasmas	A. Ohl, K. Schro¨der, D. Keller, A. Meyer-Plath and H. Bienert, et al.
755-760	Determination of mechanical properties of impacted human morsellized cancellous allografts for revision joint arthroplasty	Y. Tanabe, T. Wakui, A. Kobayashi, H. Ohashi and Y. Kadoya, et al.
761-765	Image and fractal analysis of osteoblastic cells in viscous media	M. Pearson, G. Landini and R. M. Shelton
767-772	Bone engineering on the basis of periosteal cells cultured in polymer fleeces	A. Redlich, C. Perka, O. Schultz, R. Spitzer and T. Ha¨upl, et al.
773-777	Static and dynamic fibroblast seeding and cultivation in porous PEO/PBT scaffolds	y.-l. Xiao, J. Riesle and C. A. Van Blitterswijk
779-781	Measurement of non-linear microcrack accumulation rates in polymethylmethacrylate bone cement under cyclic loading	B. P. Murphy and P. J. Prendergast
783-786	An in vivo comparative study of the e-polytetrafluoroethylene vascular prostheses: Vitaflon and Gore-Tex	N. B. Dobrova, A. J. Gorodkov, E. S. Sidorenko, A. B. Schekhter and C. Baquey
787-791	Neurite outgrowth on microstructured surfaces functionalized by a neural adhesion protein	H. Sorribas, C. Padeste, T. Mezzacasa, L. Tiefenauer and L. Leder, et al.
793-796	In vitro evaluation of a new polymethylmethacrylate cement reinforced with hydroxyapatite	M. J. Dalby, L. Di Silvio, E. J. Harper and W. Bonfield
797-799	Differential gene expression after implantation of biomaterials into rat gastrointestine	M. Lo¨bler, M. Saß, P. Michel, U.T. Hopt and C. Kunze, et al.
801-806	A novel ex vivo model for investigation of fluid displacements in bone after endoprosthesis implantation	C. Gatzka, E. Schneider, M. L. Knothe Tate, U. Knothe and P. Niederer
807-810	In vitro assessment of endothelial cell adhesion mechanism on vascular patches	L. Bordenave, B. Chaudet, R. Bareille, P. Fernandez and J. Amedee
811-814	Histological aspects in bone regeneration of an association with porous hydroxyapatite and bone marrow cells	B. Flautre, K. Anselme, C. Delecourt, J. Lu and P. Hardouin, et al.
815-819	Human osteoblast adhesion on titanium alloy, stainless steel, glass and plastic substrates with same surface topography	K. Anselme, B. Noe¨l and P. Hardouin
821-825	Biphasic synthetic bone substitute use in orthopaedic and trauma surgery: clinical, radiological and histological results	C. Schwartz, P. Liss, B. Jacquemaire, P. Lecestre and P. Frayssinet
827-835	Surface modification tailors the characteristics of biomimetic coatings nucleated on starch-based polymers	A. L. Oliveira, C. Elvira, R. L. Reis, B. VA´zquez and J. San Roma´n
837-839	Induced tissue integration of bone implants by coating with bone selective RGD-peptides in vitro and in vivo studies	P. Schaffner, J. Meyer, M. Dard, B. Nies and S. Verrier, et al.
841-846	A combined finite element method and continuum damage mechanics approach to simulate the in vitro fatigue behavior of human cortical bone	M. Taylor, N. Verdonschot, R. Huiskes and P. Zioupos
847-851	Titanium levels in rats implanted with Ti6Al4V treated samples in the absence of wear	D. Rodri´guez, F .J. Gil, J. A. Planell, E. Jorge and L. Alvarez, et al.
853-855	Initial adhesion and surface growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on negatively and positively charged poly(methacrylates)	B. Gottenbos, H. C. Van der Mei, H. J. Busscher, D. W. Grijpma and J. Feijen
857-862	Dynamic mechanical properties of hydroxyapatite-reinforced and porous starch-based degradable biomaterials	J. F. Mano, C. M. Vaz, S. C. Mendes, R. L. Reis and A. M. Cunha
863-868	Analysis of push-out test data based on interfacial fracture energy	J. I. Thompson, P. J. Gregson and P .A. Revell
869-872	Effects of surface-treated cpTi and Ti6Al4V alloy on the initial attachment of human osteoblast cells	M. O. Oji, J. V. Wood and S. Downes
873-878	New resorbable polymeric systems with antithrombogenic activity	G. Rodri´guez, A. Gallardo, J. San Roma´n, M. Rebuelta and P. Bermejo, et al.
879-883	In situ localization of apoptotic changes in the interface membrane of aseptically loosened orthopaedic implants	X. S. Zhang and P. A. Revell

Volume 11, Number 1 / January 2000

1-9	Influence of thermal treatments on Ag Sn Cu powders in order to reduce mercury contents in dental amalgam	Cora Bracho-Troconis, Pierre Colon, Jean-Dominique Bartout and Yves Bienvenu
11-17	Needle-like apatite-leucite glass-ceramic as a base material for the veneering of metal restorations in dentistry	W. Ho¨land, V. Rheinberger, S. Wegner and M. Frank
19-23	Incorporation of amino acids within the surface reactive layers of bioactive glass in vitro: an XPS study	T. A. Mahmood and J. E. Davies
25-29	Evaluation of the acute scarring response to the implant of different types of biomaterial in the abdominal wall	J. M. Bello´n, L. A. Contreras, G. Pascual and J. Buja´n
31-35	Structure of dextran–magnetite complex: relation between conformation of dextran chains covering core and its molecular weight	T. Kawaguchi and M. Hasegawa
37-41	New non-woven polyurethane-based biomaterials for the cultivation of hepatocytes: expression of differentiated functions	M. J. Go´mez-Lecho´n, J. V. Castell, T. Donato, S. Pahernik and W. Thasler, et al.
43-48	Precipitation behavior of Ag–Pd–In dental alloys	Y. C. Suh, Z. H. Lee and M. Ohta
49-60	Bending and fracture of compact circumferential and osteonal lamellar bone of the baboon tibia	D. Liu, H. D. Wagner and S. Weiner
61-66	Phase transformation behavior in a multipurpose dental casting gold alloy during continuous heating	H. I. Kim, H. J. Seol, K. Hisatsune, A. A. EI S. Sakrana and Y. Takuma, et al.

Volume 11, Number 2 / February 2000

67-72	An in vivo study on the reaction of hydroxyapatite-sol injected into blood	Hideo Aoki, H. Aoki, T. Kutsuno, Wei Li and Motoo Niwa
73-81	Improvement of titanium alloy for biomedical applications by nitriding and carbonitriding processes under glow discharge conditions	E. Czarnowska, T. Wierzchon´, A. Maranda-Niedbala and E. Karczmarewicz
83-89	Healing of titanium implants in onlay bone grafts: an experimental rabbit model	S. Mohammadi, L. Rasmusson, L. Go¨ransson, L. Sennerby and P. Thomsen, et al.
91-94	Surface design of orthopaedic drug delivery implants: X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of bone-derived apatites	A. L. Litvin
95-100	Load-bearing behavior of a simulated craniofacial structure fabricated from a hydroxyapatite cement and bioresorbable fiber-mesh	A. S. Von Gonten, J. R. Kelly and J. M. Antonucci
101-109	Mechanical and fracture behavior of a fiber-reinforced bioabsorbable material for orthopaedic applications	J. L. Charvet, J. A. Cordes and H. Alexander
111-116	Effect of several additives and their admixtures on the physico-chemical properties of a calcium phosphate cement	M. Bohner, H. P. Merkle, P. Van Landuyt, G. Trophardy and J. Lemaitre
117-124	Quantitative analysis of polyethylene wear debris, wear rate and head damage in retrieved Charnley hip prostheses	J. L. Tipper, E. Ingham, J. L. Hailey, A. A. Besong and J. Fisher, et al.
125-132	A new quantitative test method for cell proliferation based on detection of the Ki-67 protein	C. L. Klein, M. Wagner, C. J. Kirkpatrick and T. G. Van Kooten

Volume 11, Number 3 / March 2000

133-140	The influence of simultaneous mechanical and thermal loads on the stress distribution in molars with amalgam restorations	D. Arola and M.P. Huang
141-153	Proliferation/differentiation of osteoblastic human alveolar bone cell cultures in the presence of stainless steel corrosion products	M. A. Costa and M. H. Fernandes
155-162	In vitro aging of a calcium phosphate cement	M. Bohner, H. P. Merkle and J. Lemai^tre
163-174	The prediction of polyethylene wear rate and debris morphology produced by microscopic asperities on femoral heads	C. M. Mcnie, D. C. Barton, E. Ingham, J. L. Tipper and J. Fisher, et al.
175-181	Expression of heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) at the interface of polymer–implants in vivo	B. Klosterhalfen, U. Klinge, L. Tietze, U. Henze and L. Muys, et al.
183-190	Morphology and immersion behavior of plasma-sprayed hydroxyapatite/bioactive glass coatings	S. J. Ding, C. P. Ju and J. H. Chern Lin
191-199	Analysis of rat plasma proteins desorbed from gold and methyl- and hydroxyl-terminated alkane thiols on gold surfaces	M. Ka¨lltorp, A. Carle´n, P. Thomsen, J. Olsson and P. Tengvall

Volume 11, Number 4 / April 2000

201-206	Carbon fiber post adhesion to resin luting cement in the restoration of endodontically treated teeth	R. De Santis, D. Prisco, A. Apicella, L. Ambrosio and S. Rengo, et al.
207-212	Evaluation of fluorinated polymers as coronary stent coating	I. Verweire, E. Schacht, B. P. Qiang, K. Wang and I. De Scheerde
213-218	Promotion of fibrovascular tissue ingrowth into porous sponges by basic fibroblast growth factor	Masaya Yamamoto, Yasuhiko Tabata, Hideo Kawasaki and Yoshito Ikada
219-222	Comparison in in-vivo response between a bioactive glass and a non-bioactive glass	A. Merolli, P. Tranquilli Leali, P. L. Guidi and C. Gabbi
223-225	Surface modification of calcium metaphosphate fibers	Toshihiro Kasuga, Yoshio Ota, Masayuki Nogami and YOSHIHIRO Abe
227-233	Hydrolytic degradation of PCL/PEO copolymers in alkaline media	S. M. Li, X. H. Chen, R. A. Gross and S. P. Mccarthy
235-246	Three dimensional measurement of the surface topography of ceramic and metallic orthopaedic joint prostheses	L. Blunt and X. Q. Jiang
247-253	Cellulose-based hydrogels as body water retainers	A. Sannino, A. Esposito, L. Nicolais, M. A. Del Nobile and A. Giovane, et al.
255-259	Effect of particles and interface conditions on fibrous tissue interposition between bone and implant. A particle challenge model in rabbit	H. Ohashi, A. Kobayashi, Y. Kadoya, Y. Yamano and H. Oonishi, et al.
261-265	Applications of an anisotropic parameter to cortical bone	S. S. Kohles

Volume 11, Number 5 / May 2000

267-271	A novel technique for the detailed size characterization of wear debris	A. P. Elfick, S. M. Green, I. M. Pinder and A. Unsworth
273-277	The influence of chemical treatment and suture on the elastic behavior of calf pericardium utilized in the construction of cardiac bioprostheses	J.M. Garci´a Pa´ez, E. Jorge Herrero, A. Carrera San Marti´n, J.V. Garci´a Sestafe and G. Te´llez, et al.
279-285	Adhesion of microvascular endothelial cells to metallic implant surfaces	Richard A. Smith, M. W. Mosesson, A. U. Daniels and T. kent Gartner
287-293	Galvanic corrosion behavior of titanium implants coupled to dental alloys	M. Cortada, Ll. Giner, S. Costa, F. J. Gil and D. Rodri´guez, et al.
295-300	PMMA-based composite materials with reactive ceramic fillers Part III: Radiopacifying particle-reinforced bone cements	M. Abboud, S. Vol, E. Duguet and M. Fontanille
301-304	Precipitation of (Pd_xAg_1−x)₃ In in Ag-25% Pd-In alloys and the partial phase diagram of ternary Ag-Pd-In alloys	Yong Chan Suh, Zin Hyoung Lee and Michio Ohta
305-311	Effect of mixing ratio and pH on the reaction between Ca₄(PO₄)₂O and CaHPO₄	S. Matsuya, S. Takagi and L.C. Chow
313-318	Theoretical relationship between maximum pore size and toughness in experimental inflammatory arthritis	M. W. Pysklywec and E. R. Bogoch
319-325	Hydrophilic sponges based on 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate Part VII: Modulation of sponge characteristics by changes in reactivity and hydrophilicity of crosslinking agents	X. Lou, P. D. Dalton and T. V. Chirila
327-331	Growth of human endothelial cells on plasma-treated polyethyleneterephthalate surfaces	L. Mirenghi, P.A. Ramires, R. E. Pentassuglia, P. Rotolo and A. Romito

Volume 11, Number 6 / June 2000

333-336	Stress transmission through Ti-Ni alloy, titanium and stainless steel in impact compression test	T. Yoneyama, H. Doi, E. Kobayashi, H. Hamanaka and Y. Tanabe, et al.
337-344	Quantitative analysis of the regulation of leukocyte chemosensory migration by a vascular prosthetic biomaterial	C. C. Chang, S. M. Lieberman and P. V. Moghe
345-355	Processing and properties of two different poly (ortho esters)	M. Kellomäki, J. Heller and P. Törmälä
357-360	The effect of storage in aqueous solutions on glass-ionomer and zinc polycarboxylate dental cements	J. W. Nicholson and A. D. Wilson
361-364	Correlation between light intensity and exposure time on the hardness of composite resin	L. Correr Sobrinho, M. F. de Goes, S. Consani, M. A. C. Sinhoreti and J. C. Knowles
365-371	α-Tricalcium phosphate hydrolysis to hydroxyapatite at and near physiological temperature	C. Durucan and P. W. Brown
373-381	Treatment of tooth fracture by medium energy CO₂ laser and DP-bioactive glass paste: Thermal behavior and phase transformation of human tooth enamel and dentin after irradiation by CO₂ laser	C. P. Lin, B. S. Lee, S. H. Kok, W. H. Lan and Y. C. Tseng, et al.
383-391	Surface induced reactivity for titanium by ion implantation	M. T. Pham, H. Reuther, W. Matz, R. Mueller and G. Steiner, et al.
393-397	Controlled release systems based on poly(lactic acid). An in vitro and in vivo study	A.G. Andreopoulos, E. C. Hatzi and M. Doxastakis

Volume 11, Number 7 / July 2000

399-405	Mechanical properties of dental investment materials	D. low and M. V. Swain
407-419	Physical and mechanical characteristics of a chlorine-substituted poly(para-xylylene) coating on orthodontic chain modules	Ross P. Mckamey, John Q. Whitley and Robert P. Kusy
421-426	Composition and structure of apatite formed on organic polymer in simulated body fluid with a high content of carbonate ion	H.-M. Kim, K. Kishimoto, F. Miyaji, T. Kokubo and T. Yao, et al.
427-441	The processing and characterization of animal-derived bone to yield materials with biomedical applications Part 1: Modifiable porous implants from bovine condyle cancellous bone and characterization of bone materials as a function of processing	Glenn S. Johnson, Michael R. Mucalo and Michel A. Lorier
443-448	Bone strains and anterior lift-off, measured with three alternative designs of tibial components of TKA	L. Labey, J. Vander Sloten, R. Van Audekercke and G. Van Der Perre
449-452	Hydroxyapatite formation on cellulose cloth induced by citric acid	Sang-Hoon Rhee and Junzo Tanaka
453-457	Effect of temperature and immersion on the setting of some calcium phosphate cements	F. C. M. Driessens, M. G. Boltong, E. A. P. De Maeyer, R. M. H. Verbeeck and R. Wenz
459-464	The influence of chemical treatment and suture on the elastic behavior of calf pericardium utilized in the construction of cardiac bioprostheses	J. M. Garci´a Pa´ez, E. Jorge Herrero, A. Carrera san Marti´n, J. V. Garci´a Sestafe and G. Te´llez, et al.

Volume 11, Number 8 / August 2000

465-468	Estrogenic activity of chemicals for dental and similar use in vitro	Y. Hashimoto, Y. Moriguchi, H. Oshima, J. Nishikawa and T. Nishihara, et al.
469-479	A study of alternative metal particle structures and mixtures for dental amalgams based on mercury additions	J. A. Marquez, L. E. Murr and V. Agüero
481-489	Thermal analysis studies of poly(etheretherketone)/hydroxyapatite biocomposite mixtures	B. J. Meenan, C. McClorey and M. Akay
491-497	Mechanical properties of hydroxyapatite reinforced poly(ethylmethacrylate) bone cement after immersion in a physiological solution: influence of a silane coupling agent	E. J. Harper, M. Braden and W. Bonfield*
499-503	A percutaneous device to study glucose kinetics in subcutaneous tissue fluid	M. Gerritsen, J. A. Lutterman and J. A. Jansen
505-510	Synthesis of acrylate functional telechelic poly(lactic acid) oligomer by transesterification	Ge´raldine Coullerez, Christian Lowe, Peter Pechy, Hans Henning Kausch and Jo¨ns Hilborn
511-515	Effect of iron state on crystallization and dissolution in Fe₂O₃-CaO-SiO₂ glasses	Yong-Keun Lee, KyOung-Nam Kim, SE-Young Choi and chul-sung kim
517-521	An improved peel test method for measurement of adhesion to biomaterials	K. Bundy, U. Schlegel, B. Rahn, V. Geret and S. Perren
523-531	Morphological study of hydroxyapatite nanocrystal suspension	E. Bouyer, F. Gitzhofer and M. I. Boulos

Volume 11, Number 9 / September 2000

533-539	Characterization of the transformation from calcium-deficient apatite to β-tricalcium phosphate	I. R. Gibson, I. Rehman, S. M. Best and W. Bonfield*
541-546	PolyHEMA and polyHEMA-poly(MMA-co-AA) as substrates for culturing Vero cells	C. B. Lombello, S. M. Malmonge and M. L. F. Wada
547-553	Effect of casting method on castability of titanium and dental alloys	I. Watanabe, M. Woldu, K. Watanabe and T. Okabe
555-559	Formation of bioactive functionally graded structure on Ti-6Al-4V alloy by chemical surface treatment	H.-M. Kim, H. Takadama, F. Miyaji, T. Kokubo and S. Nishiguchi, et al.
561-568	Conservation of the elastic and flexural moduli of osteopenic femoral cortical bone in experimental inflammatory arthritis in the rabbit*	E. Moran, J. M. Lee and E. R. Bogoch
569-578	Modeling of damage to articulating surfaces by third body particles in total joint replacements	C. M. Mcnie, D. C. Barton, J. Fisher and M. H. Stone
579-585	The effect of osteopenia on the osteointegration of different biomaterials: histomorphometric study in rats	M. Fini, G. Giavaresi, N. Nicoli Aldini, P. Torricelli and G. Morrone, et al.
587-591	Biocompatibility of microplates for culturing epithelial renal cells evaluated by a microcalorimetric technique	Yi Xie, J. W. DePierre and L. Na¨ssberger
593-600	Radiation-induced grafting of methylmethacrylate onto ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene and its adhesive characteristics	Oh Hyun Kwon, Young Chang Nho and Young Moo Lee

Volume 11, Number 10 / October 2000

601-608	Comparison of mechanical properties for equiaxed fine-grained and dendritic high-palladium alloys	E. Papazoglou, Q. Wu, W. A. Brantley, J. C. Mitchell and G. Meyrick
609-614	Development of soluble glasses for biomedical use Part I: In vitro solubility measurement	K. Franks, I. Abrahams and J. C. Knowles
615-620	Development of soluble glasses for biomedical use Part II: The biological response of human osteoblast cell lines to phosphate-based soluble glasses	V. Salih, K. Franks, M. James, G. W. Hastings and J. C. Knowles, et al.
621-628	Dynamic mechanical characterization of hydroxyapatite reinforced polyethylene: effect of particle size	S. N. Nazhat, R. Joseph, M. Wang, R. Smith and K. E. Tanner, et al.
629-636	Bone fracture analysis on the short rod chevron-notch specimens using the X-ray computer micro-tomography	R. De Santis, P. Anderson, K. E. Tanner, L. Ambrosio and L. Nicolais, et al.
637-642	Effect of hydrophobicity on in vitro streptococcal adhesion to dental alloys	M. Grivet, J. J. Morrier, G. Benay and O. Barsotti
643-654	Plain and drug loaded polyphosphazene membranes and microspheres in the treatment of rabbit bone defects	P. Passi, A. Zadro, F. Marsilio, S. Lora and P. Caliceti, et al.
655-660	Adhesion and proliferation of keratinocytes on ion beam modified polyethylene	V. ŠVORČÍk, K. WalachovÁ, K. ProŠKOVÁ, B. DvoŘÁNKOVÁ and D. VogtovÁ, et al.
661-666	On fatigue lifetimes and fatigue crack growth behavior of bone cement	S. Ishihara, A.J. Mcevily, T. Goshima, K. Kanekasu and T. Nara

Volume 11, Number 11 / November 2000

667-673	A study of the process and kinetics of electrochemical deposition and the hydrothermal synthesis of hydroxyapatite coatings	Li-Ye Huang, Ke-Wei Xu and Jian Lu
675-682	On the heterogeneous structure of thermally cured bis-GMA/TEGDMA resins	J. Jancar, W. Wang and A. T. Dibenedetto
683-693	Variation in flexural properties of photo-pultruded composite archwires: analyses of round and rectangular profiles	D. W. Fallis and R. P. Kusy
695-700	Tensile properties and transformation temperatures of Pd added Ti-Ni alloy dental castings	Y. Soga, H. Doi and T. Yoneyama
701-704	Effect of skin-penetrating enhancers on the thermophysical properties of cholesteryl oleyl carbonate embedded in a thermo-responsive membrane	Shan-Yang Lin, Mei-Jane Li and Hsiu-Li Lin
705-709	Synthesis and characterization of functional gradient materials using Indian corals	I. Manjubala, M. Sivakumar, T. S. Sampathkumar and K. panduranga Rao
711-717	Bone healing in porous implants: a histological and histometrical comparative study on sheep	Y. L. Liu, J. Schoenaers, K. de Groot, J. R. de Wijn and E. Schepers
719-724	Effect of sintering parameters on the density and microstructure of carbonate hydroxyapatite	J. E. Barralet, S. M. Best and W. Bonfield
725-741	The processing and characterization of animal-derived bone to yield materials with biomedical applications. Part II: milled bone powders, reprecipitated hydroxyapatite and the potential uses of these materials	G. S. Johnson, M. R. Mucalo, M. A. Lorier, U. Gieland and H. Mucha
743-749	The processing and characterization of animal-derived bone to yield materials with biomedical applications. Part III: material and mechanical properties of fresh and processed bovine cancellous bone	I. A. Anderson, M. R. Mucalo, G. S. Johnson and M. A. Lorier
751-755	Microstructure of ceramic coating on titanium surface as a result of hydrothermal treatment	M. C. De Andrade, M. S. Sader, M. R. T. Filgueiras and T. Ogasawara
757-762	Physical and mechanical behavior of electron-beam irradiated and ethylene oxide sterilized multiblock polyester	M. El Fray, A. Bartkowiak, P. Prowans and J. Slonecki

Volume 11, Number 12 / December 2000

763-771	Porous ceramic bodies for drug delivery	A. Krajewski, A. Ravaglioli, E. Roncari, P. Pinasco and L. Montanari
773-778	Cellular responses to chitosan in vitro: The importance of deacetylation	M. Prasitsilp, R. Jenwithisuk, K. Kongsuwan, N. Damrongchai and P. Watts
779-786	Chemical transformation of some biologically relevant calcium phosphates in aqueous media during a steam sterilization	S. V. Dorozhkin, M. Schmitt, J. M. Bouler and G. Daculsi
787-792	Dissolution behavior of plasma-sprayed hydroxyapatite coatings	F. Fazan and P. M. Marquis
793-798	Biomechanical and biological properties of the implant material carbon-carbon composite covered with pyrolytic carbon	V. PesÁkovÁ, Z. Kle´zl, K. Bali´k and M. Adam
799-804	Characterization of the transformation from calcium-deficient apatite to β-tricalcium phosphate	I. R. Gibson, I. Rehman, S. M. Best and W. Bonfield*
805-810	Surface topography and HA filler volume effect on primary human osteoblasts in vitro	M. J. Dalby, L. Di Silvio, G. W. Davies and W. Bonfield
811-815	Tissue reaction against a self-setting calcium phosphate cement set in bone or outside the organism	P. Frayssinet, M. Roudier, A. Lerch, J. L. Ceolin and E. Depre`s, et al.
817-823	β-Chitin-based wound dressing containing silver sulfurdiazine	Young Moo Lee, Seong Soo Kim, Moon Hyang Park, Kang Won Song and Yong Kiel Sung, et al.
825-832	The protective efficacy of surgical latex gloves against the risk of skin contamination: how well are the operators protected?	R. V. Hentz, G. C. Traina, R. Cadossi, P. Zucchini and M.A. Muglia, et al.
833-835	Determination of quantitative leucite content in pressable ceramics compared to conventional dental porcelains	S. Assmann, M. Ermrich and K. Kunzmann
837-845	Reliability of Pd based dental alloys regarding to corrosion resistance and production processes	M.R. Pinasco, E. Angelini, E. Cordano, E. Magi and F. Rosalbino
847-853	The influence of poly(acrylic acid) molar mass on the properties of polyalkenoate cements formed from zinc oxide/apatite mixtures	Sinead Kenny, Robert G. Hill and Mark Towler

Volume 12, Number 1 / January 2001

1-6	Effect of water soluble extract of nacre (Pinctada maxima) on alkaline phosphatase activity and Bcl-2 expression in primary cultured osteoblasts from neonatal rat calvaria	F. Moutahir-belqasmi, N. Balmain, M. Lieberrher, S. Borzeix and S. Berland, et al.
7-13	Bone formation induced by calcium phosphate ceramics in soft tissue of dogs: a comparative study between porous α-TCP and β-TCP	Huipin Yuan, J. D. De Bruijn, Yubao Li, Jianqing Feng and Zongjian Yang, et al.
15-21	Design of a simulated urethra model for the quantitative assessment of urinary catheter lubricity	David S. Jones*, Clare P. Garvin and Sean P. Gorman
23-28	A combined XPS-SEM/EDX investigation on explanted UHMW polyethylene acetabular cups: possible role of silicon traces in the wear debris	E. De Giglio, A. Motta, L. Quagliarella, L. Sabbatini and G. Solarino, et al.
29-37	The influence of gamma irradiation and aging on degradation mechanisms of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene	F. J. Buchanan, J. R. White, B. Sim and S. Downes
39-44	Influence of loading types on the shear strength of the dentin–resin interface bonding	Mário Alexandre Coelho Sinhoreti, Simonides Consani, Mario Fernando de Goes, Loureno Correr Sobrinho and Jonathan C. Knowles
45-50	Effect of mechanical grinding of MCPM and CaO mixtures on their composition and on the mechanical properties of the resulting self-setting hydraulic calcium phosphate cements	Siham Serraj, Philippe Boudeville and Alain Terol
51-55	Encapsulation of deoxyribonucleic acid molecules in silica and hybrid organic-silica gels	A. Pierre, J. Bonnet, A. Vekris and J. Portier
57-65	Effects of fiber length and volume fraction on the reinforcement of calcium phosphate cement	H. H. K. Xu, F. C. Eichmiller and P. R. Barndt
67-73	Studies on gelatin-based sponges. Part III: A comparative study of cross-linked gelatin/alginate, gelatin/hyaluronate and chitosan/hyaluronate sponges and their application as a wound dressing in full-thickness skin defect of rat	Y. S. Choi, S. B. Lee, S. R. Hong, Y. M. Lee and K. W. Song, et al.
75-79	Properties of polyvinyl pyrrolidone/β-chitosan hydrogel membranes and their biocompatibility evaluation by haemorheological method	M. V. Risbud and S. V. Bhat
81-93	The sintering and mechanical behavior of hydroxyapatite with bioglass additions	D. C. Tancred, A. J. Carr and B. A. O. McCormack
95	Erratum

Volume 12, Number 2 / February 2001

97-106	Role of HSP70i in regulation of biomaterial-induced activation of human monocytes-derived macrophages in culture	R. S. Bhardwaj, M. Eblenkamp, T. Berndt, L. Tietze and B. Klosterhalfen
107-110	Stability study of tetracyclines with respect to their use in slow release systems	V. C. Honnorat-Benabbou, A. A. Lebugle, B. Sallek and D. Duffaut-Lagarrigue
111-119	Functionalization of silicone rubber for the covalent immobilization of fibronectin	N. Vo¨lcker, D. Klee, H. Ho¨cker and S. Langefeld
121-127	Dextran-magnetite complex: conformation of dextran chains and stability of solution	T. Kawaguchi, T. Hanaichi, M. Hasegawa and S. Maruno
129-134	A percutaneous device as model to study the in vivo performance of implantable amperometric glucose sensors	M. Gerritsen, A. Kros, J. A. Lutterman, R. J. M. Nolte and J. A. Jansen
135-139	Formation of macropores in calcium phosphate cement implants	S. Takagi and L. C. Chow
141-144	The influence of acetabular cup angle on the wear of “BIOLOX Forte” alumina ceramic bearing couples in a hip joint simulator	J. E. Nevelos, E. Ingham, C. Doyle, A. B. Nevelos and J. Fisher
145-150	Corrosion behavior of PIRAC nitrided Ti-6Al-4V surgical alloy	D. Starosvetsky, A. Shenhar and I. Gotman
151-156	Characterization of the kinetic behavior of resin modified Glass-ionomer cements by DSC, TMA and ultrasonic wave propagation	F. Micelli, A. Maffezzoli, R. Terzi and V. A. M. Luprano
157-161	Studies on polyurethane potting compound based on HDI-TMP adduct for fabrication of haemodialyzer	V. Thomas, M. Jayabalan and S. Sandhya
163-171	Effect of powder characteristics on the sinterability of hydroxyapatite powders	I. R. Gibson, S. Ke, S. M. Best and W. Bonfield
173-180	Acetal-functionalized polymer particles useful for immunoassays. III: Preparation of latex-protein complexes and their applications	R. M. Santos and J. Forcada
181-188	Calcining influence on the powder properties of hydroxyapatite	N. Patel, I. R. Gibson, S. Ke, S. M. Best and W. Bonfield

Volume 12, Number 3 / March 2001

189-194	Compositional and morphological imaging of CO₂ laser irradiated human teeth by low vacuum SEM, confocal laser scanning micros#x00A9 and atomic force micros#x00A9	Fumio Watari
195-199	The chorioallantoic membrane of the chick embryo as a simple model for the study of the angiogenic and inflammatory response to biomaterials	G. Zwadlo-Klarwasser, K. Görlitz, B. Hafemann, D. Klee and B. Klosterhalfen
201-205	Light scattering experiments on aqueous solutions of selected cellulose ethers: contribution to the study of polymer-mineral interactions in a new injectable biomaterial	S. Bohic, P. Weiss, P. Roger and G. Daculsi
207-213	Replacing the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disk: prediction of suitable properties of a replacement material using finite element analysis	J. R. Meakin
215-223	X-ray diffraction characterization of dental gold alloy-ceramic interfaces	Z. Cai, I. Watanabe, J. C. Mitchell, W. A. Brantley and T. Okabe
225-231	Titanium powder sintering for preparation of a porous functionally graded material destined for orthopaedic implants	M. Thieme, K.-P. Wieters, F. Bergner, D. Scharnweber and H. Worch, et al.
233-239	Controlled release of salicylic acid from poly(D,L-Lactide)	A.G. Andreopoulos, E. Hatzi and M. Doxastakis
241-247	Laser confocal microscopic study of pH profiles of synthetic absorbable fibers upon in vitro hydrolytic degradation	M. A. Slivka, C. C. Chu and Y. L. Zhang
249-258	Comparison of the response of three human monocytic cell lines to challenge with polyethylene particles of known size and dose	J. B. Matthews, T. R. Green, M. H. Stone, B. M. Wroblewski and J. Fisher, et al.
259-265	Evaluation of the effect of three calcium phosphate powders on osteoblast cells	V. Midy, M. Dard and E. Hollande
267-272	Fatigue characteristics of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene with different molecular weight for implant material	Mitsuo Niinomi, Lei Wang, Takumi Enjitsu and Kei-Ichi Fukunaga
273-276	A study of histological responses from Ti-6Al-7Nb alloy dental implants with and without plasma-sprayed hydroxyapatite coating in dogs	I. C. Lavos-Valereto, B. Ko¨nig, C. Rossa, E. Marcantonio and A. C. Zavaglia
277-281	Polishing and whitening properties of toothpaste containing hydroxyapatite	Motoo Niwa, Tsutomu Sato, Wei Li, Hideo Aoki and Hideki Aoki, et al.

Volume 12, Number 4 / April 2001

283-292	Evaluation of mechanical and corrosion biocompatibility of TiTa alloys	E. A. Trillo, C. Ortiz, P. Dickerson, R. Villa and S. W. Stafford, et al.
293-298	Adsorption of vascular endothelial growth factor to two different apatitic materials and its release	V. Midy, E. Hollande, C. Rey, M. Dard and J. Ploue¨t
299-303	Pin-on-plate studies on the effect of rotation on the wear of metal-on-metal samples	S. C. Scholes and A. Unsworth
305-311	Hydroxyapatite spheres with controlled porosity for eye ball prosthesis: processing and characterization	E. Rivera-Mun~oz, J. R. Di´az, J. Rogelio Rodri´guez, W. Brostow and V. M. Castan~o
313-317	Release of 5-fluorouracil by biodegradable poly(ester-ether-ester)s. Part I: release by fused thin sheets	G. D. Guerra, P. Cerrai, M. Tricoli and S. Maltinti
319-325	Combination of 3D MRI and connectivity analysis in structural evaluation of cancellous bone in rat proximal femur	J. Timonen, K. Kippo, R. Glantz and T. Pakkanen
327-332	Technique for estimating fracture resistance of cultured neocartilage	Michelle Oyen-Tiesma and Robert F. Cook
333-337	Coating of hydroxyapatite on various substrates via hydrothermal reactions of Ca(edta)^2- and phosphate	Y. Fujishiro, A. Sugimori, A. Okuwaki and T. Sato
339-343	Preparation of a bone-like apatite foam cement	D. Walsh and J. Tanaka
345-349	Evaluation of endothelial cell integrins after in vitro contact with polyethylene terephthalate	E. Cenni, D. Granchi, E. Verri, G. Remiddi and D. Cavedagna, et al.
351-357	Human monocyte-derived macrophages and dendritic cells as targets for biomaterial cytocompatibility studies using an improved in vitro culture system	E. Mebouta-Nkamgueu, J.-J. Adnet, D. Ittelet, D. Laurent-Maquin and S. Bouthors, et al.
359-364	Development of novel elastomer/methacrylate monomer soft lining materials	P. D. Riggs, S. Parker, M. Braden and S. Kalachandra
365-369	Interleukin-6 expression by cultured human endothelial cells in contact with carbon coated polyethylene terephthalate	E. Cenni, D. Granchi, G. Ciapetti, D. Cavedagna and A. Corradini, et al.

Volume 12, Number 5 / May 2001

373-376	Studies on cytotoxic effect of nickel ions on three cultured fibroblasts	M. Taira, M. S. Toguchi, Y. Hamada, J. Takahashi and R. Itou, et al.
377-384	Surface modification of natural rubber latex films via grafting of poly(ethylene glycol) for reduction in protein adsorption and platelet adhesion	Sara H. Y. Cheo, Peng Wang, K. L. Tan, C. C. Ho and E. T. Kang
385-390	Macroporous biphasic calcium phosphate ceramics versus injectable bone substitute: a comparative study 3 and 8 weeks after implantation in rabbit bone	O. Gauthier, E. Goyenvalle, J.-M. Bouler, J. Guicheux and P. Pilet, et al.
391-397	Characterization of copper corrosion products originated in simulated uterine fluids and on packaged intrauterine devices	J. M. Bastidas, N. Mora, E. Cano and J. L. Polo
399-405	Conditioning film and environmental effects on the adherence of Candida spp. to silicone and poly(vinylchloride) biomaterials	David S. Jones, James G. McGovern, Colin G. Adair, A. David Woolfson and Sean P. Gorman
407-411	Preparation and characterization of calcium phosphate-poly(vinyl phosphonic acid) composites	Y. E. Greish and P. W. Brown
413-417	Structural characterization of the metal/glass interface in bioactive glass coatings on Ti-6Al-4V	T. Oku, K. Suganuma, L. R. Wallenberg, A. P. Tomsia and J. M. Gomez-Vega, et al.
419-424	Inflammatory response to a porcine membrane composed of fibrous collagen and elastin as dermal substitute	B. Klein, R. Schiffer, B. Hafemann, B. Klosterhalfen and G. Zwadlo-Klarwasser
425-430	Porcine pericardial membrane subjected to tensile testing: preliminary study of the process of selecting tissue for use in the construction of cardiac bioprostheses	J. M. Garcia Pa´ez, E. Jorge-Herrero, A. Carrera, I. Milla´n and A. Rocha, et al.
431-435	In vivo evaluation of bone tissue behavior on ion implanted surfaces	M. Bosetti, A. Masse`, E. Tobin and M. Cannas
437-446	Cross-linking by 1-ethyl-3- (3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide (EDC) of a collagen/elastin membrane meant to be used as a dermal substitute: effects on physical, biochemical and biological features in vitro	B. Hafemann, K. Ghofrani, H.-G. Gattner, H. Stieve and N. Pallua
447-452	Surface modification of polyurethane for promotion of cell adhesion and growth 1: Surface photo-grafting with N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate and cytocompatibility of the modified surface	Jianjun Guan, Changyou Gao, Linxian Feng and Jiacong Shen
453-460	Comparison of the material properties of PMMA and glass-ionomer based cements for use in orthopaedic surgery	W. A. J. Higgs, P. Lucksanasombool, R. J. E. D. Higgs and M. V. Swain
461-469	The influence of calcium to phosphate ratio on the nucleation and crystallization of apatite glass-ceramics	A. Clifford, R. Hill, A. Rafferty, P. Mooney and D. Wood, et al.

Volume 12, Number 6 / June 2001

471-478	Hydroxyapatite implants with designed internal architecture	T.-M. G. Chu, J. W. Halloran, S. J. Hollister and S. E. Feinberg
479-483	A simple chemical method for preparation of hydroxyapatite coatings on Ti6Al4V substrate	Metodija Z. Najdoski, Prashant Majhi and Ivan S. Grozdanov
485-490	Numerical simulation of the casting process of titanium tooth crowns and bridges	Menghuai Wu, Michael Augthun, Ingo Wagner, Peter R. Sahm and Hubertus Spiekermann
491-495	Osteoblast responses to as-deposited and heat treated sputtered CaP surfaces	J.L. Ong, D.R. Villarreal, R. Cavin and K. Ma
497-501	Nano-crystallization and surface analysis of electrolytic ZrO₂ coatings on Co-Cr alloy	S. K. Yen and H. C. Hsu
503-505	Release of fluoride from glass fiber-reinforced composite with multiphase polymer matrix	V. M. Miettinen, P. K. Vallittu and H. Forss
507-514	Local mechanical and optical properties of normal and transparent root dentin	M. Balooch, S. G. Demos, J. H. Kinney, G. W. Marshall and G. Balooch, et al.
515-522	Effect of heat treatment on bioactivity and mechanical properties of PDMS-modified CaO-SiO₂-TiO₂ hybrids via sol-gel process	Q. Chen, N. Miyata, T. Kokubo and T. Nakamura
523-528	Microstructuring ceramic scaffolds for hepatocyte cell culture	S. Petronis, K.-L. Eckert, J. Gold and E. Wintermantel
529-534	Biomimetic coatings on titanium: a crystal growth study of octacalcium phosphate	F. Barre`re, P. Layrolle, C.A. van Blitterswijk and K. de Groot
535-542	Incorporation of salicylic acid derivatives to hydrophilic copolymer systems with biomedical applications	C. Elvira, A. Gallardo, N. Lacroix, E. Schacht and J. San roma´n
543-548	Staphylococcus epidermidis RP62A adhesion to chemically modified cellulose derivatives	A. P. Fonseca, P. L. Granja, J. A. Nogueira, D. R. Oliveira and M. A. Barbosa
549-556	Chemical and biological characteristics of low-temperature plasma treated ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene for biomedical applications	C. Klapperich, L. Pruitt and K. Komvopoulos
557-564	Effect of HIPping, stress and surface finish on the environmental degradation of Y-TZP ceramics	K. L. Grant, R.D. Rawlings and R. Sweeney

Volume 12, Number 7 / July 2001

565-573	Hydroxyapatite as a filler for dental composite materials: mechanical properties and in vitro bioactivity of composites	C. Santos, Z. B. Luklinska, R. L. Clarke and K. W. M. Davy
575-581	Enhancement of bone ingrowth in a titanium fiber mesh implant by rhBMP-2 and hyaluronic acid	S. Itoh, M. Matubara, T. Kawauchi, H. Nakamura and S. Yukitake, et al.
583-588	The effects of osteoprotegerin on the mechanical properties of rat bone	Anthony B. Ross, Ted A. Bateman, Paul J. Kostenuik, Virginia L. Ferguson and David L. Lacey, et al.
589-596	A surface modified ODS superalloy by thermal oxidation for potential implant applications	M. C. García-Alonso, J. L. González-Carrasco, P. Pérez, V. A. C. Haanappel and M. L. Escudero, et al.
597-602	Tissue responses to anti-washout apatite cement using chitosan when implanted in the rat tibia	M. Takechi, K. Ishikawa, Y. Miyamoto, M. Nagayama and K. Suzuki
603-611	Tissue response to hafnium	S. Mohammadi, M. Esposito, M. Cucu, L. E. Ericson and P. Thomsen
613-619	Endothelial cell adhesion on bioerodable polymers	A. Ahluwalia, G. Basta, F. Chiellini, D. Ricci and G. Vozzi
621-628	The effect of molecular orientation and acetylene-enhanced crosslinking on the wear of UHMWPE in total artificial joints	H. Marrs, D. C. Barton, C. Doyle, R. A. Jones and E. L. V. Lewis, et al.
629-638	HA and double-layer HA-P₂O₅/CaO glass coatings: influence of chemical composition on human bone marrow cells osteoblastic behavior	M.P. Ferraz, M.H. Fernandes, J.D. Santos and F.J. Monteiro
639-646	Biological properties of copolymer of 2-Hydroxyethyl methacrylate with sulfopropyl methacrylate	Jaromir Lukáš, Karel Smetana, Pavel Petrovický, Věra Palečková and Jiří Vacik, et al.
647-652	Variations in the compressive strength of dental cements stored in ionic or acidic solutions	J. W. Nicholson, M. A. Mckenzie, R. Goodridge and A. D. Wilson
653-658	Apoptosis in interface membranes of aseptically loose total hip arthroplasty	Olga L. Huk, David J. Zukor, Whitney Ralston, Allan Lisbona and Alain Petit

Volume 12, Number 8 / August 2001

659-664	Hydroxyapatite particles are capable of inducing osteoclast formation	A. Sabokbar, R. Pandey, J. Díaz, J. M. W. Quinn and D. W. Murray, et al.
665-671	A new method for selecting calf pericardium for use in cardiac bioprostheses on the basis of morphological and mechanical criteria	José M. García Páez, Eduardo Jorge-Herrero, Antonio Carrera, Isabel Millán and Aurora Rocha, et al.
673-677	The influence of polymer blend composition on the degradation of polymer/hydroxyapatite biomaterials	Andrew S. Dunn, Phil G. Campbell and Kacey G. Marra
679-682	Porous HA ceramic for bone replacement: Role of the pores and interconnections – experimental study in the rabbit	B. Flautre, M. Descamps, C. Delecourt, M. C. Blary and P. Hardouin
683-687	Effect of thermal treatment on apatite-forming ability of NaOH-treated tantalum metal	T. Miyazaki, H.-M. Kim, T. Kokubo, F. Miyaji and H. Kato, et al.
689-692	Viscoelastic properties of the nucleus pulposus of the intervertebral disk in compression	J. C. Leahy and D. W. L. Hukins
693-698	Biochemical and histological evaluation of human synovial-like membrane around failed total hip replacement prostheses during in vitro mechanical loading	M. Bosetti, A. Massè, R. Navone and M. Cannas
699-702	The distribution of osteocalcin, degree of mineralization, and mechanical properties along the length of Cyprinus carpio rib bone	M. E. Roy, S. K. Nishimoto, J. Y. Rho, S. K. Bhattacharya and G. M. Pharr
703-706	Control of hydroxyapatite crystallinity by mechanical grinding method	T. Nakano, A. Tokumura, Y. Umakoshi, S. Imazato and A. Ehara, et al.
707-717	Effects of environment on the creep properties of a poly(ethylmethacrylate) based bone cement	J. C. Arnold and N. P. Venditti
719-725	Mechanical and structural characteristics of commercially pure grade 2 Ti welds and solder joints	H. W. Anselm Wiskott, Thierry Doumas, Susanne S. Scherrer, Urs C. Belser and Christian Susz
727-730	Energy dispersive analysis (EDX) of a degradable bioactive-glass coating on Ti6Al4V in-vivo	A. Merolli, A. Cacchioli, L. Giannotta and P. Tranquilli Leali
731-741	Surface reaction of stoichiometric and calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite in simulated body fluid	J. H. Chern Lin, K. H. Kuo, S. J. Ding and C. P. Ju
743-751	The spatial arrangement of tubules in human dentin	J. H. Kinney, J. Oliveira, D. L. Haupt, G. W. Marshall and S. J. Marshall

Volume 12, Number 9 / September 2001

753-759	pH dependent hydrolysis and drug release behavior of chitosan/poly(ethylene glycol) polymer network microspheres	K. C. Gupta and Majeti N. V. Ravi Kumar
761-766	Use of an osteoinductive biomaterial as a bone morphogenetic protein carrier	Huipin Yuan, J. D. de Bruijn, Xingdong Zhang, C. A. van Blitterswijk and K. de Groot
767-773	Crystallization kinetics of sol-gel derived hydroxyapatite thin films	C. M. Lopatin, V. B. Pizziconi and T. L. Alford
775-778	Bone response to polymers based on poly-lactic acid and having different degradation times	A. Merolli, C. Gabbi, A. Cacchioli, L. Ragionieri and L. Caruso, et al.
779-783	Diffuse damage accumulation in the fracture process zone of human cortical bone specimens and its influence on fracture toughness	Gagik P. Parsamian and Timothy L. Norman
785-791	Mineralization of regenerated cellulose hydrogels	P. L. Granja, C. C. Ribeiro, B. De Jéso, C. Baquey and M. A. Barbosa
793-800	Synthesis and evaluation of various layered octacalcium phosphates by wet-chemical processing	A. Nakahira, S. Aoki, K. Sakamoto and S. Yamaguchi
801-805	Release of sodium fluoride from poly (L-lactic acid) implants characterized by thermal history	J. Maxa and M. Dittrich
807-810	Immobilization of the thrombin inhibitor r-hirudin conserving its biological activity	Jörg Lahann, Wilhelm Plüster, Doris Klee, Hans-Gregor Gattner and Hartwig Höcker
811-816	Polyglycolide: degradation and drug release. Part I: Changes in morphology during degradation	Susan Hurrell and Ruth E. Cameron
817-820	Polyglycolide: Degradation and drug release. Part II: Drug release	Susan Hurrell and Ruth E. Cameron
821-826	Production and evaluation of hydroxyapatite reinforced polysulfone for tissue replacement	M. Wang, C. Y. Yue and B. Chua
827-832	Surface characterization and platelet adhesion studies on polyethylene surface with hirudin immobilization	Jui-Che Lin and Shyang-Ming Tseng
833-844	The influence of crosslinking agents and diamines on the pore size, morphology and the biological stability of collagen sponges and their effect on cell penetration through the sponge matrix	M. McKegney, I. Taggart and M. H. Grant

Volume 12, Numbers 10-12 / December 2001

847-848	Editorial A quarter century of European Biomaterials Conferences	K. E. Tanner
849-853	Silk fibroin-polyurethane scaffolds for tissue engineering	P. Petrini, C. Parolari and M. C. Tanzi
855-860	Manufacture and evaluation of bioactive and biodegradable materials and scaffolds for tissue engineering	M. Wang, L. J. Chen, J. Ni, J. Weng and C. Y. Yue
861-864	Chitosan-based hydrogels: Synthesis and characterization	A. Borzacchiello, L. Ambrosio, P. A. Netti, L. Nicolais and C. Peniche, et al.
865-870	Phosphorylcholine-based polymer coatings for stent drug delivery	A. L. Lewis, T. A. Vick, A. C. M. Collias, L. G. Hughes and R. R. Palmer, et al.
871-877	Biomimetic coatings functionalized with adhesion peptides for dental implants	S. Roessler, R. Born, D. Scharnweber, H. Worch and A. Sewing, et al.
879-881	Polyacrylamide hydrogels and semi-interpenetrating networks (IPNs) with poly(N-isopropylacrylamide): Mechanical properties by measure of compressive elastic modulus	E.C. Muniz and G. Geuskens
883-887	Tensile mechanical properties of polyacetal after one and six months' immersion in Ringer's solution	M. S. Thompson, M. D. Northmore-ball and K. E. Tanner
889-894	Tensile properties of a bone cement containing non-ionic contrast media	F. Kjellson, J.-S. Wang, T. Almén, A. Mattsson and J. Klaveness, et al.
895-899	Development of bioactive PMMA-based cement by modification with alkoxysilane and calcium salt	C. Ohtsuki, T. Miyazaki, M. Kyomoto, M. Tanihara and A. Osaka
901-904	The influence of hydroxyapatite: Zinc oxide ratio on the setting behavior and mechanical properties of polyalkenoate cements	Sinéad Kenny, Martin Buggy and Robert G. Hill
905-909	Rheological properties of an apatitic bone cement during initial setting	S. Sarda, E. Fernández, J. Llorens, S. Martínez and M. Nilsson, et al.
911-915	Effect of filler type on the mechanical properties of self-reinforced polylactide–calcium phosphate composites	N. C. Bleach, K. E. Tanner, M. Kellomäki and P. Törmälä
917-921	Bioactive response of Ag-doped tape cast Bioglass® 45S5 following heat treatment	D. C. Clupper and L. L. Hench
923-927	Aligned bioactive mesoporous silica coatings for implants	J. M. Gomez-Vega, H. Sugimura, O. Takai and A. Hozumi
929-934	Optimizing a hydroxyapatite/tricalcium-phosphate ceramic as a bone graft extender for impaction grafting	B. Grimm, A. W. Miles and I. G. Turner
935-937	Low cycle fatigue behavior of Ti6Al4V thermochemically nitrided for its use in hip prostheses	D. Rodríguez, J. M. Manero, F. J. Gil and J. A. Planell
939-944	In vivo/ex vivo cellular interactions with titanium and copper	F. Suska, M. Källtorp, M. Esposito, C. Gretzer and P. Tengvall, et al.
945-948	The interaction of the orthopaedic metals, chromium VI and nickel, with hepatocytes	M. Gunaratnam and M.H. Grant
949-953	Cytotoxic and apoptotic effects of cobalt and chromium ions on J774 macrophages – Implication of caspase-3 in the apoptotic pathway	Isabelle Catelas, Alain Petit, David J. Zukor and Olga L. Huk
955-958	Induction of apoptosis in human microvascular endothelial cells by divalent cobalt ions. Evidence for integrin-mediated signaling via the cytoskeleton	Kirsten Peters, Ronald E. Unger, Susanne Barth, Thorsten Gerdes and C. James Kirkpatrick
959-963	The influence of polymeric membrane surface free energy on cell metabolic functions	L. De Bartolo, S. Morelli, A. Bader and E. Drioli
965-970	Adhesion strength of individual human bone marrow cells to fibronectin. Integrin β₁-mediated adhesion	G. Athanassiou and D. Deligianni
971-977	Monocyte adhesion and adhesion molecule expression on human endothelial cells on plasma-treated PET and PTFE in vitro	F. R. Pu, R. L. Williams, T. K. Markkula and J. A. Hunt
979-982	Binding of vitronectin and clusterin by coagulase-negative staphylococci interfering with complement function	Dai-Qing Li, Fredrik Lundberg and Åsa Ljungh
983-990	Formulation of PEG-based hydrogels affects tissue-engineered cartilage construct characteristics	Susan L. Riley, Sangeeta Dutt, Rebecca de la Torre, Albert C. Chen and Robert L. Sah, et al.
991-996	Urothelial cell transplantation using biodegradable synthetic scaffolds	S. D. Scriven, L. K. Trejdosiewicz, D. F. M. Thomas and J. Southgate
997-1000	Osteoblast viability and detachment following exposure to ultrasound in vitro	H. Sura, R. M. Shelton and A. D. Walmsley
1001-1004	Effects of therapeutic ultrasound on osteoblast gene expression	J. Harle, V. Salih, J. C. Knowles, F. Mayia and I. Olsen
1005-1011	A study of the cellular response to orientated fibronectin material in healing extensor rat tendon	F. Zavahir, D. A. Mcgrouther, A. Misra, K. Smith and R. A. Brown, et al.
1013-1017	Calcification and identification of metalloproteinases in bovine pericardium after subcutaneous implantation in rats	E. Jorge-Herrero, J. Turnay, P. Calero, N. Olmo and I. López de Silanes, et al.
1019-1024	On the formation of fibrous capsule and fluid space around machined and porous blood plasma clot coated titanium	Eva Jansson, Mia Källtorp, Anna Johansson, Pentti Tengvall and Peter Thomsen
1025-1031	Oxidized implants and their influence on the bone response	Y. T. Sul, C. B. Johansson, Y. Jeong, K. Röser and A. Wennerberg, et al.
1033-1037	A new titanium fiber mesh-cuffed peritoneal dialysis catheter: An experimental animal study	J. A. Jansen and X. F. Walboomers
1039-1042	Comparison of wear in a total knee replacement under different kinematic conditions	Petra I. Barnett, John Fisher, Daniel D. Auger, Martin H. Stone and Eileen Ingham
1043-1047	The effect of accelerated aging on the wear of UHMWPE	Hideyuki Sakoda, John Fisher, Shiying Lu and Fraser Buchanan
1049-1052	Wear of fixed bearing and rotating platform mobile bearing knees subjected to high levels of internal and external tibial rotation	H. M. J. McEwen, J. Fisher, A. A. J. Goldsmith, D. D. Auger and C. Hardaker, et al.
1053-1056	Long-term wear of HIPed alumina on alumina bearings for THR under microseparation conditions	T. Stewart, J. Tipper, R. Streicher, E. Ingham and J. Fisher
1057-1062	Implications of orthopedic fretting corrosion particles on skeletal muscle microcirculation	C. N. Kraft, B. Burian, O. Diedrich and M. A. Wimmer
1063-1067	Phenotypic characteristics of T lymphocytes in the interfacial tissue of aseptically loosened prosthetic joints	Beth Hercus and Peter A. Revell
1069-1073	Does a pro-angiogenic state exist in the bone–implant interface of aseptically loosened joint prosthesis?	G.M.R. Jell and N. Al-Saffar
1075-1078	Functionalized surfaces for optical biosensors: Applications to in vitro pesticide residual analysis	J. Svitel, I. Surugiu, A. Dzgoev, K. Ramanathan and B. Danielsson
1079-1082	Glucose biosensors based on dendrimer monolayers	M. Snejdarkova, L. Svobodova, V. Gajdos and T. Hianik

Volume 13, Number 1 / January 2002

iii	Editorial	William Bonfield
1-5	Material properties of various cements for use with vertebroplasty	L. E. Jasper, H. Deramond, J. M. Mathis and S. M. Belkoff
7-9	An investigation into the architecture and composition of a urinary calculus	Malcolm Sperrin, Keith Rogers, David Lane and Peter Southerden
11-16	Synthesis and characterization of a novel double crosslinked hyaluronan hydrogel	X. B. Zhao, J. E. Fraser, C. Alexander, C. Lockett and B. J. White
17-22	Curing characteristics of acrylic bone cement	N. J. Dunne and J. F. Orr
23-28	Processing and characterization of porous alumina scaffolds	Susmita Bose, Jens Darsell, Howard L. Hosick, Lihua Yang and Dipak K. Sarkar, et al.
29-32	Poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels as hydrophilic matrices for the release of lipophilic drugs loaded in PLGA nanoparticles	Maria Grazia Cascone, Zhouhai Zhu, Flavia Borselli and Luigi Lazzeri
33-36	Observation of fluorapatite formation under hydrolysis of tetracalcium phosphate in the presence of KF by means of soft X-ray emission and absorption spectroscopy	E. Z. Kurmaev, S. Matsuya, S. Shin, M. Watanabe and R. Eguchi, et al.
37-45	Surface characterization and platelet adhesion studies of aliphatic polyurethanes grafted by fluorocarbon oligomers: effect of fluorocarbon chain length and carboxylic acid group	Kuo-Yu Chen and Jen-Feng Kuo
47-52	The cytotoxicity of chromium in osteoblasts: effects on macromolecular synthesis	J. Ning, C. Henderson and M. H. Grant
53-58	Controlled drug release for oral condition by a novel device based on ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer	S. Kalachandra, Lin Dongming and S. Offenbacher
59-64	Vibrational and thermal study on the in vitro and in vivo degradation of a bioabsorbable periodontal membrane: Vicryl® Periodontal Mesh (Polyglactin 910)	P. Taddei, P. Monti and R. Simoni
65-68	Shear-load carrying capacities of the distal rat femora after osteotomy fixed with self-reinforced polyglycolic acid and poly-L-lactic acid pins	Pia Nordström, Timo Pohjonen, Pertti Törmälä and Pentti Rokkanen
69-73	The crystallization of calcium carbonate on sodium cholate	F. Manoli and E. Dalas
75-80	Characterization of proteins and fibroblasts on thin inorganic films	Constantina S. Giannoulis and Tejal A. Desai
81-86	Hydrolytic and enzymatic degradations of physically crosslinked hydrogels prepared from PLA/PEO/PLA triblock copolymers	Suming Li, Inmaculada Molina, Manuel Bueno Martinez and Michel Vert
87-90	Hydroxypatite-polysaccharide granules for drug delivery	E. Krylova, A. Ivanov, V. Orlovski, G. El-Registan and S. Barinov
91-98	Reactivity of biological and synthetic hydroxyapatite towards Zn(II) ion, solid-liquid investigations	Gigliola Lusvardi, Ledi Menabue and Monica Saladini
99-105	The effects of bovine trabecular bone matrix particulates on cortical bone repair	M. T. Mushipe, P.A. Revell and J.C. Shelton
107-111	Evaluation of biocompatibility of the copolymer of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate with 2-(methylsulfanyl)ethyl methacrylate	Martin Přádný, Pavel Petrovický, Václava Froňková, Jiří Vacík and Karel Smetana
113-117	Dextran-magnetite complex: temperature dependence of its NMR relaxivity	T. Kawaguchi, A. Yoshino, M. Hasegawa, T. Hanaichi and S. Maruno, et al.
119-123	Biocompatibility of poly(vinyl alcohol)-hyaluronic acid and poly(vinyl alcohol)-gellan membranes crosslinked by glutaraldehyde vapors	P. A. Ramires and E. Milella
125-131	Study of a hydraulic calcium phosphate cement for dental applications	Siham Serraj, Pierre Michaïlesco, Jacques Margerit, Bruce Bernard and Philippe Boudeville
133-138	Effect of poling conditions on growth of calcium phosphate crystal in ferroelectric BaTiO₃ ceramics	K. S. Hwang, J. E. Song, J. W. Jo, H. S. Yang and Y. J. Park, et al.

Volume 13, Number 2 / February 2002

141-147	Corrosion and permanent fracture resistance of coated and conventional orthodontic wires	P. Neumann, C. Bourauel and A. Jäger
149-154	Skin sensitization study of two hydroxypropyl methylcellulose components (Benecel® and E4M®) of an injectable bone substitute in guinea pigs	Y. Amouriq, X. Bourges, P. Weiss, J. Bosco and J.-M. Bouler, et al.
155-158	The effect of sodium alginate on the crystal growth of calcium carbonate	F. Manoli and E. Dalas
159-167	PLGA bone plates reinforced with crosslinked PPF	V. Hasirci, A. E. Litman, D. J. Trantolo, J. D. Gresser and D. L. Wise, et al.
169-173	Bending properties of hollow super-elastic Ti–Ni alloy wires and compound wires with other wires inserted	Y. Shima, K. Otsubo, T. Yoneyama and K. Soma
175-184	Production of thin calcium phosphate coatings from glass source materials	J.D. Haman, R.N. Scripa, J.M. Rigsbee and L.C. Lucas
185-189	Examination of the suitability of α-tocopherol as a stabilizer for ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene used for articulating surfaces in joint endoprostheses	C. Wolf, T. Krivec, J. Blassnig, K. Lederer and W. Schneider
191-195	Histomorphological, histomorphometrical and biomechanical analysis of ceramic bone substitutes in a weight-bearing animal model	S. Kessler, U. Mayr-Wohlfart, A. Ignatius, W. Puhl and L. Claes, et al.
197-202	Anisotropic orthodontic force from the hollow super-elastic Ti-Ni alloy wire by transforming the wire cross-section	Y. Shima, K. Otsubo, T. Yoneyama and K. Soma
203-210	Effects of glass ionomer cements on bone tissue	P. Lucksanasombool, W. A. J. Higgs, R. J. E. D. Higgs, M. V. Swain and C. R. Howlett
211-218	Characterization of hydroxyapatite: Before and after plasma spraying	Eunsung Park, Robert A. Condrate, Donghun Lee, Keith Kociba and Patrick K. Gallagher
219-223	Effects of sodium hypochlorite solution on root dentine composition	C. O. Driscoll, S. E. P. Dowker, P. Anderson, R. M. Wilson and K. Gulabivala
225-232	Osteogenic proteins (bone sialoprotein and bone morphogenetic protein-7) and dental pulp mineralization	N. Six, F. Decup, J.-J. Lasfargues, E. Salih and M. Goldberg
233-236	Preparation of hydroxyapatite-granule- implanted titanium alloy composites with a cylindrical shape	A. Watazu, A. Kamiya, J. Zhu, W. Shi and K. Naganuma, et al.
237-241	Effects of Zn addition to AuCu on age-hardening behaviors at intraoral temperature	Hyo-Joung Seol, Takanobu Shiraishi, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Eri Miura and Kunihiro Hisatsune

Volume 13, Number 3 / March 2002

247-251	Fabrication and characterization of bioactive glass coatings produced by the ion beam sputter deposition technique	C. X. Wang, Z. Q. Chen and M. Wang
253-258	A functionally graded titanium/hydroxyapatite film obtained by sputtering	Kazuhide Ozeki, Toshio Yuhta, Yasuhiro Fukui, Hideki Aoki and Ikuya Nishimura
259-264	Effects of thermal annealing of segmented-polyurethane on surface properties, structure and antithrombogenicity	Atsuo Takahashi, Rio Kita and Makoto Kaibara
265-269	Release of dexamethasone from PLGA nanoparticles entrapped into dextran/poly(vinyl alcohol) hydrogels	Maria Grazia Cascone, Paola Maron Pot, Luigi Lazzeri and Zhouhai Zhu
271-280	Polymorphism of 17-β estradiol in a transdermal drug delivery system	N. E. Variankaval, K. I. Jacob and S. M. Dinh
281-287	Biological responses of neonatal rat calvarial osteoblasts on plasma-sprayed HA/ZrO₂ composite coating	T. M. Lee, R. S. Tsai, E. Chang, C. Y. Yang and M. R. Yang
289-293	Development of human mesenchymal stem cells on DC sputtered titanium nitride thin films	M. Manso-Silvan, J. M. Martínez-Duart, S. Ogueta, P. García-Ruiz and J. Pérez-Rigueiro
295-299	Porous hydroxyapatite ceramics of bi-modal pore size distribution	V. S. Komlev and S. M. Barinov
301-306	Numerical simulation of the casting process of titanium removable partial denture frameworks	Menghuai Wu, Ingo Wagner, Peter R. Sahm and Michael Augthun
307-310	Effect of calcinations of starting powder on mechanical properties of hydroxyapatite–alumina bioceramic composite	Sona Kim, Young-Min Kong, In-Seop Lee and Hyoun-Ee Kim
311-314	In vitro adhesion and biocompatability of osteoblast-like cells to poly(methylmethacrylate) and poly(ethylmethacrylate) bone cements	M. J. Dalby, L. Di Silvio, E. J. Harper and W. Bonfield
315-320	Microchemical transformation of bioactive glass particles of narrow size range, a 0–24 months study	A. Huygh, E. J. G. Schepers, L. Barbier and P. Ducheyne
321-326	A microstructural examination of apatite induced by Bioglass® in vitro	J. P. Zhong, D. C. Greenspan and J. W. Feng
327-332	In vivo interaction of cells on poly L-(lactic acid) membranes containing plasticizer	D. R. M. Silva, S. M. N. Scapin, P. P. Joazeiro, M. C. Alberto-Rincon and R. M. Luciano, et al.
333-337	Atomic force microscopic studies on the structure of bovine femoral cortical bone at the collagen fibril-mineral level	Naoki Sasaki, Ayano Tagami, Toshiharu Goto, Masahiro Taniguchi and Mitsuo Nakata, et al.

Volume 13, Number 4 / April 2002

341-350	The cell attachment and morphology of neonatal rat calvarial osteoblasts on the surface of Ti-6Al-4V and plasma-sprayed HA coating: Effect of surface roughness and serum contents	T. M. Lee, R. S. Tsai, E. Chang, C. Y. Yang and M. R. Yang
351-359	Studies of polyurethane urea bands for ACL reconstruction	Elisabeth Liljensten, Katrin Gisselfält, Bengt Edberg, Hans Bertilsson and Per Flodin, et al.
361-367	Fatigue studies of high-palladium dental casting alloys: Part I. Fatigue limits and fracture characteristics*	D. Li, W. A. Brantley, J. C. Mitchell, G. S. Daehn and P. Monaghan, et al.
369-374	Fatigue studies of high-palladium dental casting alloys: Part II. Transmission electron microscopic observations†	W. H. Guo, W. A. Brantley, D. Li, P. Monaghan and W. A. T. Clark
375-379	In vivo response of strontium and zinc-based ionomeric cement implants in bone	K. K. Johal, G. Mendoza-Suárez, J. I. Escalante-García, R. G. Hill and I. M. Brook
381-388	Mechanical effects of increases in the load applied in uniaxial and biaxial tensile testing: Part I. Calf pericardium	J. M. García Páez, E. Jorge, A. Rocha, M. Maestro and J. L. Castillo-Olivares, et al.
389-395	Strength retention of drawn self-reinforced polyglycolide rods and fixation properties of the distal femoral osteotomies with these rods. An experimental study on rats	Harri Pihlajamäki, E. Antero Mäkelä, Nureddin Ashammakhi, Janne Viljanen and Hannu Pätiälä, et al.
397-401	Processing and mechanical properties of autogenous titanium implant materials	C. E. Wen, Y. Yamada, K. Shimojima, Y. Chino and T. Asahina, et al.
403-406	UHMWPE oxidation increases matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) release in human fibroblast	F. Renò, M. Cannas and L. Costa
407-416	Microstructure effect on the properties of a commercial low-fusing dental porcelain	Athena Tsetsekou*, Triantafillos Papadopoulos and Othon Adamopoulos
417-419	A study of cements formed by aqueous lactic acid and aluminosilicate glass	John W. Nicholson, Hamsa Tawfik and Beata Czarnecka
421-432	Surface topography modulates the osteogenesis in human bone marrow cell cultures grown on titanium samples prepared by a combination of mechanical and acid treatments	M. G. Diniz, G. A. Soares, M. J. Coelho and M. H. Fernandes

Volume 13, Number 5 / May 2002

435-442	Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy study of high-palladium dental alloys. Part I: Behavior at open-circuit potential*	D. Sun, P. Monaghan, W. A. Brantley and W. M. Johnston
443-448	Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy study of high-palladium dental alloys. Part II: Behavior at active and passive potentials*	D. Sun, P. Monaghan, W. A. Brantley and W. M. Johnston
449-455	The static and cyclic strength of a bone–cement bond	S. Ishihara, T. Goshima, K. Kanekasu and A. J. McEvily
457-464	Characterization of surface oxide films on titanium and bioactivity	B. Feng, J. Y. Chen, S. K. Qi, L. He and J. Z. Zhao, et al.
465-468	Surface oxidation of polyethylene fiber reinforced polyolefin biomedical composites and its effect on cell attachment	M. Kazanci, D. Cohn, G. Marom and H. Ben-Bassat
469-475	Vibrational and thermal study on the in vitro and in vivo degradation of a poly(lactic acid)-based bioabsorbable periodontal membrane	P. Taddei, P. Monti and R. Simoni
477-483	Mechanical effects of increases in the load applied in uniaxial and biaxial tensile testing. Part II. Porcine pericardium	J. M. García Páez, E. Jorge, A. Rocha, J. L. Castillo-Olivares and I. Millan, et al.
485-489	Correlation between structure and compressive strength in a reticulated glass-reinforced hydroxyapatite foam	S. Callcut and J. C. Knowles
491-494	Hydrothermal synthesis of hydroxyapatite from natural source	S. Jinawath, D. Pongkao and M. Yoshimura
495-500	Electrochemical and microstructural studies of tantalum and its oxide films for biomedical applications in endovascular surgery	R. A. Silva, M. Walls, B. Rondot, M. Da Cunha Belo and R. Guidoin
501-508	Fretting wear study of surface modified Ni–Ti shape memory alloy	L. Tan, W. C. Crone and K. Sridharan
509-515	Physical and mechanical properties evaluation of Acropora palmata coralline species for bone substitution applications	K. Alvarez, S. Camero, M. E. Alarcón, A. Rivas and G. González
517-522	Effect of vinyl acetate content on the sintering behavior of hydroxyapatite–ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer composites	Shiny Velayudhan, P. Ramesh and H. K. Varma
523-526	Gelatin nanoparticles produced by a simple W/O emulsion as delivery system for methotrexate	Maria Grazia Cascone, Luigi Lazzeri, Claudia Carmignani and Zhouhai Zhu

Volume 13, Number 6 / June 2002

529-533	Thermal decomposition of synthesised carbonate hydroxyapatite	J. Barralet, J. C. Knowles, S. Best and W. Bonfield
535-548	Comparative investigation of the surface properties of commercial titanium dental implants. Part I: chemical composition	C. Massaro, P. Rotolo, F. De Riccardis, E. Milella and A. Napoli, et al.
549-556	The effect of MgO on the solubility behavior and cell proliferation in a quaternary soluble phosphate based glass system	K. Franks, V. Salih, J. C. Knowles and I. Olsen
557-565	Interaction between bioactive glasses and human dentin	S. E. Efflandt, P. Magne, W. H. Douglas and L. F. Francis
567-574	In vitro corrosion testing of PVD coatings applied to a surgical grade Co–Cr–Mo alloy	J. Bolton and X. Hu
575-581	A cultured living bone equivalent enhances bone formation when compared to a cell seeding approach	S. C. Mendes, M. Sleijster, A. van den Muysenberg, J. D. de Bruijn and C. A. van Blitterswijk
583-588	Causes of titanium release from plate and screws implanted in rabbits	Y. Mu, T. Kobayashi, K. Tsuji, M. Sumita and T. Hanawa
589-595	Plasma-sprayed zirconia bond coat as an intermediate layer for hydroxyapatite coating on titanium alloy substrate	Bang-Yen Chou and Edward Chang
597-600	Self-assembly phenomenon of hydroxyapatite nanocrystals on chondroitin sulfate	Sang-Hoon Rhee and Junzo Tanaka
601-605	Alloying of hydroxyapatite onto Ti6Al–4V by high power laser irradiation	F. Lusquiños, J. Pou, J. L. Arias, M. Boutinguiza and B. León, et al.
607-611	Friction and wear of hydroxyapatite reinforced high density polyethylene against the stainless steel counterface	M. Wang, M. Chandrasekaran and W. Bonfield
613-620	Strength and fatigue of polyacid-modified restorative materials (compomers)	Ken G. Boberick, John I. McCool and George R. Baran

Volume 13, Number 7 / July 2002

623-632	Microstructured microspheres of hydroxyapatite bioceramic	M. C. Sunny, P. Ramesh and H. K. Varma
633-637	Interaction between hydroxyapatite and proteins by liquid chromatography using simulated body fluids as eluents	K. Ohta, H. Monma, J. Tanaka and H. Eda
639-643	Rheological behavior of aqueous suspensions of hydroxyapatite (HAP)	Y. Bao, A. M. R. Senos, M. Almeida and Ludwig J. Gauckler
645-649	Fluoride release from model glass ionomer cements	A. Guida, R. G. Hill, M. R. Towler and S. Eramo
651-655	Enhancement of bonding strength by graded structure at interface between apatite layer and bioactive tantalum metal	T. Miyazaki, H.-M. Kim, T. Kokubo, C. Ohtsuki and H. Kato, et al.
657-665	Effect of hydrolysis on the phase evolution of water-based sol–gel hydroxyapatite and its application to bioactive coatings	D.-M. Liu, T. Troczynski and D. Hakimi
667-676	Biodegradation of hydrophilic–hydrophobic hydrogels and its effect on albumin release	Yeli Zhan and Chih-Chang Chu
677-684	A novel urethane containing copolymer as a surface modification additive for blood contact materials	Jian Ji, M. A. Barbosa, Linxian Feng and Jiacong Shen
685-693	Preparation and characterization of magnesium/carbonate co-substituted hydroxyapatites	I. R. Gibson and W. Bonfield
695-700	Structure and properties of Titanium–25 Niobium–x iron alloys	C. M. Lee, W. F. Ho, C. P. Ju and J. H. Chern Lin
701-705	Tests of biocompatibility of α-tocopherol with respect to the use as a stabilizer in ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene for articulating surfaces in joint endoprostheses	C. Wolf, K. Lederer and U. Müller
707-713	Effect of metal-oxide addition on the sintering of β-calcium orthophosphate	Kiyoshi Itatani, Miwa Takahashi, F. Scott Howell and Mamoru Aizawa

Volume 13, Number 8 / August 2002

717-722	Pathogenesis and prevention of biomaterial centered infections	B. Gottenbos, H. J. Busscher, H. C. van der Mei and P. Nieuwenhuis
723-733	Factors affecting the mechanical and viscoelastic properties of acrylic bone cement	A. J. C. Lee, R. S. M. Ling, Sabina Gheduzzi, Jean-Pierre Simon and R. J. Renfro
735-743	H₂O₂ production by cells on titanium and polystyrene surfaces using an in vivo model of exudate and surface related cell function	C. Gretzer, A. Johansson, U. Björkman, L. E. Ericson and P. Thomsen
745-750	Time dependence of the mechanical properties of GICs in simulated physiological conditions	P. Lucksanasombool, W. A. J. Higgs, R. J. E. D. Higgs and M. V. Swain
751-755	Fibrin-mediated endothelial cell adhesion to vascular biomaterials resists shear stress due to flow	T. R. S. Kumar and L. K. Krishnan
757-765	Influence of test protocol in determining the blood response to model polymers	G. P. A. Michanetzis, Y. F. Missirlis, N. P. Rhodes, D. F. Williams and R. Eloy, et al.
767-772	Crystal growth and structure analysis of twin-free monoclinic hydroxyapatite	Yasushi Suetsugu and Junzo Tanaka
773-781	Thermal and mechanical properties of biodegradable hydrophilic-hydrophobic hydrogels based on dextran and poly (lactic acid)	Yeli Zhang and Chih-Chang Chu
783-787	In situ polymerization into porous ceramics: a novel route to tough biomimetic materials	G. Pezzotti, S. M. F. Asmus, L. P. Ferroni and S. Miki
789-792	Effect of mixing ratio on bactericidal action of MgO–CaO powders	Osamu Yamamoto, Jun Sawai, Hiromitsu Kojima and Tadashi Sasamoto
793-796	An experimental study of the dissemination of Titanium and Zirconium in the body	Daniel Olmedo, María Beatriz Guglielmotti and Rómulo Luis Cabrini
797-801	In vitro response of primary rat osteoblasts to titania/hydroxyapatite coatings compared with transformed human osteoblast-like cells	P. A. Ramires, F. Cosentino, E. Milella, P. Torricelli and G. Giavaresi, et al.
803-809	Human biological reactions at the interface between bone tissue and polymethylmethacrylate cement	J. X. Lu, Z. W. Huang, P. Tropiano, B. Clouet d'Orval and M. Remusat, et al.

Volume 13, Number 9 / September 2002

811-821	The cell as a biomaterial	Gerald H. Pollack
823-828	The effects of displacement rate and proteoglycan digestion on the fracture resistance of tissue grown from chondrocyte culture	Brendan E. Koop, Jack L. Lewis, Michelle M. Fedewa and Theodore R. Oegema
829-836	Testing bone substitutes in a small animal model of revision arthroplasty	S. A. Clarke, R. A. Brooks and N. Rushton
837-842	Surface-modified 3D scaffolds for tissue engineering	R. F. S. Lenza, W. L. Vasconcelos, J. R. Jones and L. L. Hench
843-848	Mechanical properties of biodegradable polymer sutures coated with bioactive glass	A. Stamboulis, L. L. Hench and A. R. Boccaccini
849-854	Effect of lipase treatment on the biocompatibility of microbial polyhydroxyalkanoates	K. Zhao, X. Yang, G.-Q. Chen and J.-C. Chen
855-859	Bending property and phase transformation of Ti–Ni–Cu alloy dental castings for orthodontic application	M. Yamamoto, T. Kuroda, T. Yoneyama and H. Doi
861-865	Hyaluronic acid and silver sulfadiazine-impregnated polyurethane foams for wound dressing application	Y.-S. Cho, J.-W. Lee, J.-S. Lee, J. H. Lee and T. R. Yoon, et al.
867-874	Adhesion and morphology of fibroblastic cells cultured on different polymeric biomaterials	C. B. Lombello, A. R. Santos, S. M. Malmonge, S. H. Barbanti and M. L. F. Wada, et al.
875-883	Effect of thermal cycling on whisker-reinforced dental resin composites	Hockin H. K. Xu, Frederick C. Eichmiller, Douglas T. Smith, Gary E. Schumacher and Anthony A. Giuseppetti, et al.
885-889	Physicochemical and microscopical study of calcific deposits from natural and bioprosthetic heart valves. Comparison and implications for mineralization mechanism	D. Mikroulis, D. Mavrilas, J. Kapolos, P. G. Koutsoukos and C. Lolas
891-894	Hydroxyapatite coating of titanium by biomimetic method	A. Costantini, G. Luciani, F. Branda, L. Ambrosio and G. Mattogno, et al.
895-900	Bone formation following implantation of fibrous calcium compounds (β−Ca(PO₃)₂, CaCO₃(aragonite)) into bone marrow	Yoshio Ota, Tetsushi Iwashita, Toshihiro Kasuga, Yoshihiro Abe and Azusa Seki

Volume 13, Number 10 / October 2002

903-909	Self-reinforcement and hydrolytic degradation of amorphous lactic acid based poly(ester-amide), and of its composite with sol-gel derived fibers	Anna-Maija Haltia, Kimmo Lähteenkorva, Pertti Törmälä, Antti Helminen and Jukka Tuominen, et al.
911-916	Electrochemical polishing of 316L stainless steel slotted tube coronary stents	Hui Zhao, Jan Van Humbeeck, Jürgen Sohier and Ivan De Scheerder
917-921	Studies on the effect of electron beam radiation on the molecular structure of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene under the influence of α-tocopherol with respect to its application in medical implants	M. Parth, N. Aust and K. Lederer
923-931	The interactions of bisphosphonates in solution and as coatings on hydroxyapatite with osteoblasts	A. Ganguli, C. Henderson, M. H. Grant, S. T. Meikle and A. W. Lloyd, et al.
933-938	Boundary conditions during biaxial testing of planar connective tissues. Part 1: Dynamic Behavior	Stephen D. Waldman and J. Michael Lee
939-945	Novel starch thermoplastic/Bioglass® composites: Mechanical properties, degradation behavior and in-vitro bioactivity	I. B. Leonor, R. A. Sousa, A. M. Cunha, R. L. Reis and Z. P. Zhong, et al.
947-951	Effect of heat treatment with the mould on the super-elastic property of Ti–Ni alloy castings for dental application	T. Yoneyama, H. Doi, E. Kobayashi and H. Hamanaka
953-958	Computed tomography assessment of alveolar filling with an injectable bone substitute	F. Bodic, Y. Amouriq, O. Gauthier, M. Gayet-delacroix and J. M. Bouler, et al.
959-964	Electrochemical behavior of nitinol alloy in Ringer's solution	E. X. Sun, S. Fine and W. B. Nowak
965-971	In-vitro forming of calcium phosphate layer on sol–gel hydroxyapatite-coated metal substrates	D.-M. Liu, Q. Yang and T. Troczynski
973-978	The in vitro antibiotic release from anti-washout apatite cement using chitosan	Masaaki Takechi, Youji Miyamoto, Yukihiro Momota, Tetsuya Yuasa and Seikou Tatehara, et al.
979-983	Age-hardening behaviors and grain boundary discontinuous precipitation in a Pd-free gold alloy for porcelain bonding	Takanobu Shiraishi and Michio Ohta
985-992	Fabrication and characterization of hydroxyapatite reinforced with 20 vol % Ti particles for use as hard tissue replacement	C. Chu, P. Lin, Y. Dong, X. Xue and J. Zhu, et al.
993-997	The cross-linkage effect of hydroxyapatite/collagen nanocomposites on a self-organization phenomenon	M. C. Chang, T. Ikoma, M. Kikuchi and J. Tanaka

Volume 13, Number 11 / November 2002

1001-1005	Expression of caspase-8 and caspase-3 proteins in interface membranes from aseptically loose total hip arthroplasty	Alain Petit, David J. Zukor, John Antoniou, Whitney Ralston and Olga L. Huk
1007-1014	pH-metric study of the setting reaction of monocalcium phosphate monohydrate/calcium oxide-based cements	Josiane Nurit, Jacques Margerit, Alain Terol and Philippe Boudeville
1015-1020	Bioactivity and mechanical properties of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)–CaO–SiO₂ hybrids with different calcium contents	M. Kamitakahara, M. Kawashita, N. Miyata, T. Kokubo and T. Nakamura
1021-1028	Creep behavior comparison of CMW1 and palacos R-40 clinical bone cements	C. Liu, S. M. Green, N. D. Watkins, P. J. Gregg and A. W. McCaskie
1029-1035	The use of bifunctional polyethyleneglycol derivatives for coupling of proteins to and cross-linking of collagen matrices	J.-S. Chen, E. M. Noah, N. Pallua and G. C. M. Steffens
1037-1043	Does sodium fluoride in bone cement affect implant fixation? Part I: Bone tissue response, implant fixation and histology in nine rabbits	Mikael Sundfeldt, Michael Widmark, Ann Wennerberg, Johan Kärrholm and Carina B. Johansson, et al.
1045-1050	Does sodium fluoride in bone cement affect implant fixation Part II: Evaluation of the effect of sodium fluoride additions to acrylic bone cement and the fixation of titanium implants in ovariectomized rabbits	Mikael Sundfeldt, Jan Persson, Janos Swanpalmer, Ann Wennerberg and Johan Kärrholm, et al.
1051-1055	Anti-inflammatory prodrugs as plasticizers for biodegradable implant materials based on poly(3-hydroxybutyrate)	Carmen Kunze, Thomas Freier, Sven Kramer and Klaus-Peter Schmitz
1057-1063	Micrometer level structural and chemical evaluation of electrodeposited calcium phosphate coatings on TA6V substrate by STEM-EDXS	H. Benhayoune, P. Laquerriere, E. Jallot, A. Perchet and L. Kilian, et al.
1065-1069	Enhanced wear performance of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene crosslinked by organosilane	C. Y. Tang, X. L. Xie, X. C. Wu, R. K. Y. Li and Y. W. Mai
1071-1075	Osseointegration and osseoconductivity of hydroxyapatite of different microporosities	A. L. Rosa, M. M. Beloti, P. T. Oliveira and R. Van Noort
1077-1081	Influence of pressurization on flexural strength distributions of PMMA-based bone cements	Griselda Guidoni and Claudia I. Vallo
1083-1089	PIXE micro-beam mapping of metals in human peri-implant tissues	P. Passi, A. Zadro, S. Galassini, P. Rossi and G. Moschini
1091-1096	Effects of in vitro degradation on properties of poly(DL-lactide-co-glycolide) pertinent to its biological performance	Meng Deng and Kathryn E. Uhrich

Volume 13, Number 12 / December 2002

1099-1104	Polymeric active coatings with functionality in vascular applications	María Rosa Aguilar, Gema Rodríguez, Mar Fernández, Alberto Gallardo and Julio San Román
1105-1111	Human-osteoblast proliferation and differentiation on grit-blasted and bioactive titanium for dental applications	C. Aparicio, F. J. Gil, J. A. Planell and E. engel
1113-1121	In vivo half life of nanoencapsulated L-asparaginase	E. T. Baran, N. özer and V. Hasirci
1123-1127	Structural analysis of Si-substituted hydroxyapatite: zeta potential and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy	C. M. Botelho, M. A. Lopes, I. R. Gibson, S. M. Best and J. D. Santos
1129-1133	Tribological study of lubricious DLC biocompatible coatings	M. Brizuela, A. Garcia-Luis, J. L. Viviente, I. Braceras and J. I. Oñate
1135-1141	Monitoring the setting of calcium-based bone cements using pulse-echo ultrasound	M. Nilsson, J. Carlson, E. Fernandez and J. A. Planell
1143-1145	Bone cement or bone substitute augmentation of pedicle screws improves pullout strength in posterior spinal fixation	S. L. Evans, C. M. Hunt and S. Ahuja
1147-1152	Oxygen plasma modification of polyurethane membranes	Yesim Ozdemir, Nesrin Hasirci and Kemal Serbetci
1153-1157	Expression profile of T cell associated molecules in the interfacial tissue of aseptically loosened prosthetic joints	Beth Hercus, Suhur Saeed and Peter A. Revell
1157-1161	Comparison of the bone modeling effects caused by curved and straight nickel–titanium intramedullary nails	S. Kujala, J. Tuukkanen, T. Jämsä, A. Danilov and A. Pramila, et al.
1163-1166	Manufacture of biomaterials by a novel printing process	S. Limpanuphap and B. Derby
1167-1173	Calcium phosphate thin film processing by pulsed laser deposition and in situ assisted ultraviolet pulsed laser deposition	V. Nelea, H. Pelletier, M. Iliescu, J. Werckmann and V. Craciun, et al.
1175-1180	Surface modification of polystyrene and poly(ethylene terephtalate) by grafting poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)	P. S. Curti, M. R. de Moura, E. Radovanovic, A. F. Rubira and E. C. Muniz, et al.
1181-1188	Cell adhesion and proliferation on biomimetic calcium-phosphate coatings produced by a sodium silicate gel methodology	A. L. Oliveira, C. M. Alves and R. L. Reis
1189-1192	Effects of phosphate-based glasses on T lymphocytes in vitro	A. Kesisoglou, J. C. Knowles and I. Olsen
1193-1197	Synthesis of porous hydroxyapatites by combination of gelcasting and foams burn out methods	S. Padilla, J. Román and M. Vallet-Regí
1199-1206	A comparative study on the in vivo behavior of hydroxyapatite and silicon substituted hydroxyapatite granules	N. Patel, S. M. Best, W. Bonfield, I. R. Gibson and K. A. Hing, et al.
1207-1214	Novel bioresorbable and bioactive composites based on bioactive glass and polylactide foams for bone tissue engineering	J. A. Roether, J. E. Gough, A. R. Boccaccini, L. L. Hench and V. Maquet, et al.
1215-1220	Electrochemical behavior of titanium-based materials – are there relations to biocompatibility?	D. Scharnweber, R. Beutner, S. Rößler and H. Worch
1221-1225	Influence of the non-bridging oxygen groups on the bioactivity of silicate glasses	J. Serra, P. González, S. Liste, S. Chiussi and B. León, et al.
1227-1234	Serum and urine metal levels in patients with metal-on-metal surface arthroplasty	Anastasia K. Skipor, Patricia A. Campbell, Leslie M. Patterson, Harlan C. Anstutz and Thomas P. Schmalzried, et al.
1235-1244	Remodeling of fibrinogen by endothelial cells in dependence on fibronectin matrix assembly. Effect of substratum wettability	Rumiana Tzoneva, Thomas Groth, George Altankov and Dieter Paul
1245-1249	Trabecular bone scaffolding using a biomimetic approach	T. van Cleynenbreugel, H. van Oosterwyck, J. Vander Sloten and J. Schrooten
1251-1257	Acrylic-phosphate glasses composites as self-curing controlled delivery systems of antibiotics	M. Fernández, J. A. Méndez, B. Vázquez, J. San Román and M. P. Ginebra, et al.
1259-1264	In vitro mechanical and drug release properties of bioabsorbable ciprofloxacin containing and neat self-reinforced P(L/DL)LA 70/30 fixation screws	M. Veiranto, P. Törmälä and E. Suokas
1265-1269	Evaluating 3D bone tissue engineered constructs with different seeding densities using the alamarBlue™ assay and the effect on in vivo bone formation	C. E. Wilson, W. J. A. Dhert, C. A. van Blitterswijk, A. J. Verbout and J. D. de Bruijn
1271-1275	A comparison of the osteoinductive potential of two calcium phosphate ceramics implanted intramuscularly in goats	Huipin Yuan, M. van den Doel, Shihong Li, C. A. van Blitterswijk and K. de Groot, et al.
1277-1280	Spatial and structural dependence of mechanical properties of porcine intervertebral disc	F. Causa, L. Manto, A. Borzacchiello, R. De Santis and P. A. Netti, et al.

Volume 14, Number 1 / January 2003

1-7	Effect of chromium content on structure and mechanical properties of Ti-7.5Mo-xCr alloys	D. J. Lin, J. H. Chern Lin and C. P. Ju
9-15	Thermal analysis of poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (pHEMA) hydrogels	J. R. Meakin, D. W. L. Hukins, C. T. Imrie and R. M. Aspden
17-26	Contact damage in model dental multilayers: An investigation of the influence of indenter size	P. Shrotriya, R. Wang, N. Katsube, R. Seghi and W. O. Soboyejo
27-31	Preparation and characterization of novel silica-butyrylchitosan hybrid biomaterials*	A. P. Zhu, Z. Zhang and J. Shen
33-38	Indirect cytotoxicity evaluation of pseudowollastonite	D. Dufrane, C. Delloye, I. J. McKay, P. N. De Aza and S. De Aza, et al.
39-45	Wettable phosphorylcholine-containing polymers useful in blood filtration	A. L. Lewis, R. N. T. Freeman, R. P. Redman, L. A. Tolhurst and L. C. Kirkwood, et al.
47-53	Wear behavior of carbide coated Co–Cr–Mo implant alloy	N. S. Vandamme, B. H. Wayman and L. D. T. Topoleski
55-61	Factors affecting the static shear strength of the prosthetic stem–bone cement interface	Jian-Sheng Wang, Mark Taylor, Gunnar Flivik and Lars Lidgren
63-68	Impact behavior of hydroxyapatite reinforced polyethylene composites	Y. Zhang and K. E. Tanner
69-77	The influence of complexing agent and proteins on the corrosion of stainless steels and their metal components	Aleksandra Kocijan, Ingrid Milošev and Boris Pihlar
79-86	The study of metal ion release and cytotoxicity in Co–Cr–Mo and Ti–Al–V alloy in total knee prosthesis – scanning electron microscopic observation	Shizuko Ichinose*, Takeshi Muneta, Ichiro Sekiya, Soichiro Itoh and Hideki Aoki, et al.
87-94	Synthesis and characterization of poly(L-lactic acid) membranes: Studies in vivo and in vitro	R. M. Luciano, C. A. C. Zavaglia, E. A. R. Duek and M. C. Alberto-Rincon

Volume 14, Number 2 / February 2003

3-4	Editorial	Rui L. Reis
95-102	Nerve growth factor β(NGF β) delivery via a collagen/hydroxyapatite (Col/HAp) composite and its effects on new bone ingrowth	A. Letic-Gavrilovic, A. Piattelli and K. Abe
103-107	Development and properties of polycaprolactone/hydroxyapatite composite biomaterials	M. C. Azevedo, R. L. Reis, M. B. Claase, D. W. Grijpma and J. Feijen
109-112	Development of a polymer stent with shape memory effect as a drug delivery system	H. M. Wache, D. J. Tartakowska, A. Hentrich and M. H. Wagner
113-120	Preliminary study of a polycaprolactone membrane utilized as epidermal substrate	Hwei Ling Khor, Kee Woei Ng, Aung Soe Htay, Jan-Thorsten Schantz and Swee Hin Teoh, et al.
121-126	Poly(3-hydroxybutyric acid-co-3-hydroxyvaleric acid) based tissue engineering matrices	Gamze Torun Köse, Suzan Ber, Feza Korkusuz and Vasif Hasirci
127-135	Thermal properties of thermoplastic starch/synthetic polymer blends with potential biomedical applicability	J. F. Mano, D. Koniarova and R. L. Reis
137-141	Novel calcium phosphate composite bone cement: strength and bonding properties	M. L. Roemhildt, T. D. McGee and S. D. Wagner
143-149	Functionalized surfaces of polylactide modified by Langmuir–Blodgett films of amphiphilic block copolymers	D. Kubies, L. Machová, E. Brynda, J. Lukáš and F. Rypáček
151-155	Properties of calcium phosphate coatings deposited and modified with lasers	E. N. Antonov, V. N. Bagratashvili, V. K. Popov, M. D. Ball and D. M. Grant, et al.
157-165	Preliminary study on human protein adsorption and leukocyte adhesion to starch-based biomaterials	C. M. Alves, R. L. Reis and J. A. Hunt
167-173	Evaluation of the potential of starch-based biodegradable polymers in the activation of human inflammatory cells	A. P. Marques, R. L. Reis and J. A. Hunt
175-180	Novel reverse thermoresponsive injectable poly(ether carbonate)s	Daniel Cohn and Alejandro Sosnik
181-186	Introducing lactide-based biodegradable tissue adhesives	Gilad Lando and Daniel Cohn
187-194	Plasma- and chemical-induced graft polymerization on the surface of starch-based biomaterials aimed at improving cell adhesion and proliferation	Carlos Elvira, Feng Yi, M. Claudia Azevedo, L. Rebouta and António M. Cunha, et al.

Volume 14, Number 3 / March 2003

195-200	Current state of the art of biphasic calcium phosphate bioceramics	Guy Daculsi, Olivier Laboux, Olivier Malard and Pierre Weiss
201-209	Biphasic calcium phosphate bioceramics: preparation, properties and applications	R. Z. LeGeros, S. Lin, R. Rohanizadeh, D. Mijares and J. P. LeGeros
211-218	Mesenchymal stem cells combined with biphasic calcium phosphate ceramics promote bone regeneration	T. L. Livingston, S. Gordon, M. Archambault, S. Kadiyala and K. McIntosh, et al.
219-227	Bilayered calcium phosphate coating to promote osseointegration of a femoral stem prosthesis	E. Goyenvalle, N. J. M. Guyen, E. Aguado, N. Passuti and G. Daculsi
229-233	Micro macroporous biphasic ceramics and fibrin sealant as a moldable material for bone reconstruction in chronic otitis media surgery. A 15 years experience	M. Bagot d'Arc and G. Daculsi
235-240	Tissue engineering of dermal substitutes based on porous PEGT/PBT copolymer scaffolds: comparison of culture conditions	H. J. Wang, M. Bertrand-De Haas, J. Riesle, E. Lamme and C. A. Van Blitterswijk
241-245	Surface oxidation of UHMWPE for orthopedic use increases apoptosis and necrosis in human granulocytes	F. Renò, M. Sabbatini and M. Cannas
247-254	Titanium implants and BMP-7 in bone: an experimental model in the rabbit	V. Franke Stenport, C. Johansson, S. Joo Heo, P. Aspenberg and T. Albrektsson
255-261	Gelatin manipulation of latent macropores formation in brushite cement	Yuji Yin, Fen Ye, Shu Cai, Kangde Yao and Junfeng Cui, et al.
263-270	Modification of human polymorphonuclear neutrophilic cell (PMN)-adhesion on biomaterial surfaces by protein preadsorption under static and flow conditions	Mike Otto, Björn Wahn and Charles James Kirkpatrick
271-275	The response of macrophages to particles of resorbable polymers and their degradation products	E. N. Dawes, S. A. Clarke, N. Lamanuzzi, E. Pinto and R. A. Brooks, et al.
277-282	The effect of varying percentage hydroxyapatite in poly(ethylmethacrylate) bone cement on human osteoblast-like cells	T. N. Opara, M. J. Dalby, E. J. Harper, L. Di Silvio and W. Bonfield
283-286	Preparation of Gd³⁺-containing polymer complex as a novel magnetic resonance signal-enhancing coating material	Jian Guo, Xiqun Jiang, Yong Hu and Changzheng Yang
287	Testing bone substitutes in a small animal model of revision arthroplasty	S.A. Clarke
289	Review papers in Journal of Materials Science

Volume 14, Number 4 / April 2003

291-295	Torsional fatigue resistance of plasma sprayed HA coating on Ti–6Al–4V	Liling Yan, Yang Leng and Jiyong Chen
297-305	Primary bone-derived cell colonization of unconditioned and pre-conditioned Bioglass 45S5 surfaces in vitro	L. A. Mortin and R. M. Shelton
307-310	Effects of dental resin metabolites on estrogenic activity in vitro	Y. Nomura, H. Ishibashi, M. Miyahara, R. Shinohara and F. Shiraishi, et al.
311-320	Synthesis and characterization of hydroxyapatite, fluoride-substituted hydroxyapatite and fluorapatite	M. Wei, J. H. Evans, T. Bostrom and L. Grøndahl
321-325	Creep behavior of bone cement: a method for time extrapolation using time-temperature equivalence	R. L. Morgan, D. F. Farrar, J. Rose, H. Forster and I. Morgan
327-333	Histomorphological study of bone response to hydroxyapatite coating on stainless steel	A. Merolli, A. Moroni, C. Faldini, P. Tranquilli Leali and S. Giannini
335-345	Testing the cytotoxicity of metal alloys used as magnetic prosthetic devices	M. Hopp, S. Rogaschewski and Th. Groth
347-357	Release dynamics of tetracycline from a loaded semi-interpenetrating polymeric material of polyvinyl alcohol and poly(acrylamide-co-styrene)	A. K. Bajpai, J. Bajpai and Sandeep Shukla
359-364	In vitro mesothelialization of prosthetic materials designed for the repair of abdominal wall defects	J. M. Bellón, N. García-Honduvilla, R. López, C. Corrales and F. Jurado, et al.
365-372	Granule size and composition of bioactive glasses affect osteoconduction in rabbit	N. C. Lindfors and A. J. Aho
373-378	Investigation of the mechanical performance of young glass-ionomer cement using dynamic mechanical analysis	O. R. Eden, G. M. Foster and R. M. Hooper
379-384	Minimum solid area models applied to the prediction of Young's modulus for cancellous bone	K. U. O'Kelly, A. J. Carr and B. A. O. McCormack

Volume 14, Number 5 / May 2003

385-397	Bi-composite sandwich moldings: Processing, mechanical performance and bioactive behavior	R. A. Sousa, A. L. Oliveira, R. L. Reis, A. M. Cunha and M. J. Bevis
399-404	Factors influencing the compressive strength of an injectable calcium sulfate–hydroxyapatite cement	M. Nilsson, L. Wielanek, J.-S. Wang, K. E. Tanner and L. Lidgren
405-409	Effect of surface topography on the color of dental porcelain	Il-Jang Kim, Yong-Keun Lee, Bum-Soon Lim and Cheol-We Kim
411-417	Sutured calf pericardium: influence of the type and angle of the suture on mechanical behavior	J. M. García Páez, E. Jorge Herrero, M. Martín Maestro, A. Rocha and B. Arenaz, et al.
419-425	Calcium phosphate interactions with titanium oxide and alumina substrates: an XPS study	Florence Barrère, Albert Lebugle, Clemens A. van Blitterswijk, Klaas de Groot and Pierre Layrolle, et al.
427-434	Microstructure and anodic polarization behavior of experimental Ag–18Cu–15Pd–12Au alloy in aqueous sulfide solution	Kazuhiko Endo, Hiroki Ohno and Shukuji Asakura
435-441	An innovative auto-catalytic deposition route to produce calcium–phosphate coatings on polymeric biomaterials	I. B. Leonor and R. L. Reis
443-450	Bioresorbable and bioactive composite materials based on polylactide foams filled with and coated by Bioglass® particles for tissue engineering applications	A. R. Boccaccini, I. Notingher, V. Maquet and R. Jérôme
451-455	Thermoresponsive hydrogel with rapid response dynamics	Xian-Zheng Zhang, Fang-Jing Wang and Chih-Chang Chu
457-464	The distribution of water in degrading polyglycolide. Part I: Sample size and drug release	Susan Hurrell, Georgina E. Milroy and Ruth E. Cameron
465-473	The distribution of water in degrading polyglycolide. Part II: Magnetic resonance imaging and drug release	Georgina E. Milroy, Ruth E. Cameron, Michael D. Mantle, Lynn F. Gladden and Hiep Huatan

Volume 14, Number 6 / June 2003

475-487	Coupling of HDPE/hydroxyapatite composites by silane-based methodologies	R. A. Sousa, R. L. Reis, A. M. Cunha and M. J. Bevis
489-495	Apatite-forming ability of glass-ceramic apatite–wollastonite – polyethylene composites: effect of filler content	J. A. Juhasz, S. M. Best, W. Bonfield, M. Kawashita and N. Miyata, et al.
497-502	The effect of resin/crosslinker ratio on the mechanical properties and fungal deterioration of a maxillofacial silicone elastomer	R. L. Taylor, C. M. Liauw and C. Maryan
503-510	Calcium phosphate nucleation on surface-modified PTFE membranes	Lisbeth GrØndahl, Francisco Cardona, Khang Chiem, Edeline Wentrup-Byrne and Thor Bostrom
511-519	In vitro cellular response to titanium electrochemically coated with hydroxyapatite compared to titanium with three different levels of surface roughness	Marcelo H. Prado da Silva, Gloria D. A. Soares, Carlos N. Elias, Serena M. Best and Iain R. Gibson, et al.
521-529	Effect of annealing titanium on in vitro bioactivity	Kyu-Seog Hwang, Young-Hwan Lee, Bo-An Kang, Sang-Bok Kim and Jeong-Sun OH
531-537	Biological and biochemical properties of the carbon composite and polyethylene implant materials	V. PesŠa´kova´, K. Smetana, K. Bali´k, J. HrusŠka and M. Petrty´l, et al.
539-545	Biological behavior of sol-gel coated dental implants	P. A. Ramires, A. Wennerberg, C. B. Johansson, F. Cosentino and S. Tundo, et al.
547-555	Strength of bond to bone and cytotoxicity of sintered bodies of hydroxyapatite/zirconia composite particles	T. Matsuno, M. Morita, K. Watanabe, K. Ono and M. Koishi
557-566	On the surface elemental composition of non-corroded and corroded dental ceramic materials in vitro	P. Milleding, S. Karlsson and L. Nyborg

Volume 14, Number 7 / July 2003

569-574	Apatite deposition on polyamide films containing carboxyl group in a biomimetic solution	Toshiki Miyazaki, Chikara Ohtsuki, Yuji Akioka, Masao Tanihara and Junko Nakao, et al.
575-581	A novel acrylic copolymer for a poly(alkenoate) glass-ionomer cement	S. Deb, P. Shah, B. Vazquez and J. San Roman
583-594	Dynamic mechanical behavior of PMMA based bone cements in wet environment	R. De Santis, F. Mollica, L. Ambrosio, L. Nicolais and D. Ronca
595-600	Cytotoxicity study of homopolymers and copolymers of 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate and some alkyl acrylates for potential use as temporary skin substitutes	M. Prasitsilp, T. Siriwittayakorn, R. Molloy, N. Suebsanit and P. Siriwittayakorn, et al.
601-604	Ion-release, dissolution and buffering by zinc phosphate dental cements	Beata Czarnecka, Honorata Limanowska-Shaw and John W. Nicholson
605-610	Amorphous alloys resistant to corrosion in artificial saliva solution	A. Kwokal, M. Metikos-Huković, N. Radić, R. Poljak-Guberina and A. Čatović
611-616	Grafting of lactose-carrying styrene onto polystrene dishes using plasma glow discharge and their interaction with hepatocytes	Inn-Kyu Kang, Dong Woo Lee, Seung Kyung Lee and Toshihiro Akaike
617-622	A metastable phase in thermal decomposition of Ca-deficient hydroxyapatite	Masato Tamai, Mitsuhiro Nakamura, Toshiyuki Isshiki, Koji Nishio and Hisamitsu Endoh, et al.
623-627	Porous phosphate-gelatine composite as bone graft with drug delivery function	A. Tampieri, G. Celotti, E. Landi, M. Montevecchi and N. Roveri, et al.
629-634	Characterization of hydrothermally treated anodic oxides containing Ca and P on titanium	Xiaolong Zhu, Dong Whan Son, Joo L. Ong and Kyohan Kim
635-640	Use of triethylcitrate plasticizer in the production of poly-L-lactic acid implants with different degradation times	S. M. N. Scapin, D. R. M. Silva, P. P. Joazeiro, M. C. Alberto-Rincon and R. M. Luciano, et al.
641-645	Synthesis and biocompatibility of porous nano-hydroxyapatite/collagen/alginate composite	S. M. Zhang, F. Z. Cui, S. S. Liao, Y. Zhu and L. Han
647-653	Notch strength insensitivity of self-setting hydroxyapatite bone cements	Jane P. Morgan and Reinhold H. Dauskardt
655-660	Synthesis and characterization of nano-HA/PA66 composites	Mei Huang, Jianqing Feng, Jianxin Wang, Xingdong Zhang and Yubao Li, et al.

Volume 14, Number 8 / August 2003

3	Editorial	L. Ambrosio
663-670	Protein adsorption and fibroblast adhesion on irradiated polysiloxane surfaces	C. Satriano, G. Marletta, S. Carnazza and S. Guglielmino
671-675	Effects of adsorbed heat labile serum proteins and fibrinogen on adhesion and apoptosis of monocytes/macrophages on biomaterials	William G. Brodbeck, Erica Colton and James M. Anderson
677-681	Experimental approaches to study vascularization in tissue engineering and biomaterial applications	C. J. Kirkpatrick, R. E. Unger, V. Krump-Konvalinkova, K. Peters and H. Schmidt, et al.
683-686	Design, synthesis and properties of polyurethane hydrogels for tissue engineering	P. Petrini, S. Farè, A. Piva and M. C. Tanzi
687-691	Poly(vinyl alcohol) as versatile biomaterial for potential biomedical applications	Gaio Paradossi, Francesca Cavalieri, Ester Chiessi, Chiara Spagnoli and Mary K. Cowman
693-697	Enhanced HAPEX topography: Comparison of osteoblast response to established cement	M. J. Dalby, W. Bonfield and L. Di Silvio
699-703	“Smart” polymeric nanospheres as new materials for possible biomedical applications	Krzysztof Szczubiałka, Monika Jankowska and Maria Nowakowska
705-711	Nanoparticle systems for the targeted release of active principles of proteic nature	R. Solaro, F. Chiellini, F. Signori, C. Fiumi and R. Bizzarri, et al.
713-716	Engineered articular cartilage: influence of the scaffold on cell phenotype and proliferation	Antonio Gigante, Claudia Bevilacqua, Massimo Cappella, Sandra Manzotti and Francesco Greco
717-720	Effects of elastin-derived peptide on Achilles' tendon healing: An experimental study	Antonio Gigante, Claudio Chillemi, Claudia Bevilacqua, Francesco Greco and Faustino Bisaccia, et al.
721-725	Micro and nano-structured surfaces	R. Barbucci, D. Pasqui, A. Wirsen, S. Affrossman and A. Curtis, et al.
727-729	Gland cell cultures into 3D hyaluronan-based scaffolds	B. Zavan, R. Cortivo, C. Tonello and G. Abatangelo

Volume 14, Number 9 / September 2003

731-738	The effect of particle size and electrical charge on macrophage-osteoclast differentiation and bone resorption	A. Sabokbar, R. Pandey and N. A. Athanasou
739-745	Osseous regeneration in the presence of oxidized cellulose and collagen	G. J. Dias, P. V. Peplow and F. Teixeira
747-752	Effect of molecular weight and concentration of poly(acrylic acid) on the formation of a polymeric calcium phosphate cement	A. O. Majekodunmi, S. Deb and J. W. Nicholson
753-759	Water sorption and water-induced molecular mobility in dental composite resins	P. E. Lagouvardos, P. Pissis, A. Kyritsis and D. Daoukaki
761-765	Calcium phosphate formation on nanocrystalline ZrO₂ thin film prepared by using a zirconium naphthenate	Kyu-Seog Hwang, Yeon-Hum Yun, Bo-An Kang, Sang-Bok Kim and Seung-Wook Jang, et al.
767-773	Physical properties of high molecular weight 1,3-trimethylene carbonate and D,L-lactide copolymers	Ana Paula Pêgo, André A. Poot, Dirk W. Grijpma and Jan Feijen
775-781	Surface properties and in vitro analyses of immobilized chitosan onto polypropylene non-woven fabric surface using antenna-coupling microwave plasma	Yu-Chang Tyan, Jiunn-Der Liao* and Shu-Ping Lin
783-787	Rheological properties of poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (pHEMA) as a function of water content and deformation frequency	J. R. Meakin, D. W. L. Hukins, R. M. Aspden and C. T. Imrie
789-796	Effect of crosslinking, thermal treatment and UV irradiation on the mechanical properties and in vitro degradation behavior of several natural proteins aimed to be used in the biomedical field	Cláudia M. Vaz, Leontine A. de Graaf, Rui L. Reis and António M. Cunha
797-801	Colloidal characterization and electrophoretic deposition of hydroxyapatite on titanium substrate	J. Ma, C. H. Liang, L. B. Kong and C. Wang
803-809	The semi-interpenetrating polymer network matrix of fiber-reinforced composite and its effect on the surface adhesive properties	T. M. Lastumäki, L. V. J. Lassila and P. K. Vallittu
811-815	Stress relaxation tests in polypropylene monofilament meshes used in the repair of abdominal walls	F. J. Gil, J. M. Manero, J. A. Planell, J. Vidal and J. M. Ferrando, et al.
817-822	Effects of sintering temperature on structure of hydroxyapatite studied with Rietveld method	Linghong Guo, Mei Huang and Xingdong Zhang

Volume 14, Number 10 / October 2003

825-832	Chlorhexidine-containing mucoadhesive polymeric compacts designed for use in the oral cavity: an examination of their physical properties, in vitro/in vivo drug release properties and clinical acceptability	Chris R. Irwin, Karen C. McCullough and David S. Jones
833-841	Non cell adhesive photopolymerized cross-linked layers (I): synthesis and characterization	D. Delmar-Greenberg, M. Azam Ali and K. E. Gonsalves
843-849	Tensile force testing of optimized coin-shaped titanium implant attachment kinetics in the rabbit tibiae	Hans Jacob Rønold, Jan Eirik Ellingsen and Ståle Petter Lyngstadaas
851-855	Radiation enhanced modification of HDPE for medical applications	J. Suwanprateeb and P. Trongtong
857-861	Multi-axial fatigue failure of orthopedic bone cement – experiments with tubular specimens	B. P. Murphy and P. J. Prendergast
863-867	Surface crystalline phases and nanoindentation hardness of explanted zirconia femoral heads	Shane A. Catledge, Monique Cook, Yogesh K. Vohra, Erick M. Santos and Michelle D. McClenny, et al.
869-873	The effect of saliva on surface hardness and water sorption of glass–ionomers and “compomers”	M. Aliping-McKenzie, R. W. A. Linden and J. W. Nicholson
875-882	Synthesis and characterization of nano-biomaterials with potential osteological applications	M. J. Phillips, J. A. Darr, Z. B. Luklinska and I. Rehman
883-889	Microstructure analysis of calcium phosphate formed in tendon	I. Yamaguchi, T. Kogure, M. Sakane, S. Tanaka and A. Osaka, et al.
891-898	Effect of glass–ceramic microstructure on its in vitro bioactivity	P. N. De Aza and Z. B. Luklinska
899-904	Enhanced performance of fluorine substituted hydroxyapatite composites for hard tissue engineering	Hae-Won Kim, Yoon-Jung Noh, Young-Hag Koh and Hyoun-Ee Kim
905-912	Blood response to plasticized poly(vinyl chloride): Dependence of fibrinogen adsorption on plasticizer selection and surface plasticizer level	X. B. Zhao and J. M. Courtney
913-918	Tissue reactions of subcutaneously implanted mixture of ε-caprolactone-lactide copolymer and tricalcium phosphate. An electron microscopic evaluation in sheep	Marja Ekholm, Jarkko Hietanen, Riitta-Mari Tulamo, Jarkko Muhonen and Christian Lindqvist, et al.
919-922	Formation of highly oriented hydroxyapatite in hydroxyapatite/titanium composite coating by radio-frequency thermal plasma spraying	Masahiko Inagaki, Yoshiyuki Yokogawa and Tetsuya Kameyama

Volume 14, Number 11 / November 2003

923-938	Bone cements and fillers: A review	S. M. Kenny and M. Buggy
939-943	Encapsulation of apatite particles for improvement in bone regeneration	L. M. Rodríguez-Lorenzo and K. A. Gross
945-954	Albumin adsorption on Cibacron Blue F3G-A immobilized onto oligo(ethylene glycol)-terminated self-assembled monolayers	Ma Cristina L. Martins, Esmaeel Naeemi, Buddy D. Ratner and Mário A. Barbosa
955-960	Free volume and mechanical properties of Palacos® R bone cement	J. Algers, F. H. J. Maurer, M. Eldrup and J.-S. Wang
961-965	Effects of baicalin-modified poly(D,L-lactic acid) surface on the behavior of osteoblasts	Wen Guang Liu, Xiao Wei Li, Yong Sheng Li, Kai Yong Cai and Kang De Yao, et al.
967-972	Multi-technique characterization of retrieved bone cement from revised total hip arthroplasties	T. Eliades, J. S. Papadopulos, G. Eliades, N. Silikas and D. C. Watts
973-978	Surface modification of a porous hydroxyapatite to promote bonded polymer coatings	Atsushi Matsuda, Tsutomu Furuzono, Dominic Walsh, Akio Kishida and Junzo Tanaka
979-984	Age-related changes in cyclic voltammetry and potentiodynamic studies of normal human dentine	A. Eldarrat, A. High and G. M. Kale
985-990	Crystallization modifies osteoconductivity in an apatite–mullite glass–ceramic	C. O. Freeman, I. M. Brook, A. Johnson, P. V. Hatton and R. G. Hill, et al.
991-997	Adhesion of bone cells to ion-implanted titanium	S. Nayab, L. Shinawi, J. Hobkirk, T. J. Tate and I. Olsen, et al.
999-1004	Effect of resin application time on bond strength of polymer substrate repaired with particulate filler composite	T. T. Kallio, T. M. Lastumäki and P. K. Vallittu
1005-1009	Characterization of PC12 cell proliferation and differentiation-stimulated by ECM adhesion proteins and neurotrophic factors	Darlene G. Attiah, Ross A. Kopher and Tejal A. Desai
1011-1015	Fracture toughness of tooth acrylics	A. C. Murphy and R. G. Hill
1017-1018	Review papers in Journal of Materials Science	G. Daculsi, O. Laboux, O. Malard, S.M. Kenny and M. Buggy

Volume 14, Number 12 / December 2003

1021-1026	Factors affecting the optical properties of Pd-free Au–Pt-based dental alloys	Takanobu Shiraishi, Yasuko Takuma, Eri Miura, Yasuhiro Tanaka and Kunihiro Hisatsune
1027-1032	Bioactivity of metallic biomaterials with anatase layers deposited in acidic titanium tetrafluoride solution	Jin-Ming Wu, Fan Xiao, Satoshi Hayakawa, Kanji Tsuru and Shinji Takemoto, et al.
1033-1037	Mechanical properties of a permanent dental restorative material based on calcium aluminate	J. Loof, H. Engqvist, N.-O. Ahnfelt, K. Lindqvist and L. Hermansson
1039-1046	Controllable porosity hydroxyapatite ceramics as spine cage: fabrication and properties evaluation	W. W. Lu, F. Zhao, K. D. K. Luk, Y. J. Yin and K. M. C. Cheung, et al.
1047-1053	Time-dependent strength and fatigue resistance of dental direct restorative materials	Ulrich Lohbauer, Roland Frankenberger, Norbert Krämer and Anselm Petschelt
1055-1066	In vitro degradation and cytocompatibility evaluation of novel soy and sodium caseinate-based membrane biomaterials	G. A. Silva, C. M. Vaz, O. P. Coutinho, A. M. Cunha and R. L. Reis
1067-1072	Apatite formation on CaO-free polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)-TiO₂ hybrids	M. Kamitakahara, M. Kawashita, N. Miyata, T. Kokubo and T. Nakamura
1073-1078	Biocompatibility and biodegradation of poly(hydroxybutyrate)/poly(ethylene glycol) blend films	Guoxiang Cheng, Zhijiang Cai and Ling Wang
1079-1088	Preparation and characterization of pH sensitive sugar mediated (polyethylene glycol/chitosan) membrane	Jian Wen Wang and Min Hsiung Hon
1089-1097	Effect of micro- and macroporosity of bone substitutes on their mechanical properties and cellular response	A. Bignon, J. Chouteau, J. Chevalier, G. Fantozzi and J.-P. Carret, et al.
1099-1103	Titanium transport through the blood stream. An experimental study on rats	Daniel G. Olmedo, Débora Tasat, María B. Guglielmotti and Rómulo L. Cabrini

Volume 15, Number 1 / January 2004

1-5	Stress protein assay for the evaluation of cytotoxicity of dental amalgam	Hiroshi Oshima, Masaaki Nakamura, Kunihiko Yasuda, Nobuyuki Yamagishi and Takumi Hatayama
7-11	Flexural properties of glass fiber reinforced composite with multiphase biopolymer matrix	M. Väkiparta, A. Yli-urpo and P. K. Vallittu
13-17	Basic properties of apatite cement containing spherical tetracalcium phosphate made with plasma melting method	K. Ishikawa, S. Matsuya, M. Nakagawa, K. Udoh and K. Suzuki
19-23	Nano-scaled hydroxyapatite/polymer composite I. Coating of sintered hydroxyapatite particles on poly(γ-methacryloxypropyl trimethoxysilane)-grafted silk fibroin fibers through chemical bonding	T. Furuzono, A. Kishida and J. Tanaka
25-33	The influence of lithium fluoride on in vitro biocompatibility and bioactivity of calcium aluminate–PMMA composite cement	S. H. Oh, S. Y. Choi, S. H. Choi, Y. K. Lee and K. N. Kim
35-42	Modification of human platelet adhesion on biomaterial surfaces by protein preadsorption under static and flow conditions	Mike Otto, Arno Franzen, Torsten Hansen and Charles James Kirkpatrick
43-54	In vitro release dynamics of insulin from a loaded hydrophilic polymeric network	A.K. Bajpai and Smitha Bhanu
55-59	Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy characterization of passive film formed on implant Ti–6Al–7Nb alloy in Hank's solution	I. C. Lavos-Valereto, S. Wolynec, I. Ramires, A. C. Guastaldi and I. Costa
61-67	Fatigue characterization of a polymer foam to use as a cancellous bone analog material in the assessment of orthopaedic devices	V. Palissery, M. Taylor and M. Browne
69-72	In vitro cytotoxicity of E-glass fiber weave preimpregnated with novel biopolymer	M. Väkiparta, M. K. Koskinen, P. Vallittu, T. Närhi and A. Yli-Urpo
73-83	Optimization of the formulation and mechanical properties of starch based partially degradable bone cements	Luciano F. Boesel, João F. Mano and Rui L. Reis
85-89	Thermal characterization of PMMA-based bone cement curing	Chaodi Li, James Mason and Don Yakimicki
91-98	Carbon–carbon composite bearing materials in hip arthroplasty: analysis of wear and biological response to wear debris	G. I. Howling, E. Ingham, H. Sakoda, T. D. Stewart and J. Fisher, et al.

Volume 15, Number 2 / February 2004

99-107	REVIEW Bioactive metals: preparation and properties	T. Kokubo, H.-M. Kim, M. Kawashita and T. Nakamura
109-115	Comparative study of the mechanical behaviour of a cyanoacrylate and a bioadhesive	J. M. García Páez, E. Jorge Herrero, A. Rocha, M. Maestro and J. L. Castillo-Olivares, et al.
117-121	Glass fibre-reinforced composite laced with chlorhexidine digluconate and yeast adhesion	T. Waltimo, G. Luo, L. P. Samaranayake and P. K. Vallittu
123-128	Laser stereolithography and supercritical fluid processing for custom-designed implant fabrication	V. K. Popov, A. V. Evseev, A. L. Ivanov, V. V. Roginski and A. I. Volozhin, et al.
129-136	Biodegradation behavior and cytotoxicity of the composite membrane composed of β-dicalcium pyrophosphate and glucose mediated (polyethylene glycol/chitosan)	Jian Wen Wang and Min Hsiung Hon
137-143	A novel crosslinkable polymer as drug-loaded coating for biomedical device	Jian-Ping Xu, Jian Ji, Wei-Dong Chen, Hui-Fang Zhao and Jia-Cong Shen, et al.
145-150	Gradient surface porosity in titanium dental implants: relation between processing parameters and microstructure	M. G. Kutty and S. B. Bhaduri
151-154	The interaction of lactic acid–glass cements with aqueous solutions	John W. Nicholson and Beata Czarnecka
155-159	MMA/MPEOMA/VSA copolymer as a novel blood-compatible material: ex vivo platelet adhesion study	Jin Ho Lee, Se Heang Oh and Won Gon Kim
161-165	Multichannel mould processing of 3D structures from microporous coralline hydroxyapatite granules and chitosan support materials for guided tissue regeneration/engineering	E. T. Baran, K. Tuzlakoglu, A. J. Salgado and R. L. Reis
167-173	Evaluation of osteoblast-like cell response to Proroot™ MTA (mineral trioxide aggregate) cement	G. A. Pelliccioni, G. Ciapetti, E. Cenni, D. Granchi and M. Nanni, et al.
175-184	Non-conventional injection molding of poly(lactide) and poly(ε-caprolactone) intended for orthopedic applications	H. Altpeter, M. J. Bevis, D. W. Grijpma and J. Feijen
185-190	In vitro enzymatic biodegradation of amino acid based poly(ester amide)s biomaterials	G. Tsitlanadze, T. Kviria, R. Katsarava and C. C. Chu
191-197	Processing of grain-size functionally gradient bioceramics for implant applications	K. Morsi, H. Keshavan and S. Bal

Volume 15, Number 3 / March 2004

201-208	Stray-field imaging and multinuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy studies on the setting of a commercial glass-ionomer cement	Ricardo Pires, Teresa G. Nunes, IsAac Abrahams, Geoffrey E. Hawkes and Cláudia M. Morais, et al.
209-217	Macroporous glass-ceramic materials with bioactive properties	C. Vitale-Brovarone, S. Di Nunzio, O. Bretcanu and E. Verné
219-224	Effect of fluoride addition on the properties of dental alginate impression materials	Yong-Keun Lee, Bum-Soon Lim and Cheol-We Kim
225-235	Wear of surface engineered metal-on-metal hip prostheses	J. Fisher, X. Q. Hu, T. D. Stewart, S. Williams and J. L. Tipper, et al.
237-247	Characterization of nanostructure phenomena in airborne particulate aggregates and their potential for respiratory health effects	L. E. Murr, E. V. Esquivel and J. J. Bang
249-254	Interactions of different types of localized corrosion in surgical implants	G. Mori and H. Dösinger
255-260	Cell growth and function on calcium phosphate reinforced chitosan scaffolds	Yong Zhang and Miqin Zhang
261-265	Effects of alkali pretreatment of silk fibroin on microstructure and properties of hydroxyapatite–silk fibroin nanocomposite	Li Wang, Rei Nemoto and Mamoru Senna
267-273	Fabrication of 1-dimensional porous hydroxyapatite and evaluation of its osteoconductivity	Hyun-Seung Ryu, Su-Jin Kim, Jin-Ho Kim, Hwan Kim and Kug Sun Hong, et al.
275-281	Fixation of distal femoral osteotomies with self-reinforced poly(L/DL)lactide 70 : 30/bioactive glass composite rods. An experimental study on rats	Pyhältö Tuomo, Lapinsuo Matti, Pätiälä Hannu, Rokkanen Pentti and Niiranen Henna, et al.
283-289	Promoting the cytocompatibility of polyurethane scaffolds via surface photo-grafting polymerization of acrylamide	Yabin Zhu, Changyou Gao, Jianjun Guan and Jiacong Shen
291-296	Influence of fluorapatite minor additions on behavior of hydroxyapatite ceramics	S. M. Barinov, F. Rustichelli, V. P. Orlovskii, A. Lodini and S. Oscarsson, et al.
297-301	Effects of PVA sponge containing chitooligosaccharide in the early stage of wound healing	Young You, Won Ho Park, Bub Min Ko and Byung-Moo Min

Volume 15, Number 4 / April 2004

303	Editorial
305-310	Innovative tissue engineering structures through advanced manufacturing technologies	Gianluca Ciardelli, Valeria Chiono, Caterina Cristallini, Niccoletta Barbani and Arti Ahluwalia, et al.
311-314	Staphylococcus aureus adhesion to different treated titanium surfaces	L. G. Harris and R. G. Richards
315-319	The expression of CD44 in archival paraffin embedded interface tissues of failed orthopaedic implants	Taneisha McFarlane and P. A. Revell
321-325	Effects of nano-scaled particles on endothelial cell function in vitro: Studies on viability, proliferation and inflammation	Kirsten Peters, Ronald E. Unger, C. James Kirkpatrick, Antonietta M. Gatti and Emanuela Monari
327-330	PIRAC Ti nitride coated Ti–6Al–4V head against UHMWPE acetabular cup–hip wear simulator study	E. Y. Gutmanas and I. Gotman
331-334	Culture of haematopoietic cells in a 3-D bioreactor made of Al₂O₃ or apatite foam	H. Schubert, I. Garrn, A. Berthold, W. U. Knauf and B. Reufi, et al.
335-342	Immobilisation of catalase on the surface of biodegradable starch-based polymers as a way to change its surface characteristics	S. A. Costa and R. L. Reis
343-346	Water as foaming agent for open cell polyurethane structures	H. Haugen, V. Ried, M. Brunner, J. Will and E. Wintermantel
347-353	Controlling the supramolecular organisation of adsorbed collagen layers	Ch. C. Dupont-Gillain, E. Pamula, F. A. Denis, V. M. De Cupere and Y. F. Dufrêne, et al.
355-359	The effect of silica nanoparticulate coatings on cellular response	B. G. Cousins, P. J. Doherty, R. L. Williams, J. Fink and M. J. Garvey
361-365	Relationship between bioceramics sintering and micro-particles-induced cellular damages	Jianxi Lu, Marie-Claude Blary, Sébastien Vavasseur, Michel Descamps and Karine Anselme, et al.
367-372	Immunohistological identification of receptor activator of NF-κB ligand (RANKL) in human, ovine and bovine bone tissues	R. J. Mueller and R. G. Richards
373-380	Influence of octacalcium phosphate coating on osteoinductive properties of biomaterials	P. Habibovic, C. M. van der Valk, C. A. van Blitterswijk, K. de Groot and G. Meijer
381-385	Creep-resistant porous structures based on stereo-complex forming triblock copolymers of 1,3-trimethylene carbonate and lactides	Zheng Zhang, Dirk W. Grijpma and Jan Feijen
387-390	Control of fibronectin displacement on polymer substrates to influence endothelial cell behaviour	L. Renner, B. JØrgensen, M. Markowski, K. Salchert and C. Werner, et al.
391-395	Metabolic and histological analysis of mesenchymal stem cells grown in 3-D hyaluronan-based scaffolds	N. P. Rhodes, J. K. Srivastava, R. F. Smith and C. Longinotti
397-402	Heterogeneity in proliferative potential of ovine mesenchymal stem cell colonies	N. P. Rhodes, J. K. Srivastava, R. F. Smith and C. Longinotti
403-406	Bacterial biosynthesis of a calcium phosphate bone-substitute material	Ania C. Thackray, Rachel L. Sammons, Lynne E. Macaskie, Ping Yong and Harriet Lugg, et al.
407-411	Cements from nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite	J. E. Barralet, K. J. Lilley, L. M. Grover, D. F. Farrar and C. Ansell, et al.
413-418	The effect of surface treatment of hydroxyapatite on the properties of a bioactive bone cement	J. A. Roether and S. Deb
419-422	Development and cell response of a new biodegradable composite scaffold for guided bone regeneration	M. Navarro, M. P. Ginebra, J. A. Planell, S. Zeppetelli and L. Ambrosio
423-427	Design, synthesis and properties of a degradable polyurethane scaffold for meniscus regeneration	R. G. J. C. Heijkants, R. V. van Calck, J. H. de Groot, A. J. Pennings and A. J. Schouten, et al.
429-435	Investigating cell–material interactions by monitoring and analysing cell migration	J.-P. Kaiser and A. Bruinink
437-440	Cellular investigations on electrochemically deposited calcium phosphate composites	Petra Becker, Hans-Georg Neumann, Barbara Nebe, Frank Lüthen and Joachim Rychly
441-445	In vitro assessment of the biological response to nano-sized hydroxyapatite	J. Huang, S. M. Best, W. Bonfield, R. A. Brooks and N. Rushton, et al.
447-449	Cell interactions with laser-modified polymer surfaces	M. D. Ball, R. Sherlock and T. Glynn
451-455	Phosphoserine – a convenient compound for modification of calcium phosphate bone cement collagen composites	A. Reinstorf, M. Ruhnow, M. Gelinsky, W. Pompe and U. Hempel, et al.
457-461	Biocompatible Nb₂O₅ thin films prepared by means of the sol–gel process	D. Velten, E. Eisenbarth, N. Schanne and J. Breme
463-467	Preparation and physico-chemical characterisation of microporous polysaccharidic hydrogels	Gemma Leone, Rolando Barbucci, Assunta Borzacchiello, Luigi Ambrosio and Paolo A. Netti, et al.
469-472	Detection of micro- and nano-sized biocompatible particles in the blood	A. M. Gatti, S. Montanari, E. Monari, A. Gambarelli and F. Capitani, et al.
473-477	In vitro host response assessment of biomaterials for cardiovascular stent manufacture	Matteo Santin, Lyuba Mikhalovska, Andrew W. Lloyd, Sergey Mikhalovsky and Louise Sigfrid, et al.
479-484	Design and bioproduction of a recombinant multi(bio)functional elastin-like protein polymer containing cell adhesion sequences for tissue engineering purposes	Alessandra Girotti, Javier Reguera, José Carlos Rodríguez-Cabello, Francisco Javier Arias and Matilde Alonso, et al.
485-492	Mechanical and leakage behaviour of the dentin – adhesive interface	Francesco Mollica, Roberto De Santis, Luigi Ambrosio, Luigi Nicolais and Davide Prisco, et al.
493-496	Surface modified superparamagnetic nanoparticles for drug delivery: Interaction studies with human fibroblasts in culture	Ajay Kumar Gupta and Adam S. G. Curtis
497-501	Effects of serum and serum heat-inactivation on human bone derived osteoblast progenitor cells	A. Bruinink, U. Tobler, M. Hälg and J. Grünert
503-506	Hydrophilic matrices to be used as bioactive and degradable bone cements	Luciano F. Boesel and Rui L. Reis
507-511	Hydrophilicity of 3-D biomaterials: The Washburn equation	P. V. Jackson, J. A. Hunt, P. J. Doherty, A. Cannon and P. Gilson
513-517	Rationalising the design of polymeric thermoresponsive biomaterials	Yu. Rochev, D. O'Halloran, T. Gorelova, V. Gilcreest and I. Selezneva, et al.
519-522	Novel injectable urethral bulking agents for the treatment of urinary incontinence	O. Jordan, E. Doelker, N. Defabiani, A. Caviezel and C. Iselin
523-528	Influence of β-radiation sterilisation in properties of new chitosan/soybean protein isolate membranes for guided bone regeneration	R. M. Silva, C. Elvira, J. F. Mano, J. San Román and R. L. Reis
529-532	Investigation of microstructural features in regenerating bone using micro computed tomography	A. C. Jones, A. Sakellariou, A. Limaye, C. H. Arns and T. J. Senden, et al.
533-540	Pre-mineralisation of starch/polycrapolactone bone tissue engineering scaffolds by a calcium-silicate-based process	A. L. Oliveira and R. L. Reis
541-546	Continuous mandibular distraction osteogenesis using superelastic shape memory alloy (SMA)	S. Idelsohn, J. Peña, D. Lacroix, J. A. Planell and F. J. Gil, et al.

Volume 15, Number 5 / May 2004

551-558	Nonstoichiometric hydroxyapatite granules for orthopaedic applications	Z. Zyman, V. Glushko, V. Filippenko, V. Radchenko and V. Mezentsev
559-565	Evaluation of magnetic behaviour and in vitro biocompatibility of ferritic PM2000 alloy	M.S. Flores, G. Ciapetti, J.L. González-Carrasco, M.A. Montealegre and M. Multigner, et al.
567-573	Particle formation and aggregation–collapse behavior of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) and poly(ethylene glycol) block copolymers in the presence of cross-linking agent	Peng-Wei Zhu
575-582	Thermally-reversible gel for 3-D cell culture of chondrocytes	M. Jasionowski, K. Krzyminski, W. Chrisler, L. M. Markille and J. Morris, et al.
583-592	Adsorption of a blood protein on to hydrophilic sponges based on poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)	A. K. Bajpai and D. D. Mishra
593-599	Apatite formation on collagen fibrils in the presence of polyacrylic acid	E. K. Girija, Y. Yokogawa and F. Nagata
601-606	Albumin-containing sol–gel glasses: Chemical and biological study	G. Iucci, G. Infante, L. Rossi, G. Polzonetti and N. Rosato, et al.
607-611	Blood compatibility of polyurethane immobilized with acrylic acid and plasma grafting sulfonic acid	Qiang Lv, Chuanbao Cao and Hesun Zhu
613-617	High strain rate testing of kidney stones	E. T. Sylven, S. Agarwal, C. L. Briant and R. O. Cleveland
619-624	Uniaxial stress–relaxation and stress–strain responses of human amnion	Michelle L. Oyen, Steven E. Calvin and Robert F. Cook
625-629	Preparation and characterization of macroporous chitosan/wollastonite composite scaffolds for tissue engineering	Li Zhao and Jiang Chang
631-639	Evaluation of fracture toughness of cartilage by micropenetration	N. K. Simha, C. S. Carlson and J. L. Lewis

Volume 15, Number 6 / June 2004

643-650	Cobalt-based alloys for orthopaedic applications studied by electrochemical and XPS analysis	Aleksandra Kocijan, Ingrid Milošev and Boris Pihlar
651-658	Mechanical failure of human fetal membrane tissues	Michelle L. Oyen, Robert F. Cook and Steven E. Calvin
659-664	Physical characteristics of polymer complexes in suspension obtained from cellulosic latexes with ondansetron	A. Ruiz, J. M. Llácer, E. Morales and V. Gallardo
665-670	Mechanical and biological properties of hydroxyapatite reinforced with 40 vol. % titanium particles for use as hard tissue replacement	Chenglin Chu, Xiaoyan Xue, Jingchuan Zhu and Zhongda Yin
671-677	Silk fibroin modified porous poly(ε-caprolactone) scaffold for human fibroblast culture in vitro	Guang Chen, Ping Zhou, Na Mei, Xin Chen and Zhengzhong Shao, et al.
679-686	Synthesis and characterisation of poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) polyelectrolyte complexes	F. Rosso, A. Barbarisi, M. Barbarisi, A. Giordano and L. Ambrosio
687-691	Effects of Ce on the short-term biocompatibility of Ti–Fe–Mo–Mn–Nb–Zr alloy for dental materials	Si-Rong Yu, Xin-Ping Zhang, Zhen-Ming He, Yao-Hui Liu and Zhong-Hui Liu
693-697	Osteoblast response and calcium deposition on phospholipid modified surfaces	Neera Satsangi, Arpan Satsangi, Renee' Glover, Joo L. Ong and Rajiv K. Satsangi
699-704	Screening biomaterials with a new in vitro method for potential calcification: Porcine aortic valves and bovine pericardium	D. Mavrilas, J. Kapolos, P. G. Koutsoukos and D. Dougenis
705-710	The effect of hot pressing on the physical properties of glass reinforced hydroxyapatite	G. Georgiou, J. C. Knowles, J. E. Barralet, Y. M. Kong and H. E. Kim
711-718	Differences between the wear couples metal-on-polyethylene and ceramic-on-ceramic in the stability against dislocation of total hip replacement	Rainer Bader, Erwin Steinhauser, Susanne Zimmermann, Wolfram Mittelmeier and Roger Scholz, et al.
719-728	Tissue response to the implantation of biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoate sutures	E. I. Shishatskaya, T. G. Volova, A. P. Puzyr, O. A. Mogilnaya and S. N. Efremov
729-734	In vivo characterisation of a novel bioresorbable poly(lactide-co-glycolide) tubular foam scaffold for tissue engineering applications	Richard M. Day, Aldo R. Boccaccini, Veronique Maquet, Sandra Shurey and Alastair Forbes, et al.
735-740	TEM and molecular simulation studies on the hydroxylapatite structure with Si and Mg impurities	M. E. Fernández, C. Angeles-Chavez, G. Mondragón-Galicia and V. Rodríguez-Lugo

Volume 15, Number 7 / July 2004

743-749	Measurement of NF-κB in normal and reconstructed human skin in vitro	T. Sun, J. W. Haycock, M. Szabo, R. P. Hill and S. MacNeil
751-754	The role of the ionomer glass component in polyacid-modified composite resin dental restorative materials	Gabriel O. Adusei, Sanjukta Deb and John W. Nicholson
755-758	No corrosion of 304 stainless steel implant after 40 years of service	D. J. Blackwood and B. P. Pereira
759-765	Starch–chitosan hydrogels prepared by reductive alkylation cross-linking	E. T. Baran, J. F. Mano and R. L. Reis
767-771	Root canal sealers induce cytotoxicity and necrosis	Tsui-Hsien Huang, Shinn-Jyh Ding, Ting-Zen Hsu, Zen-Dar Lee and Chia-Tze Kao
773-777	Mechanical wear behavior of nanocrystalline and multilayer diamond coatings on temporomandibular joint implants	Malesela J. Papo, Shane A. Catledge, Yogesh K. Vohra and Camilo Machado
779-786	Grafting RGD containing peptides onto hydroxyapatite to promote osteoblastic cells adhesion	M. C. Durrieu, S. Pallu, F. Guillemot, R. Bareille and J. Amédée, et al.
787-794	Characterisation of bioactive glass coatings on titanium substrates produced using a CO₂ laser	N. Moritz, E. Vedel, H. Ylänen, M. Jokinen and M. Hupa, et al.
795-802	Implants coated with bioactive glass by CO₂-laser, an in vivo study	N. Moritz, S Rossi, E. Vedel, T. Tirri and H. Ylänen, et al.
803-808	Bioactive evaluation of 45S5 bioactive glass fibres and preliminary study of human osteoblast attachment	Daniel C. Clupper, Julie E. Gough, Papy M. Embanga, Ioan Notingher and Larry L. Hench, et al.
809-816	The influence of bone formation on anchoring percutaneous devices with titanium fibre mesh flanges	M. M. Shalabi, X. F. Walboomers and J. A. Jansen
817-823	Development of porous ceramics with well-controlled porosities and pore sizes from apatite fibers and their evaluations	M. Kawata, H. Uchida, K. Itatani, I. Okada and S. Koda, et al.
825-830	Surface modification of implant materials and its effect on attachment and proliferation of bone cells	Hak-Kwan Kim, Ju-Woong Jang and Chang-Hee Lee
831-837	Antibacterial and bioactive silver-containing Na₂O·CaO·2SiO₂ glass prepared by sol–gel method	M. Catauro, M. G. Raucci, F. de Gaetano and A. Marotta

Volume 15, Number 8 / August 2004

841-846	Surface potential and osteoblast attraction to calcium phosphate compounds is affected by selected alkaline hydrolysis processing	I.O. Smith, M.J. Baumann, L. Obadia and J.-M. Bouler
847-851	Effect of lattice constant of zinc oxide on antibacterial characteristics	Osamu Yamamoto, Miyako Komatsu, Jun Sawai and Zenbe-e Nakagawa
853-858	The effect of partially stabilized zirconia on the mechanical properties of the hydroxyapatite–polyethylene composites	A.Yari Sadi, S.SH. Homaeigohar, A.R. Khavandi and J. Javadpour
859-864	In vivo absorption of porous apatite- and wollastonite-containing glass-ceramic	Kunitaka Ohsawa, Masashi Neo, Tsuyoshi Okamoto, Jiro Tamura and Takashi Nakamura
865-875	Synthesis and characterization of partially biodegradable and thermosensitive hydrogel	Xian-Zheng Zhang, Guo-Ming Sun, Da-Qing Wu and Chih-Chang Chu
877-883	Novel PEEK-WC membranes with low plasma protein affinity related to surface free energy parameters	L. De Bartolo, A. Gugliuzza, S. Morelli, B. Cirillo and A. Gordano, et al.
885-891	Development of a β-type Ti–12Mo–5Ta alloy for biomedical applications: cytocompatibility and metallurgical aspects	D.M. Gordin, T. Gloriant, G. Texier, I. Thibon and D. Ansel, et al.
893-899	Bioactivity of degradable polymer sutures coated with bioactive glass	Oana Bretcanu, Enrica Verné, Luisa Borello and Aldo R. Boccaccini
901-908	The synthesis and characterization of polymer coated iron oxide microspheres	R.V. Ramanujan and W.T. Chong
909-914	Evaluation of the effect of the concentration of plasticizer di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate on the quantity of residual monomer vinyl chloride in PVC chest drainage tubes	Y.I. Kicheva, H. Richter and E. Popova
915-923	A comparative investigation of biodegradable polyhydroxyalkanoate films as matrices for in vitro cell cultures	E.I. Shishatskaya and T.G. Volova
925-932	Porcine collagen crosslinking, degradation and its capability for fibroblast adhesion and proliferation	Marcus L. Jarman-Smith, Tulin Bodamyali, Cliff Stevens, John A. Howell and Michael Horrocks, et al.

Volume 15, Number 9 / September 2004

935-949	Surface treatments and roughness properties of Ti-based biomaterials	Andrea Bagno and Carlo Di Bello
951-958	Factors having influence on the rheological properties of Ti6A14V slurry	J. P. Li, C. A. Van Blitterswijk and K. de Groot
959-966	Phase and microstructural development in alumina sol–gel coatings on CoCr alloy	I. J. Bae, O. C. Standard, G. J. Roger and D. Brazil
967-975	The formation of a hydroxyl bond and the effects thereof on bone-like apatite formation on a magnesia partially stabilized zirconia (MgO–PSZ) bioceramic following CO₂ laser irradiation	L. Hao, J. Lawrence, K. S. Chian, D. K. Y. Low and G. C. Lim, et al.
977-990	Assessment of wear on the cones of modular stainless steel Exeter hip stems	R. P. S. Chaplin, A. J. C. Lee and R. M. Hooper
991-995	Sol–gel synthesis, structure and bioactivity of Polycaprolactone/CaO • SiO₂ hybrid material	M. Catauro, M. G. Raucci, F. de Gaetano, A. Buri and A. Marotta, et al.
997-1005	Bioactivity of ceramic–polymer composites with varied composition and surface topography	S. M. Rea, S. M. Best and W. Bonfield
1007-1012	Apatite-forming ability of alginate fibers treated with calcium hydroxide solution	T. Kokubo, M. Hanakawa, M. Kawashita, M. Minoda and T. Beppu, et al.
1013-1020	Mechanical behavior of bioactive composite cements consisting of resin and glass-ceramic powder in a simulated body fluid: Effect of silane coupling agent	N. Miyata, W. Matsuura, T. Kokubo and T. Nakamura
1021-1029	Formation of highly adherent nano-porous alumina on Ti-based substrates: a novel bone implant coating	E. P. Briggs, A. R. Walpole, P. R. Wilshaw, M. Karlsson and E. Pålsgård
1031-1035	Titanium oxide nanotubes for bone regeneration	Suguru Kubota, Kohei Johkura, Kazuhiko Asanuma, Yasumitsu Okouchi and Naoko Ogiwara, et al.
1037-1043	Flexural properties of crosslinked and oligomer-modified glass-fibre reinforced acrylic bone cement	Mervi A. Puska, Timo O. Närhi, Allan J. Aho, Antti Yli-Urpo and Pekka K. Vallittu
1045-1052	In vitro and in vivo performance of Ti6Al4V implants with plasma-sprayed osteoconductive hydroxylapatite–bioinert titania bond coat “duplex” systems: an experimental study in sheep	R. B. Heimann, N. Schürmann and R. T. Müller
1053-1057	Phase-contrast microtomography of thin biomaterials	F. Rustichelli, S. Romanzetti, B. Dubini, E. Girardin and C. Raven, et al.

Volume 15, Number 10 / October 2004

1061-1064	Magnetic and hydrogel composite materials for hyperthermia applications	L. L. Lao and R. V. Ramanujan
1065-1071	Mechanical characterisation of a bone defect model filled with ceramic cements	A. Gisep, S. Kugler, D. Wahl and B. Rahn
1073-1077	Bonelike apatite formation on niobium metal treated in aqueous NaOH	Reut Godley, David Starosvetsky and Irena Gotman
1079-1087	In vitro blood compatibility of heparin-immobilized polyurethane containing ester groups in the side chain	Meng Wan, Dong Ki Baek, Jin-Ho Cho, Inn-Kyu Kang and Kyo Han Kim
1089-1095	Preparation and characterization of bioactive and biodegradable Wollastonite/poly(D,L-lactic acid) composite scaffolds	Haiyan Li and Jiang Chang
1097-1103	Probing the origins and control of shrinkage stress in dental resin-composites: I. Shrinkage stress characterization technique*	H. Lu, J. W. Stansbury, S. H. Dickens, F. C. Eichmiller and C. N. Bowman
1105-1112	Preparation and characterisation in simulated body conditions of glutaraldehyde crosslinked chitosan membranes	R. M. Silva, G. A. Silva, O. P. Coutinho, J. F. Mano and R. L. Reis
1113-1121	Development of tissue scaffolds using selective laser sintering of polyvinyl alcohol/hydroxyapatite biocomposite for craniofacial and joint defects	C. K. Chua, K. F. Leong, K. H. Tan, F. E. Wiria and C. M. Cheah
1123-1128	Relation between in vitro and in vivo osteogenic potential of cultured human bone marrow stromal cells	S. C. Mendes, J. M. Tibbe, M. Veenhof, S. Both and F. C. Oner, et al.
1129-1134	Strontium substituted calcium phosphate biphasic ceramics obtained by a powder precipitation method	Hae-Won Kim, Young-Hag Koh, Young-Min Kong, Jun-Gu Kang and Hyoun-Ee Kim
1135-1140	Comparative investigation of the biocompatibility of various silicon nitride ceramic qualities in vitro	A. Neumann, T. Reske, M. Held, K. Jahnke and C. Ragoß, et al.
1141-1146	Improved mechanical properties of HIPS/hydroxyapatite composites by surface modification of hydroxyapatite via in-situ polymerization of styrene	Xing-Hou Gong, Chak-Yin Tang, Hong-Chun Hu, Xing-Ping Zhou and Xiao-Lin Xie
1147-1152	Effect of particle morphology and polyethylene molecular weight on the fracture toughness of hydroxyapatite reinforced polyethylene composite	J. O. Eniwumide, R. Joseph and K. E. Tanner
1153-1158	The controlled resorption of porous α-tricalcium phosphate using a hydroxypropylcellulose coating	Makoto Kitamura, Chikara Ohtsuki, Haruna Iwasaki, Shin-ichi Ogata and Masao Tanihara, et al.
1159-1164	Endothelial cell alignment on cyclically-stretched silicone surfaces	M. Moretti, A. Prina-Mello, A. J. Reid, V. Barron and P. J. Prendergast
1165-1173	Injectable bioactive glass/biodegradable polymer composite for bone and cartilage reconstruction: Concept and experimental outcome with thermoplastic composites of poly(ε-caprolactone-co-D,L-lactide) and bioactive glass S₅₃P₄	Allan J. Aho, Teemu Tirri, Juha Kukkonen, Niko Strandberg and Jaana Rich, et al.

Volume 15, Number 11 / November 2004

1175-1180	Effect of PMMA cement radical polymerisation on the inflammatory response	Matteo Santin, Antonella Motta, Assunta Borzachiello, Luigi Nicolais and Luigi Ambrosio
1181-1185	Microstructural, mechanical and citotoxicity evaluation of different NiTi and NiTiCu shape memory alloys	F. J. Gil, E. Solano, J. Peña, E. Engel and A. Mendoza, et al.
1181-1185	Microstructural, mechanical and citotoxicity evaluation of different NiTi and NiTiCu shape memory alloys	F. J. Gil, E. Solano, J. Peña, E. Engel and A. Mendoza, et al.
1187-1191	Near net-shape fabrication of hydroxyapatite glass composites	Qingshan Zhu, Gijsbertus De With, Leonardus J. M. G. Dortmans and Frits Feenstra
1187-1191	Near net-shape fabrication of hydroxyapatite glass composites	Qingshan Zhu, Gijsbertus De With, Leonardus J. M. G. Dortmans and Frits Feenstra
1193-1197	The preparation of insoluble fibroin films induced by degummed fibroin or fibroin microspheres	Qiang Lv, Chuanbao Cao, Ying Zhang, Xilan Man and Hesun Zhu
1193-1197	The preparation of insoluble fibroin films induced by degummed fibroin or fibroin microspheres	Qiang Lv, Chuanbao Cao, Ying Zhang, Xilan Man and Hesun Zhu
1213-1216	Influence of air abrasion preparation on microleakage in glass ionomer cement restorations	Lucia Da Silva Reis, Michelle A. Chinelatti, Silmara A. M. Corona, Regina G. Palma-Dibb and Maria Cristina Borsatto
1217-1220	A study of the relationship between mass and physical strength of keratin bars in vivo	P. V. Peplow and G. J. Dias
1199-1203	A chitosan-arginine conjugate as a novel anticoagulation biomaterial	W. G. Liu, J. R. Zhang, Z. Q. Cao, F. Y. Xu and K. D. Yao
1205-1211	Dynamic study of calcium phosphate formation on porous HA/TCP ceramics	Y. R. Duan, Z. R. Zhang, C. Y. Wang, J. Y. Chen and X. D. Zhang
1247-1253	Effect of solid/solution ratio on apatite formation from CaSiO₃ ceramics in simulated body fluid	Yusuke Iimori, Yoshikazu Kameshima, Atsuo Yasumori and Kiyoshi Okada
1213-1216	Influence of air abrasion preparation on microleakage in glass ionomer cement restorations	Lucia Da Silva Reis, Michelle A. Chinelatti, Silmara A. M. Corona, Regina G. Palma-Dibb and Maria Cristina Borsatto
1217-1220	A study of the relationship between mass and physical strength of keratin bars in vivo	P. V. Peplow and G. J. Dias
1221-1226	Influence of thermocycling on the optical properties of laboratory resin composites and an all-ceramic material	Seung-Hun Lee, Yong-Keun Lee and Bum-Soon Lim
1227-1235	Crystallization behavior of silica-calcium phosphate biocomposites: XRD and FTIR studies	C. Q. Ming, Y. Greish and A. El-Ghannam1
1237-1246	Characterization and bond strength of electrolytic HA/TiO2 double layers for orthopedic applications	Chi-Min Lin and Shiow-Kang Yen
1247-1253	Effect of solid/solution ratio on apatite formation from CaSiO₃ ceramics in simulated body fluid	Yusuke Iimori, Yoshikazu Kameshima, Atsuo Yasumori and Kiyoshi Okada
1255-1258	Gene expression profiling of bone cells on smooth and rough titanium surfaces	J. Harle, V. Salih, I. Olsen, P. Brett and F. Jones, et al.

Volume 15, Number 12 / December 2004

1261-1266	Phase development and structural characterization of calcium phosphate ceramics-polyacrylic acid nanocomposites at room temperature in water-methanol mixtures	Sz-Chian Liou, San-Yuan Chen and Dean-Mo Liu
1267-1278	New fast method for determination of number of UHMWPE wear particles	M. Šlouf, I. Šloufová, Z. Horák, P. Štépánek and G. Entlicher, et al.
1279-1284	Microwave accelerated synthesis of nanosized calcium deficient hydroxyapatite	A. Siddharthan, S. K. Seshadri and T. S. Sampath Kumar
1285-1289	Preparation and characterization of bioactive sol-gel-derived Na₂Ca₂Si₃O₉	Ruilin Du and Jiang Chang
1291-1295	Synchronous delivery systems composed of Au nanoparticles and stimuli-sensitive diblock terpolymer	Y.S. Jo, D. K. Kim and M. Muhammed
1297-1307	In vitro study on bone formation and surface topography from the standpoint of biomechanics	H. Kawahara, Y. Soeda, K. Niwa, M. Takahashi and D. Kawahara, et al.
1309-1313	Morphological evaluation of bioartificial hydrogels as potential tissue engineering scaffolds	Maria Grazia Cascone, Luigi Lazzeri, Enzo Sparvoli, Manuele Scatena and Lorenzo Pio Serino, et al.
1315-1321	Porous and dense poly(L-lactic acid) and poly(D,L-lactic acid-co-glycolic acid) scaffolds: In vitro degradation in culture medium and osteoblasts culture	S. H. Barbanti, A. R. Santos, C. A. C. Zavaglia and E. A. R. Duek
1323-1331	Diamond coated dental bur machining of natural and synthetic dental materials	M. J. Jackson, H. Sein and W. Ahmed
1333-1338	Preparation and characterization of a novel bioactive bone cement: Glass based nanoscale hydroxyapatite bone cement	Qiang Fu, Nai Zhou, Wenhai Huang, Deping Wang and Liying Zhang, et al.
1339-1347	The wear and fracture behaviour of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene subjected to γ-irradiation in an atmosphere of acetylene	J. Mohanraj, T. D. Stewart, S. Wellings, R. A. Jones and S. Thompson, et al.
1349-1353	Release of chlorhexidine digluconate and flexural properties of glass fibre reinforced provisional fixed partial denture polymer	Milla S. Lahdenperä, Mervi A. Puska, Pasi M. Alander, Tuomas Waltimo and Pekka K. Vallittu
1355-1360	Ki67, HSP70 and TUNEL for the specification of testing of silicone breast implants in vivo	Wulf Siggelkow, Andree Faridi, Uwe Klinge, Werner Rath and Bernd Klosterhalfen

Volume 16, Number 1 / January 2005

1-8	The nano-hardness and elastic modulus of sound deciduous canine dentin and young premolar dentin—Preliminary study	Y. Hosoya and G. W. Marshall
9-13	Preparation and characterization of an electrodeposited calcium phosphate coating associated with a calcium alginate matrix	R. HURTEAUX, H. Benhayoune, F. Edwards-Levy, S. Bouthors and G. Balossier, et al.
15-20	Residual monomers released from glass-fibre-reinforced composite photopolymerised in contact with bone and blood	Sari M.-R. Tuusa, Mervi A. Puska, Lippo V. J. Lassila and Pekka K. Vallittu
21-27	Effect of three surface conditioning methods to improve bond strength of particulate filler resin composites	M. Özcan, P. Alander, P. K. Vallittu, M.-C. Huysmans and W. Kalk
29-35	MBCP® biphasic calcium phosphate granules and tissucol® fibrin sealant in rabbit femoral defects: The effect of fibrin on bone ingrowth	Laurent Le GUEHENNEC, Eric Goyenvalle, Eric Aguado, Paul Pilet and Maurice Bagot D’Arc, et al.
37-45	Microneedles coated with porous calcium phosphate ceramics: Effective vehicles for transdermal delivery of solid trehalose	M. Shirkhanzadeh
47-52	Influence of light-curing procedures and photo-initiator/co-initiator composition on the degree of conversion of light-curing resins	N. Emami and K.-J. M. Söderholm
53-56	Preparation and bactericidal property of MgO nanoparticles on γ-Al₂O₃	Yan-Jun LIN, Dian-Qing Li, Ge Wang, Lei Huang and Xue Duan
57-66	Search for ideal biomaterials to cultivate human osteoblast-like cells for reconstructive surgery	M. Wiedmann-Al-Ahmad, R. Gutwald, N.-C. Gellrich, U. Hübner and R. Schmelzeisen
67-71	Nano-scaled hydroxyapatite/polymer composite III. Coating of sintered hydroxyapatite particles on poly(4-methacryloyloxyethyl trimellitate anhydride)-grafted silk fibroin fibers	Arata Korematsu, Tsutomu Furuzono, Shoji Yasuda, Junzo Tanaka and Akio Kishida
73-79	Comparative study of apatite formation on CaSiO₃ ceramics in simulated body fluids with different carbonate concentrations	Yusuke Iimori, Yoshikazu Kameshima, Kiyoshi Okada and Shigeo Hayashi
81-92	Surface modification of starch based blends using potassium permanganate-nitric acid system and its effect on the adhesion and proliferation of osteoblast-like cells	I. PASHKULEVA, A. P. Marques, F. Vaz and R. L. Reis
93	Errata

Volume 16, Number 2 / January 2005

95-100	Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) wound dressing containing ciprofloxacin and its drug release studies	Tai-Li Tsou, Shang-Tao Tang, Yu-Chuan Huang, Jing-Ran Wu and Jenn-Jong Young, et al.
101-106	Hydroxyapatite-coated metals: Interfacial reactions during sintering	M. We, A. J. Ruys, M. V. Swain, B. K. Milthorpe and C. C. Sorrell
107-117	The influence of passivation and electropolishing on the performance of medical grade stainless steels in static and fatigue loading	L. M. Weldon, P. E. McHugh, W. Carroll, E. Costello and C. O’Bradaigh
119-128	Comparison between the in vitro surface transformations of AP40 and RKKP bioactive glasses	A. Krajewski, A. Ravaglioli, A. Tinti, P. Taddei and M. Mazzocchi, et al.
129-133	Synthesis and characterization of fluorine-containing hydroxyapatite by a pH-cycling method	H. Qu and M. Wei
135-142	Characterization of trypsin immobilized on the functionable alkylthiolate self-assembled monolayers: A preliminary application for trypsin digestion chip on protein identification using matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry	YU-Chang Tyan, Jiunn-Der Liao, Shiang-Bin Jong, Pao-Chi Liao and Ming-Hui Yang, et al.
143-148	Biological properties of the intervertebral cages made of titanium containing a carbon-carbon composite covered with different polymers	V Pešáková, K. Smetana, M. Sochor, H. Hulejová and K. Balík
149-152	DBM induced ectopic bone formation in the rat: The importance of surface area	C. C. Schouten, ED H. M. Hartman, P. H. M. Spauwen and J. A. Jansen
153-160	Dynamic creep and mechanical characteristics of SmartSet GHV bone cement	C. Z. Liu, S. M. Green, N. D. Watkins, D. Baker and A. W. McCaskie
161-165	Fabrication of hydroxyapatite ceramics with controlled pore characteristics by slip casting	Xiumin Yao, Shouhong Tan and Dongliang Jiang
167-174	Formation of apatitic calcium phosphates in a Na-K-phosphate solution of pH 7.4	A. C. Tas and F. Aldinger
175-181	Electron beam irradiation of denture base materials	M. Behr, M. Rosentritt, A. Faltermeier and G. Handel
183-188	Measurement of mechanical properties of rectal wall	Y. Qiao, E. Pan, S. S. Chakravarthula, F. Han and J. Liang, et al.

Volume 16, Number 3 / March 2005

189-195	Hydroxyapatite porous scaffold engineered with biological polymer hybrid coating for antibiotic Vancomycin release	Hae-Won Kim, Jonathan C. Knowles and Hyoun-Ee Kim
197-202	Corrosion testing of sintered samples made of the Co-Cr-Mo alloy for surgical applications	E. Krasicka-Cydzik, Z. Oksiuta and J. R. Dabrowski
203-211	New chemical treatment for bioactive titanium alloy with high corrosion resistance	S. Spriano, M. Bronzoni, F. Rosalbino and E. Vernè
213-219	Preparation and in vitro investigation of chitosan/nano-hydroxyapatite composite used as bone substitute materials	Zhang Li, Li Yubao, Yang Aiping, Peng Xuelin and Wang Xuejiang, et al.
221-227	Short-term in vitro and in vivo biocompatibility of a biodegradable polyurethane foam based on 1,4-butanediisocyanate	B. van Minnen, M. B. M. van Leeuwen, B. Stegenga, J. Zuidema and C. E. Hissink, et al.
229-237	Laser bonded microjoints between titanium and polyimide for applications in medical implants	A. Mian, G. Newaz, L. Vendra, N. Rahman and D. G. Georgiev, et al.
239-246	Determination of diffusion coefficients of glycerol and glucose from starch based thermoplastic compounds on simulated physiological solution	M. Alberta Araújo, Eugénio C. Ferreira, António M. Cunha and Manuel Mota
247-252	Cytocompatibility of novel tin oxide thin films	N. Rushe, M. Ball, W. M. Carroll, S. Healy and J. McManus, et al.
253-259	Bonelike®/PLGA hybrid materials for bone regeneration: Preparation route and physicochemical characterisation	J. M. Oliveira, T. Miyazaki, M. A. Lopes, C. Ohtsuki and J. D. Santos
261-265	Sol-gel processing of drug delivery materials and release kinetics	F. De Gaetano, L. Ambrosio, M. G. Raucci, A. Marotta and M. Catauro
267-275	Biological response to pre-mineralized starch based scaffolds for bone tissue engineering	A. J. Salgado, J. E. Figueiredo, O. P. Coutinho and R. L. Reis
277-282	The effect of formation of the liquid crystalline phase on the blood compatibility of a cholesterol modified silicone	Jian-Ping Xu, Jian Ji, Xiao-Li Wang and Jia-Cong Shen

Volume 16, Number 4 / April 2005

283-287	Bacterial adhesion to bisphosphonate coated hydroxyapatite	A. Ganguli, C. Steward, S. L. Butler, G. J. Philips and S. T. Meikle, et al.
289-296	Polymeric meshes for internal sutures with differentiated adhesion on the two sides	A. Sannino, F. Conversano, A. Esposito and A. Maffezzoli
297-300	Salivary bisphenol-A levels detected by ELISA after restoration with composite resin	N. Sasaki, K. Okuda, T. Kato, H. Kakishima and H. Okuma, et al.
301-312	Characterization of surface modified Ti-6Al-7Nb alloy	S. Spriano, M. Bronzoni, E. Vernè, G. Maina and V. Bergo, et al.
313-317	Effects of bacterial adhesion with respect to the type of material, structure and design of intraocular lenses	Ji. Alava, N. Garagorri, N. Briz and J. Mendicute
319-324	Precipitation of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles: Effects of precipitation method on electrophoretic deposition	M. Wei, A. J. Ruys, B. K. Milthorpe and C. C. Sorrell
325-331	Coralline hydroxyapatite reinforced with polylactide fibres in lumbar interbody implantation	P. Ylinen, M. Raekallio, R. Taurio, K. Vihtonen and S. Vainionpää, et al.
333-340	Biomaterial with chemically engineered surface for protein immobilization	H. S. Mansur, R. L. Oréfice, W. L. Vasconcelos, Z. P. Lobato and L. J. C. Machado
341-345	An in vivo study of a bone grafting material consisting of hydroxyapatite and reconstituted collagen	Fu-Yin Hsu, Shiao-Wen Tsai, Chen-Wen Lan and Yng-Jiin Wang
347-353	Changes in surface characteristics of dental resin composites after polishing	Mi-Sook Choi, Yong-Keun Lee, Bum-Soon Lim, Sang-Hoon Rhee and Hyeong-Cheol Yang
355-360	Effects of silica on the bioactivity of calcium phosphate composites in vitro	C. Q. Ning, J. Mehta and A. El-Ghannam
361-365	Preparation and characterization of bioactive collagen/wollastonite composite scaffolds	Xiaoke Li and Jiang Chang
367-375	Development of fibrous biodegradable polymer conduits for guided nerve regeneration	Bini. T. B, Shujun Gao, Shu Wang and S. Ramakrishna

Volume 16, Number 5 / May 2005

377	Editorial: Chemically substituted apatites for biomedical applications	Karlis A. Gross
379-385	Fluorapatite-mullite glass sputter coated Ti6Al4V for biomedical applications	J. K. Bibby, N. L. Bubb, D. J. Wood and P. M. Mummery
387-392	Influence of ferrous iron incorporation on the structure of hydroxyapatite	R. Morrissey, L. M. Rodríguez-Lorenzo and K. A. Gross
393-398	Studies on calcium deficient apatites structure by means of MAS-NMR spectroscopy	L. M. Rodríguez-Lorenzo
399-404	Dissolution and mineralization of sintered and thermally sprayed hydroxy-fluoroapatites	L. J. pullen and K. A. Gross
405-409	Ion exchanges in apatites for biomedical application	S. Cazalbou, D. Eichert, X. Ranz, C. Drouet and C. Combes, et al.
411-415	A new way of incorporating silicon in hydroxyapatite (Si-HA) as thin films	E. S. Thian, J. Huang, S. M. Best, Z. H. Barber and W. Bonfield
417-421	Synthesis and structure of cerium-substituted hydroxyapatite	Zude Feng, Yingmin Liao and Meng Ye
423-427	Alkali ion substituted calcium phosphate cement formation from mechanically activated reactants	U. Gbureck, R. Thull and J. E. Barralet
429-440	In vivo assessment of hydroxyapatite and silicate-substituted hydroxyapatite granules using an ovine defect model	N. Patel, R. A. Brooks, M. T. Clarke, P. M. T. Lee and N. Rushton, et al.
441-446	Influence of temperature and aging time on HA synthesized by the hydrothermal method	C. R. Kothapalli, M. Wei, R. Z. Legeros and M. T. Shaw
447-453	Incorporation of fluorine ions into hydroxyapatite by a pH cycling method	H. Qu, A. L. Vasiliev, M. Aindow and M. Wei
455-460	Cement from magnesium substituted hydroxyapatite	K. J. Lilley, U. Gbureck, J. C. Knowles, D. F. Farrar and J. E. Barralet
461-466	Ammonium hexafluorosilicate increased acid resistance of bovine enamel and dentine	A. Kawasaki, T. Suge, K. Ishikawa, K. Ozaki and T. Matsuo, et al.
467-475	Microporosity enhances bioactivity of synthetic bone graft substitutes	K. A. Hing, B. Annaz, S. Saeed, P. A. Revell and T. Buckland
477-485	Degenerative mineralization in the fibrous capsule of silicone breast implants	André P. Legrand, Georgi Marinov, Stoyan Pavlov, Marie-France Guidoin and Roger Famery, et al.

Volume 16, Number 6 / June 2005

489	Editorial: Hydrogels and hydrocolloids—part of the symposia program of the 7th world biomaterials congress, May 17–21, 2004, Sydney, Australia	Christine Wandrey
491-501	Towards a medically approved technology for alginate-based microcapsules allowing long-term immunoisolated transplantation	H. Zimmermann, D. Zimmermann, R. Reuss, P. J. Feilen and B. Manz, et al.
503-509	Review Peripheral nerve regeneration using non-tubular alginate gel crosslinked with covalent bonds	Tadashi Hashimoto, Yoshihisa Suzuki, Kyoko Suzuki, Toshihide Nakashima and Masao Tanihara, et al.
511-514	Alginate assessment by NMR microscopy	S. C. Grant, S. Celper, I. Gauffin-Holmberg, N. E. Simpson and S. J. Blackband, et al.
515-519	Comparison of bone marrow cell growth on 2D and 3D alginate hydrogels	J. E. Barralet, L. Wang, M. Lawson, J. T. Triffitt and P. R. Cooper, et al.
521-524	Effects of alginate encapsulation on mitochondrial activity	J. Oca-Cossio, N. E. Simpson, Z. Han, P. W. Stacpoole and I. Constantinidis
525-531	Influence of alginate on type II collagen fibrillogenesis	Shyh Ming Kuo, Yng Jiin Wang, Chin Lung Weng, Huai En Lu and Shwu Jen Chang
533-539	Morphology and metabolism of Ba-alginate encapsulated hepatocytes with galactosylated poly(allyl amine) and poly(vinyl alcohol) as extracellular matrices	Inn-Kyu Kang, Jong-Sik Moon, Hong Myeong Jeon, Wan Meng and Yang Il Kim, et al.
541-551	The effect of alginate, hyaluronate and hyaluronate derivatives biomaterials on synthesis of non-articular chondrocyte extracellular matrix	C. Gerard, C. Catuogno, C. Amargier-Huin, L. Grossin and P. Hubert, et al.
553-557	Evaluation of injection augmentation treatment of hyaluronic acid based materials on rabbit vocal folds viscoelasticity	A. Borzacchiello, L. Mayol, O. Gärskog, Å. Dahlqvist and L. Ambrosio
559-565	A new process for cell microencapsulation and other biomaterial applications: Thermal gelation and chemical cross-linking in “tandem”	F. Cellesi and N. Tirelli
567-574	Evaluation of chitosan/β-tricalcium phosphate microspheres as a constituent to PMMA cement	Li-Chun Lin, Shwu-Jen Chang, Shyh Ming Kuo, Shu Fen Chen and Chia Hung Kuo
575-579	Physical properties and biocompatibility of chitosan/soy blended membranes	S. S. Silva, M. I. Santos, O. P. Coutinho, J. F. Mano and R. L. Reis
581-585	Fibrillar collagen assembled in the presence of glycosaminoglycans to constitute bioartificial stem cell niches in vitro	K. Salchert, J. Oswald, U. Streller, M. Grimmer and N. Herold, et al.
587-593	Synthesis and properties of melt-processable hyaluronan esters	Min Zhang and S. P. James

Volume 16, Number 7 / July 2005

597-605	Drug release from cast films of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer: Stability of drugs by ¹H NMR and solid state ¹³C CP/MAS NMR	S. Kalachandra, D. M. Lin, E. O. Stejskal, A. Prakki and S. Offenbacher
607-611	Effect of C content on the mechanical properties of solution treated as-cast ASTM F-75 alloys	M. Herrera, A. Espinoza, J. Méndez, M. Castro and J. López, et al.
613-620	Composite formation from hydroxyapatite with sodium and potassium salts of polyphosphazene	Y. E. Greish, J. D. Bender, S. Lakshmi, P. W. Brown and H. R. Allcock, et al.
621-626	New biocomposite [biphasic calcium phosphate/ poly-DL-lactide-co-glycolide/biostimulative agent] filler for reconstruction of bone tissue changed by osteoporosis	N. Ignjatovic, Z. Ajdukovic and D. Uskokovic
627-634	Microstructural analysis of implant-bone interface of hydroxyapatite-coated and uncoated Schanz screws	M. Cimerman, A. Cör, M. Čveh, A. Kristan and J. Pižvem, et al.
635-640	Microstructures and bond strengths of plasma-sprayed hydroxyapatite coatings on porous titanium substrates	Ik-Hyun Oh, N. Nomura, A. Chiba, Y. Murayama and N. Masahashi, et al.
641-646	Development of a system to adsorb drugs onto calcium phosphate materials	A. C. Queiroz, J. D. Santos and F. J. Monteiro
647-654	Control of surface morphology of carbide coating on Co-Cr-Mo implant alloy	N. S. Vandamme and L. D. T. Topoleski
655-662	In vitro properties of PLLA screws and novel bioabsorbable implant with elastic nucleus to replace intervertebral disc	V. Ellå, M. Kellomåki and P. Tórmålå
663-669	An experimental and finite element poroelastic creep response analysis of an intervertebral hydrogel disc model in axial compression	P. Silva, S. Crozier, M. Veidt and M. J. Pearcy
671-677	Response of primary fibroblasts and osteoblasts to plasma treated polyetheretherketone (PEEK) surfaces	D. Briem, S. Strametz, K. Schröoder, N. M. Meenen and W. Lehmann, et al.
679-685	Comparison of microstructural evolution in Ti-Mo-Zr-Fe and Ti-15Mo biocompatible alloys	S. Nag, R. Banerjee, J. Stechschulte and H. L. Fraser
687-692	Fabrication of thromboresistant multilayer thin film on plasma treated poly (vinyl chloride) surface	Qinggang Tan, Jian Ji, Feng Zhao, De-Zeng Fan and Fu-Yu Sun, et al.

Volume 16, Number 8 / August 2005

693-698	Acrylic scaffolds with interconnected spherical pores and controlled hydrophilicity for tissue engineering	R. Brígido Diego, M. Pérez Olmedilla, A. Serrano Aroca, J. L. Gómez Ribelles and M. Monleón Pradas, et al.
699-707	Synthesis, characterization and melt spinning of a block copolymer of L-lactide and ε -caprolactone for potential use as an absorbable monofilament surgical suture	Y. Baimark, R. Molloy, N. Molloy, J. Siripitayananon and W. Punyodom, et al.
709-712	Carbonate-containing hydroxyapatite derived from calcium tripolyphosphate gel with urea	Y. Mizutani, M. Hattori, M. Okuyama, T. Kasuga and M. Nogami
713-718	Synthesis of bioactive PMMA bone cement via modification with methacryloxypropyltri- methoxysilane and calcium acetate	A. Mori, C. Ohtsuki, T. Miyazaki, A. Sugino and M. Tanihara, et al.
719-726	Osteoblast cell adhesion on a laser modified zirconia based bioceramic	L. Hao, J. Lawrence and K. S. Chian
727-732	Shear bond strength of adhesive systems to enamel and dentin. Thermocycling influence	Patrícia Aleixo dos Santos, Patrícia Petromilli Nordi Sasso Garcia and Regina Guenka Palma-Dibb
733-737	The crystallization of Hydroxyapatite in the presence of sodium alginate	P. Malkaj, E. Pierri and E. Dalas
739-744	Macroporous calcium phosphate glass-ceramic prepared by two-step pressing technique and using sucrose as a pore former	Cong Wang, Toshihiro Kasuga and Masayuki Nogami
745-751	Preparation of a reticulated polyurethane foam grafted with poly(acrylic acid) through atmospheric pressure plasma treatment and its lysozyme immobilization	Sung-Woon Myung, Young-Ho Yeom, Young-Mi Jang, Ho-Suk Choi and Daechul Cho
753-758	Tyrosine derived polycarbonate membrane is useful for guided bone regeneration in rabbit mandibular defects	A. J. Asikainen, J. Noponen, K. Mesimäki, O. Laitinen and J. Peltola, et al.
759-766	Effect of thermal treatments on tensile strength of commercially cast pure titanium and Ti-6Al-4V alloys	Sicknan Soares da Rocha, Gelson Luis Adabo, Luis Geraldo Vaz and Guilherme Elias Pessanha Henriques
767-773	Macroporous hydrogels based on 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate
775-781	Processing of an apatite-mullite glass-ceramic and an hydroxyapatite/phosphate glass composite by selective laser sintering	J. C. Lorrison, K. W. Dalgarno and D. J. Wood
783-786	Macroporous hydrogels based on 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate

Volume 16, Number 9 / September 2005

789-793	Histological study on sinus lift grafting by Fisiograft and Bio-Oss	D. Zaffe, G. C. Leghissa, J. Pradelli and A. R. Botticelli
795-801	Dynamic study of calcium phosphate formation on porous HA/TCP ceramics	Y. R. Duan, Z. R. Zhang, C. Y. Wang, J. Y. Chen and X. D. Zhang
803-806	Elastic anisotropy of bone and dentitional tissues	J. Lawrence Katz, John H. Kinney, Paulette Spencer, Yong Wang and Brian Fricke, et al.
807-819	Osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal progenitor cells in computer designed fibrin-polymer-ceramic scaffolds manufactured by fused deposition modeling	Jan-Thorsten Schantz, Arthur Brandwood, Dietmar Werner Hutmacher, Hwei Ling Khor and Katharina Bittner
821-825	Evaluation of different bonded investments for dental titanium casting	H. C. Hsu, H. Kikuchi, S. K. Yen and M. Nishiyama
827-831	Interfacial interaction of tartaric acid with hydroxyapatite and enamel	B. Fu, Q. Shen, W. Qian, Y. Zeng and X. Sun, et al.
833-842	Effect of starch-based biomaterials on the in vitro proliferation and viability of osteoblast-like cells	A. P. Marques, H. R. Cruz, O. P. Coutinho and R. L. Reis
843-850	The processing, mechanical properties and bioactivity of zinc based glass ionomer cements	D. Boyd and M. R. Towler
851-856	Primary osteoblast cell response to sol-gel derived bioactive glass foams	P. Valerio, M. H. R. Guimaráes, M. M. Pereira, M. F. Leite and A. M. Goes
857-861	Release of elements from retrieved maxillofacial plates and screws	C. Bertoldi, J. M. Pradelli, U. Consolo and D. Zaffe
863-871	SiO₂-CaO-K₂O coatings on alumina and Ti6Al4V substrates for biomedical applications	C. Vitale-Brovarone and E. Verné
873-879	Biomimetic mineralization of partially bioresorbable glass fiber reinforced composite	M. Väkiparta, A.-P. Forsback, L. V. Lassila, M. Jokinen and A. U. O. Yli-Urpo, et al.

Volume 16, Number 10 / October 2005

883-888	A novel antibacterial titania coating: Metal ion toxicity and in vitro surface colonization	F. Heidenau, W. Mittelmeier, R. Detsch, M. Haenle and F. Stenzel, et al.
889-897	Characterization and bond strength of electrolytic HA/TiO₂ double layers for orthopaedic applications	Chi-Min Lin and Shiow-Kang Yen
899-907	Effect of carbonate substitution on the ultrastructural characteristics of hydroxyapatite implants	A. Porter, N. Patel, R. Brooks, S. Best and N. Rushton, et al.
909-917	Microstructural and in vitro characterization of SiO₂-Na₂O-CaO-MgO glass-ceramic bioactive scaffolds for bone substitutes	C. Vitale-Brovarone, E. Vernè, M. Bosetti, P. Appendino and M. Cannas
919-925	Electrohydrodynamic atomization of protein (bovine serum albumin)	R. Pareta, A. Brindley, M. J. Edirisinghe, S. N. Jayasinghe and Z. B. Luklinska
927-932	Apatite formation on poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)-silica hybrids prepared by sol-gel process	Ricardo O. R. Costa, Marivalda M. Pereira, Fernando S. Lameiras and Wander L. Vasconcelos
933-946	Recent development of polymer nanofibers for biomedical and biotechnological applications	Yanzhong Zhang, Chwee Teck Lim, Seeram Ramakrishna and Zheng-Ming Huang
947-959	Effect of mineral content on the nanoindentation properties and nanoscale deformation mechanisms of bovine tibial cortical bone	Kuangshin Tai, Hang J. Qi and Christine Ortiz
961-966	Control of phase composition in hydroxyapatite/tetracalcium phosphate biphasic thin coatings for biomedical applications	H. Kim, R. P. Camata, Y. K. Vohra and W. R. Lacefield
967-975	Hot compaction of poly(methyl methacrylate) composites based on fiber shrinkage results	D. D. Wright-Charlesworth, E. P. Lautenschlager and J. L. Gilbert

Volume 16, Number 11 / November 2005

977-983	Age-hardening behaviour and microstructure of a silver alloy with high Cu content for dental application	Hyo-Joung Seol, Young-Gu Park, Yong Hoon Kwon, Yukyo Takada and Hyung-Il Kim
985-991	Effects of hydrothermal treatment with CaCl₂ solution on surface property and cell response of titanium implants	M. Nakagawa, L. Zhang, K. Udoh, S. Matsuya and K. Ishikawa
993-1001	Study of the reactivity and in vitro bioactivity of Sr-substituted α-TCP cements	S. Jegou Saint-Jean, C. L. Camiré, P. Nevsten, S. Hansen and M. P. Ginebra
1003-1015	Bacterial adhesion to phosphorylcholine-based polymers with varying cationic charge and the effect of heparin pre-adsorption	S. F. Rose, S. Okere, G. W. Hanlon, A. W. Lloyd and A. L. Lewis
1017-1028	Porous-conductive chitosan scaffolds for tissue engineering II. in vitro and in vivo degradation	Ying Wan, Aixi Yu, Hua Wu, Zhaoxu Wang and Dijiang Wen
1029-1043	The effect of starch-based biomaterials on leukocyte adhesion and activation in vitro	A. P. Marques, R. L. Reis and J. A. Hunt
1045-1050	Preparation of bioactive glass-polyvinyl alcohol hybrid foams by the sol-gel method	M. M. Pereira, J. R. Jones, R. L. Orefice and L. L. Hench
1051-1060	The study of lifetime of polymer and composite bone joint screws under cyclical loads and in vitro conditions	Chłopek Jan and Kmita Grzegorz
1061-1065	Scandia—A potential biomaterial?	H. M. T. U. Herath, L. Di Silvio and J. R. G. Evans

Volume 16, Number 12 / December 2005

1067	Editorial	Luigi Ambrosio and Paolo A. Netti
1069-1075	Fabrication of polymeric scaffolds with a controlled distribution of pores	J. S. Capes, H. Y. Ando and R. E. Cameron
1077-1085	Chitosan particles agglomerated scaffolds for cartilage and osteochondral tissue engineering approaches with adipose tissue derived stem cells	P. B. Malafaya, A. J. Pedro, A. Peterbauer, C. Gabriel and H. Redl, et al.
1087-1092	Polyurethanes as potential substrates for sub-retinal retinal pigment epithelial cell transplantation	R. L. Williams, Y. Krishna, S. Dixon, A. Haridas and I. Grierson, et al.
1093-1097	Microspheres leaching for scaffold porosity control	L. Draghi, S. Resta, M. G. Pirozzolo and M. C. Tanzi
1099-1104	Nano- and micro-fiber combined scaffolds: A new architecture for bone tissue engineering	K. Tuzlakoglu, N. Bolgen, A. J. Salgado, M. E. Gomes and E. Piskin, et al.
1105-1109	Microsphere of apatite-gelatin nanocomposite as bone regenerative filler	Hae-Won Kim, Byung-Ho Yoon and Hyoun-Ee Kim
1111-1119	Biomimetic mineral-organic composite scaffolds with controlled internal architecture	I. Manjubala, Alexander Woesz, Christine Pilz, Monika Rumpler and Nadja Fratzl-Zelman, et al.
1121-1124	Hydroxyapatite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering made by 3D printing	Barbara Leukers, Hülya Gülkan, Stephan H. Irsen, Stefan Milz and Carsten Tille, et al.
1125-1130	Surface characterization of completely degradable composite scaffolds	M. Charles-Harris, M. Navarro, E. Engel, C. Aparicio and M. P. Ginebra, et al.
1131-1136	Soluble phosphate glass fibres for repair of bone-ligament interface	M. Bitar, J. C. Knowles, M. P. Lewis and V. Salih
1137-1142	Novel deposition of nano-sized silicon substituted hydroxyapatite by electrostatic spraying	J. Huang, S. N. Jayasinghe, S. M. Best, M. J. Edirisinghe and R. A. Brooks, et al.
1143-1148	Crystal imperfection studies of pure and silicon substituted hydroxyapatite using Raman and XRD	Shuo Zou, Jie Huang, Serena Best and William Bonfield
1149-1158	Investigation of a novel freeze-thaw process for the production of drug delivery hydrogels	Michael J. D. Nugent, Austin Hanley, Paul T. Tomkins and Clement L. Higginbotham
1159-1163	Porous Ti6Al4V scaffolds directly fabricated by 3D fibre deposition technique: Effect of nozzle diameter	J. P. Li, J. R. de Wijn, C. A. van Blitterswijk and K. de. Groot
1165-1171	Titanium—hydroxyapatite porous structures for endosseous applications	C. Popa, V. Simon, I. Vida-Simiti, G. Batin and V. Candea, et al.
1173-1178	TiO₂ type influences fibronectin adsorption	S. R. Sousa, P. Moradas-Ferreira and M. A. Barbosa
1179-1184	Effects of TiO₂, ZrO₂ and Al₂O₃ dopants on the compressive strength of tricalcium phosphate	Y. I. Zawahreh, N. Popova, R. W. Smith, J. Hendry and T. J. N. Smith, et al.
1185-1190	Cement from nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite: Effect of calcium phosphate ratio	K. J. Lilley, U. Gbureck, A. J. Wright, D. F. Farrar and J. E. Barralet
1191-1197	An experimental and theoretical composite model of the human mandible	R. De Santis, F. Mollica, R. Esposito, L. Ambrosio and L. Nicolais
1199-1205	Bioceramics composition modulate resorption of human osteoclasts	Y. Ramaswamy, D. R. Haynes, G. Berger, R. Gildenhaar and H. Lucas, et al.
1207-1211	Inflammatory response to a novel series of siloxane-crosslinked polyurethane elastomers having controlled biodegradation	Nicholas P. Rhodes, Juan M. Bellón, M. Julia Buján, Giorgio Soldani and John A. Hunt
1213-1219	In-vivo short- and long-term evaluation of the interaction material-blood	Antonietta M. Gatti, S. Montanari, A. Gambarelli, F. Capitani and R. Salvatori
1221-1229	Physical and biological characterizations of a novel multiphase anodic spark deposition coating to enhance implant osseointegration	Carmen Giordano, Roberto Chiesa, Enrico Sandrini, Alberto Cigada and Gianluca Giavaresi, et al.
1231-1238	Nitinol Carbofilm coated stents for peripheral applications: Study in the porcine model	M. Prunotto, C. Isaia, M. A. Gatti, E. Monari and E. Pasquino, et al.

Volume 17, Number 1 / January 2006

1-6	The influence of grain size on the ductility of micro-scale stainless steel stent struts	B. P. Murphy, H. Cuddy, F. J. Harewood, T. Connolley and P. E. McHugh
7-13	Bond strength of resin composite to differently conditioned amalgam	M. Özcan, P. K. Vallittu, M.-C. Huysmans, W. Kalk and T. Vahlberg
15-27	Effect of passivation and surface modification on the dissolution behavior and nano-surface characteristics of Ti-6Al-4V in Hank/EDTA solution	T. M. Lee
29-32	Genotoxicity of dental resin polymerization initiators in vitro	Y. Nomura, W. Teshima, T. Kawahara, N. Tanaka and H. Ishibashi, et al.
33-41	Observation and quantitative analysis of rat bone marrow stromal cells cultured in vitro on newly formed transparent β-tricalcium phosphate	Noriko Kotobuki, Daisuke Kawagoe, Daishirou Nomura, Youichi Katou and Kaori Muraki, et al.
43-48	The mechanical properties of calcium phospate ceramics modified by collagen coating and populated by osteoblasts	J. C. Brodie, J. Merry and M. H. Grant
49-61	Preparation and characterization of novel biocompatible cryogels of poly (vinyl alcohol) and egg-albumin and their water sorption study	A. K. Bajpai and Rajesh Saini
63-67	Corrosion behavior of a low modulus β-Ti-45%Nb alloy for use in medical implants	R. Godley, D. Starosvetsky and I. Gotman
69-79	Composites between hydroxyapatite and poly(ε-caprolactone) synthesized in open system at room temperature	G. D. Guerra, P. Cerrai, M. Tricoli, A. Krajewski and A. Ravaglioli, et al.
81-94	Zinc phosphate as versatile material for potential biomedical applications Part 1	L. Herschke, J. Rottstegge, I. Lieberwirth and G. Wegner
95-104	Zinc phosphate as versatile material for potential biomedical applications Part II	L. Herschke, I. Lieberwirth and G. Wegner

Volume 17, Number 2 / February 2006

105-111	Antithrombogenic properties of bioconjugate streptokinase-polyglycerol dendrimers	Edson Giuliani Ramos Fernandes, Alvaro Antonio Alencar De Queiroz, Gustavo A. Abraham and Julio San Román
113-122	Osteoblast behaviour on in situ photopolymerizable three-dimensional scaffolds based on D, L-lactide, ε-caprolactone and trimethylene carbonate	H. A. Declercq, M. J. Cornelissen, T. L. Gorskiy and E. H. Schacht
123-129	Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) microspheres/liquid poly(dimethylsiloxane) composition for correction of small defects in face: Histological evaluation in animal experiment	D. Horák, A. Adamyan, O. Golubeva, N. Skuba and T. Vinokurova
131-137	Degradation behavior of hydrophilized PLGA scaffolds prepared by melt-molding particulate-leaching method: Comparison with control hydrophobic one	Se Heang Oh, Soung Gon Kang and Jin Ho Lee
139-145	The copolymer of ε-caprolactone-lactide and tricalcium phosphate does not enhance bone growth in mandibular defect of sheep	M. Ekholm, J. Hietanen, R.-M. Tulamo, J. Muhonen and C. Lindqvist, et al.
147-152	Kink, flow and retention properties of urinary catheters part 1: Conventional foley catheters	E. L. Lawrence and I. G. Turner
153-159	Kink, flow and retention properties of urinary catheters part 2: Novel design	E. L. Lawrence and I. G. Turner
161-167	In vitro apatite forming ability of type I collagen hydrogels containing bioactive glass and silica sol-gel particles	David Eglin, Sonia Maalheem, Jacques Livage and Thibaud Coradin
169-177	Material and knot properties of braided polyester (Ticron^®) and bioabsorbable poly-L/D-lactide (PLDLA) 96/4 sutures	A. Viinikainen, H. Göransson, K. Huovinen, M. Kellomäki and P. Törmälä, et al.
179-185	Cancellous bone from porous T{i}6Al4V by multiple coating technique	J. P. Li, S. H. Li, C. A. Van Blitterswijk and K. de Groot
187-191	A qualitative X-ray analysis of white and grey mineral trioxide aggregate using compositional imaging	Saeed Asgary, Masoud Parirokh, Mohammad Jafar Eghbal, Sally Stowe and Frank Brink
193	Erratum	Hae-Won Kim, Byung-Ho Yoon and Hyoun-Ee Kim

Volume 17, Number 3 / March 2006

195-201	Characterisation of a collagen membrane for its potential use in cardiovascular tissue engineering applications	E. D. O'Cearbhaill, V. Barron and P. E. Mchugh
203-211	The method of surface PEGylation influences leukocyte adhesion and activation	Z. Ademovic, B. Holst, R. A. Kahn, I. Jørring and T. Brevig, et al.
213-227	Synthesis and characterization of poly(L-lactic acid-co-ethylene oxide-co-aspartic acid) and its interaction with cells	Okşan Karal-Yilmaz, Nilhan Kayaman-Apohan, Zülal Misirli, Kemal Baysal and Bahattin M. Baysal
229-234	Structural, chemical and biological properties of carbon layers sputtered on polyethyleneterephtalate	V. Švorčík, O. Kubová, P. Slepička, B. Dvořánková and A. Macková, et al.
235-243	Wear of crosslinked polyethylene under different tribological conditions	Alison Galvin, Lu Kang, Joanne Tipper, Martin Stone and Eileen Ingham, et al.
245-251	Fabrication and characterization of titanium-matrix composite with 20 vol% hydroxyapatite for use as heavy load-bearing hard tissue replacement	Chenglin Chu, Xiaoyan Xue, Jingchuan Zhu and Zhongda Yin
253-258	Effects of sandblasting metal bracket base on the bond strength of a resin-modified glass ionomer cement: an in vitro study	S. Arici, M. Ozer, N. Arici and Y. Gencer
259-266	Silicone based polyurethane materials: a promising biocompatible elastomeric formulation for cardiovascular applications	E. Briganti, P. Losi, A. Raffi, M. Scoccianti and A. Munaò, et al.
267-275	Promising in vitro performances of a new nickel-free stainless steel	Lucio Montanaro, Marina Cervellati, Davide Campoccia and Carla Renata Arciola
277-279	Scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray study of a recovered dental implant	Justyna Otulakowska and John W. Nicholson
281-288	Comparison of ready-made and self-setting alginate membranes used as a barrier membrane for guided bone regeneration	Yoshiya Ueyama, Takahiro Koyama, Kunio Ishikawa, Takamitsu Mano and Yukio Ogawa, et al.
289-300	On the fracture of a zirconia ball head	C. Piconi, G. Maccauro, L. Pilloni, W. Burger and F. Muratori, et al.

Volume 17, Number 4 / April 2006

301-305	Ion release from gold/platinum dental alloy: could release of other elements be accountable in the contact allergy attributed to the gold?	A. Čelebić, M. Baučić, J. Stipetić, I. Baučić and S. Miko, et al.
307-311	Optimisation of the composition of an acrylic bone cement: application to relative amounts of the initiator and the activator/co-initiator in Surgical Simplex^®P	S. Madigan, M. R. Towler and G. Lewis
313-318	Ultrasonically set glass polyalkenoate cements for orthodontic applications	D. A. Tanner, N. Rushe and M. R. Towler
319-325	Swelling properties and bioactivity of silica gel/pHEMA nanocomposites	A. Costantini, G. Luciani, G. Annunziata, B. Silvestri and F. Branda
327-336	Influence of the porosity of hydroxyapatite ceramics on in vitro and in vivo bone formation by cultured rat bone marrow stromal cells	Masanori Okamoto, Yoshiko Dohi, Hajime Ohgushi, Hideki Shimaoka and Masako Ikeuchi, et al.
337-343	The effects of types of degradable polymers on porcine chondrocyte adhesion, proliferation and gene expression	Wei-Bor Tsai, Chun-Hong Chen, Jing-Fu Chen and Ken-Yuan Chang
345-358	Design of gelatin nanoparticles as swelling controlled delivery system for chloroquine phosphate	A. K. Bajpai and Jyoti Choubey
359-364	Hepatocyte spheroid formation on a titanium dioxide gel surface and hepatocyte long-term culture	K. Nakazawa, S-W. Lee, J. Fukuda, D-H. Yang and T. Kunitake
365-369	Effects of temperature and strain level on stress relaxation behaviors of polypropylene sutures	Meng Deng and Jack Zhou
371-377	Starch-based microspheres produced by emulsion crosslinking with a potential media dependent responsive behavior to be used as drug delivery carriers	Patrícia B. Malafaya, Frank Stappers and Rui L. Reis
379-385	Hydrolyses of calcium phosphates-allografts composite in physiological solutions	Takuya Nomoto, Keiji Haraguchi, Shunro Yamaguchi, Nobuhiko Sugano and Hirokazu Nakayama, et al.
387-396	Organic-inorganic interaction and the growth mechanism of hydroxyapatite crystals in gelatin matrices between 37 and 80 °C	Myung Chul Chang, William H. Douglas and Junzo Tanaka

Volume 17, Number 5 / May 2006

397-402	An investigation into the structure and reactivity of calcium-zinc-silicate ionomer glasses using MAS-NMR spectroscopy	D. Boyd, M. R. Towler, R. V. Law and R. G. Hill
403-406	Calcium carbonate crystallization in the presence of taurine	P. Malkaj, E. Pierri and E. Dalas
407-412	The effect of partially stabilized zirconia on the biological properties of HA/HDPE composites in vitro	A. Yari Sadi, M. A. Shokrgozar, S. Sh. Homaeigohar, M. Hosseinalipour and A. Khavandi, et al.
413-420	Characterization, bioactivity and ampicillin release kinetics of TiO₂ and TiO₂4SiO₂ synthesized by sol-gel processing	M. Catauro, M. G. Raucci, C. Convertito, D. Melisi and M. G. Rimoli
421-426	Mechanical characterisation of three percutaneous vertebroplasty biomaterials	Sabina Gheduzzi, Jason J. C. Webb and Anthony W. Miles
427-435	Anti-inflammatory properties of superoxide dismutase modified with carboxymetil-cellulose polymer and hydrogel	A. Chiumiento, A. Dominguez, S. Lamponi, R. Villalonga and R. Barbucci
437-445	In-situ
447-454	Biodegradable and semi-biodegradable composite hydrogels as bone substitutes: morphology and mechanical characterization	V. Sanginario, M. P. Ginebra, K. E. Tanner, J. A. Planell and L. Ambrosio
455-463	Preparation and characterisation of calcium-phosphate porous microspheres with a uniform size for biomedical applications	C. C. Ribeiro, C. C. Barrias and M. A. Barbosa
465-470	Bone response to a titanium aluminium nitride coating on metallic implants	C. O. Freeman and I. M. Brook
471-479	Statistical demonstration of the relative effect of surface chemistry and roughness on human osteoblast short-term adhesion	K. Anselme and M. Bigerelle
481-485	Morphometrical analysis of multinucleated giant cells in subdermal implants of poly-lactic acid in rats	L. C. V. Maluf-Meiken, D. R. M. Silva, E. A. R. Duek and M. C. Alberto-Rincon

Volume 17, Number 6 / June 2006

489-494	The antibacterial effects of zinc ion migration from zinc-based glass polyalkenoate cements	D. Boyd, H. Li, D. A. Tanner, M. R. Towler and J. G. Wall
495-500	Genotoxicity and cytotoxicity of glass ionomer cements on Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells	Daniel Araki Ribeiro, Mariangela Esther Alencar Marques and Daisy Maria Favero Salvadori
501-507	Phase evolution and sintering kinetics of hydroxyapatite synthesized by solution combustion technique	Swadesh K. Pratihar, Mayank Garg, Supreet Mehra and S. Bhattacharyya
509-516	Preparation of DHAQ-loaded mPEG-PLGA-mPEG nanoparticles and evaluation of drug release behaviors in vitro/in vivo	Yourong Duan, Xun Sun, Tao Gong, Qi Wang and Zhirong Zhang
517-521	Hydroxyapatite (HA) bone scaffolds with controlled macrochannel pores	Chang-Jun Bae, Hae-Won Kim, Young-Hag Koh and Hyoun-Ee Kim
523-529	Behaviour of MG-63 osteoblast-like cells on wood-based biomorphic SiC ceramics coated with bioactive glass	A. de Carlos, J. P. Borrajo, J. Serra, P. González and B. León
531-537	Mechanical and degradation behavior of polymer-calcium sulfate composites	K. N. Lewis, M. V. Thomas and D. A. Puleo
539-546	Hydrothermal synthesis and nanostructure of carbonated calcium hydroxyapatite	V. Jokanović, D. Izvonar, M. D. Dramićanin, B. Jokanović and V. Živojinović, et al.
547-552	Wound healing effect of silk fibroin/alginate-blended sponge in full thickness skin defect of rat	Dae-Hyun Roh, Seuk-Yun Kang, Jeom-Yong Kim, Young-Bae Kwon and Hae Young Kweon, et al.
553-557	Assessment of a three-dimensional measurement technique for the porosity evaluation of PMMA bone cement	Benjamin D. Cox, Ruth K. Wilcox, Martin C. Levesley and Richard M. Hall
559-563	Optimization of preparation of DHAQ-loaded PEG-PLGA-PEG nonaparticles using central composite design	Yourong Duan, Sen Xu, Qi Wang, Jie Liu and Zhirong Zhang
565-572	Laser induced multi-scale textured zirconia coating on Ti-6Al-4V	Anil Kurella and Narendra B. Dahotre
573-581	Bioactive ceramic composites sintered from hydroxyapatite and silica at 1200^∘C: preparation, microstructures and in vitro bone-like layer growth	X. W. Li, H. Y. Yasuda and Y. Umakoshi

Volume 17, Number 7 / July 2006

583-596	Kinetics and mechanisms of the conversion of silicate (45S5), borate, and borosilicate glasses to hydroxyapatite in dilute phosphate solutions	Wenhai Huang, Delbert E. Day, Kanisa Kittiratanapiboon and Mohamed N. Rahaman
597-604	Carbonate release from carbonated hydroxyapatite in the wide temperature rage	S. M. Barinov, J. V. Rau, S. Nunziante Cesaro, J. Ďurišin and I. V. Fadeeva, et al.
605-610	Enzymatic preparation of hollow magnetite microspheres for hyperthermic treatment of cancer	Masakazu Kawashita, Kazuo Sadaoka, Tadashi Kokubo, Takashi Saito and Mikio Takano, et al.
611-617	Study of biodegradable and self-expandable PLLA helical biliary stent in vivo and in vitro	Bo Meng, Jing Wang, Ning Zhu, Qing-Yuan Meng and Fu-Zhai Cui, et al.
619-625	Ti-6Al-7Nb promotes cell spreading and fibronectin and osteopontin synthesis in osteoblast-like cells	Thanaphum Osathanon, Kritchai Bespinyowong, Mansuang Arksornnukit, Hidekazu Takahashi and Prasit Pavasant
627-632	Mesenchymal stem cellular adhesion and cytotoxicity study of random biopolyester scaffolds for tissue engineering	X. J. Tang and Q. Y. Wu
633-639	Inflammatory response on injection of chitosan/GP to the brain	K. E. Crompton, D. Tomas, D. I. Finkelstein, M. Marr and J. S. Forsythe, et al.
641-646	Preparation of hollow hydroxyapatite microspheres	Qing Wang, Wenhai Huang, Deping Wang, Brian W. Darvell and Delbert E. Day, et al.
647-657	Development of an optimized electrochemical process for subsequent coating of 316 stainless steel for stent applications	M. Haïdopoulos, S. Turgeon, C. Sarra-Bournet, G. Laroche and D. Mantovani
659-665	The influence of electron beam irradiation on the shear bond strength of glass-reinforced frameworks and veneer composites	M. Behr, M. Rosentritt, K. Bettermann and G. Handel
667-673	Effect of bisphosphonates on the stimulation of macrophages by alumina ceramic particles: A comparison with ultra-high-molecular-weight polyethylene	Alain Petit, Fackson Mwale, John Antoniou, David J. Zukor and Olga L. Huk
675	Chitosan particles agglomerated scaffolds for cartilage and osteochondral tissue engineering approaches with adipose tissue derived stem cells	P. B. Malafaya, A. J. Pedro, A. Peterbauer, C. Gabriel and H. Redl, et al.

Volume 17, Number 8 / August 2006

679-689	Adhesion of slime producing Staphylococcus epidermidis strains to PVC and diamond-like carbon/silver/fluorinated coatings	M. Katsikogianni, I. Spiliopoulou, D. P. Dowling and Y. F. Missirlis
691-695	Preparation of fluoride-substituted hydroxyapatite by a molten salt synthesis route	Hui Gang Zhang and Qingshan Zhu
697-707	Effect of carbonate content and buffer type on calcium phosphate formation in SBF solutions	S. Jalota, S. B. Bhaduri and A. C. Tas
709-716	Study of yttrium containing bioactive glasses behaviour in simulated body fluid	D. Cacaina, H. Ylänen, M. Hupa and S. Simon
717-726	Electron microscopic investigation on the osteogenesis at titanium implant/bone marrow interface under masticatory loading	H. Kawahara, S. Nakakita, M. Ito, K. Niwa and D. Kawahara, et al.
727-734	No evidence to indicate topographic dependency on bone formation around cp titanium implants under masticatory loading	H. Kawahara, H. Aoki, H. Koike, Y. Soeda and D. Kawahara, et al.
735-741	Enhancing angiogenesis in collagen matrices by covalent incorporation of VEGF	S. Koch, Ch. Yao, G. Grieb, P. Prével and E. M. Noah, et al.
743-748	Improved mechanical properties of acrylic bone cement with short titanium fiber reinforcement	S. P. Kotha, C. Li, P. McGinn, S. R. Schmid and J. J. Mason
749-758	Biocompatibility of poly (3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyhexanoate) modified by silk fibroin	Na Mei, Ping Zhou, Luan-Feng Pan, Guang Chen and Chun-Gen Wu, et al.
759-765	Artificial midline-fascia of the human abdominal wall for testing suture strength	J. M. van Os, J. F. Lange, R. H. M. Goossens, R. P. Koster and J. W. A. Burger, et al.
767-771	Preparation of bioelectret collagen and its influence on cell culture in vitro	X. L. Yang, J. W. Gu and H. S. Zhu

Volume 17, Number 9 / September 2006

773-778	Macrochanneled poly (ɛ-caprolactone)/ hydroxyapatite scaffold by combination of bi-axial machining and lamination	Young-Hag Koh, Chang-Jun Bae, Jong-Jae Sun, In-Kook Jun and Hyoun-Ee Kim
779-787	The interaction of the polyphenylacetylene surface with biological environments studied by XPS, RAIRS and biological tests	G. Iucci, L. Rossi, N. Rosato, I. Savini and G. Duranti, et al.
789-794	In vivo assessment of the osteointegrative potential of phosphatidylserine-based coatings	A. Merolli, M. Bosetti, L. Giannotta, A. W. Lloyd and S. P. Denyer, et al.
795-802	Gelation under dynamic conditions: A strategy for
803-805	Orthotropic index for bone	Andrew J. Rapoff
807-813	Effect of calcium phosphate glass on bone formation in calvarial defects of Sprague-Dawley rats	Hyun-Ju Moon, Kyoung-Nam Kim, Kwang-Mahn Kim, Seong-Ho Choi and Chong-Kwan Kim, et al.
815-823	Characterization and osteoblast-like cell compatibility of porous scaffolds: bovine hydroxyapatite and novel hydroxyapatite artificial bone	Yuan Gao, Wen-Ling Cao, Xiao-Yan Wang, Yan-Dao Gong and Jie-Mo Tian, et al.
825-828	Dental resin materials
829-833	Macroporous hydrogels based on 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate. Part 4: Growth of rat bone marrow stromal cells in three-dimensional hydrogels with positive and negative surface charges and in polyelectrolyte complexes	P. Lesný, M. Přádný, P. Jendelová, J. Michálek and J. Vacík, et al.
835-839	Calcium and zinc ion release from polyalkenoate cements formed from zinc oxide/apatite mixtures	M. R. Towler, S. Kenny, D. Boyd, T. Pembroke and M. Buggy, et al.
841-847	Tissue and cell reactions to implanted root-end filling materials	Chia-Tze Kao, Chung-Hung Tsai and Tsui-Hsien Huang
849-857	The influence of triethylcitrate on the biological properties of poly (L-lactic-co-glycolic acid) membranes	L. Pietro, D. R. M. Silva, M. C. Alberto-Rincon and E. A. R Duek
859-867	Specific response of osteoblast-like cells on hydroxyapatite layer containing serum protein	Takashi Kizuki, Masataka Ohgaki, Shizuko Ichinose, Satoshi Nakamura and Kazuaki Hashimoto, et al.
869-873	Influence of 0.05% sodium fluoride solutions on microhardness of resin-modified glass ionomer cements	Marcia Gabriela Klan Wilde, Carina Sinclér Delfino, Juliano Fernandes Sassi, Patrícia Petromilli Nordi Sasso Garcia and Regina Guenka Palma-Dibb

Volume 17, Number 10 / October 2006

875-884	Nano-structural bioactive gradient coating fabricated by computer controlled plasma-spraying technology	C. Y. Ning, Y. J. Wang, W. W. Lu, Q. X. Qiu and R. W. M. Lam, et al.
885-890	Effect of pH, temperature and Cl⁻ concentration on electrochemical behavior of NiTi shape memory alloy in artificial saliva	Jianqiu Wang, Nianxing Li, En-hou Han and Wei Ke
891-898	The effect of hyaluronan combined with KI₃ complex (Hyiodine wound dressing) on keratinocytes and immune cells	Jana Frankova, Lukas Kubala, Vladimir Velebny, Milan Ciz and Antonin Lojek
899-909	Synthesis and characterization of cholesterol-poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(D,L-lactic acid) copolymers for promoting osteoblast attachment and proliferation	Guanhua Yu, Jian Ji and Jiacong Shen
911-918	An impedance study of two types of stainless steel in Ringer physiological solution containing complexing agents	Mojca Slemnik and Ingrid Milošev
919-927	In vivo release of rhBMP-2 loaded porous calcium phosphate cement pretreated with albumin	P. Q. Ruhé, O. C. Boerman, F. G. M. Russel, A. G. Mikos and P. H. M. Spauwen, et al.
929-935	Polysaccharide surface engineering of poly(D, L-lactic acid) via electrostatic self-assembly technique and its effects on osteoblast growth behaviours	Kaiyong Cai and Yuanliang Wang
937-944	Investigation of silica-iron-phosphate glasses for tissue engineering	A. Patel and J. C. Knowles
945-948	Morphometric analysis of the effects of LactoSorb^® bioabsorbable plates on the craniofacial growth of rabbits using computed tomography	Renata Pittella Cançado, Eduardo Seixas Cardoso, Aguimar de Matos Bourguignon Filho, Hedelson Odenir Iecher Borges and Marília Gerhardt de Oliveira, et al.
949-961	Tissue reaction and surface morphology of absorbable sutures after in vivo exposure	Miguel G. S. Andrade, Ruben Weissman and Sílvia R. A. Reis

Volume 17, Number 11 / November 2006

963-964	Editorial: A forecast of the future for biomaterials	Julian R. Jones and Aldo R. Boccaccini
965-966	A Tribute to Professor Larry Hench	William Bonfield
967-978	The story of Bioglass^®	Larry L. Hench
979-987	The surface functionalization of 45S5 Bioglass^®-based glass-ceramic scaffolds and its impact on bioactivity	Q. Z. Chen, K. Rezwan, D. Armitage, S. N. Nazhat and A. R. Boccaccini
989-996	Controlling ion release from bioactive glass foam scaffolds with antibacterial properties	Julian R. Jones, Lisa M. Ehrenfried, Priya Saravanapavan and Larry L. Hench
997-1002	Gene activation by bioactive glasses	G. Jell and M. M. Stevens
1003-1010	The use of advanced diffraction methods in the study of the structure of a bioactive calcia: silica sol-gel glass	Robert John Newport, Laura J. Skipper, Daniela Carta, David M. Pickup and Frank E. Sowrey, et al.
1011-1017	From the bioactive glasses to the star gels	María Vallet-Regí, Antonio J. Salinas and Daniel Arcos
1019-1023	Progress in Raman spectroscopy in the fields of tissue engineering, diagnostics and toxicological testing	Chris A. Owen, Ioan Notingher, Robert Hill, Molly Stevens and Larry L. Hench
1025-1028	The future of biomedical materials	James M. Anderson
1029-1035	Historic and current strategies in bone tissue engineering: Do we have a hope in Hench?	Eileen Gentleman and Julia M. Polak
1037-1042	Clinical applications of glass-ceramics in dentistry	Wolfram Höland, Volker Rheinberger, Elke Apel, Christian van ’t Hoen and Marlies Höland, et al.
1043-1048	Skeletal tissues as nanomaterials	L. Bozec and M. A. Horton
1049-1056	Zonal release of proteins within tissue engineering scaffolds	Tri Suciati, Daniel Howard, John Barry, Nicola M. Everitt and Kevin M. Shakesheff, et al.
1057-1062	Surface behaviour of biomaterials: The theta surface for biocompatibility	Robert Edward Baier
1063-1068	Synthesis and sintering of biomimetic hydroxyapatite nanoparticles for biomedical applications	Suprabha Nayar, M. K. Sinha, D. Basu and Arvind Sinha
1069-1078	Macroporous bioactive glass-ceramic scaffolds for tissue engineering	C. Vitale Brovarone, E. Verné and P. Appendino
1079-1087	Crystallinity in apatites: how can a truly disordered fraction be distinguished from nanosize crystalline domains?	Giancarlo Celotti, Anna Tampieri, Simone Sprio, Elena Landi and Luca Bertinetti, et al.
1089-1093	The effect of pressure during sintering on the strength and the fracture toughness of hydroxyapatite ceramics	Satoshi Kobayashi, Wataru Kawai and Shuichi Wakayama
1095-1100	Cytotoxicity study of plasma-sprayed hydroxyapatite coating on high nitrogen austenitic stainless steels	C. P. O. Ossa, S. O. Rogero and A. P. Tschiptschin
1101-1111	Surface morphology and adsorbed proteins affect phagocyte responses to nano-porous alumina	M. Karlsson and L. Tang
1113-1125	The properties of biomimetically processed calcium phosphate on bioactive ceramics and their response on bone cells	M. Vaahtio, T. Peltola, T. Hentunen, H. Ylänen and S. Areva, et al.
1127-1132	Characterization of a novel calcium phosphate composite bone cement: Flow, setting, and aging properties	M. L. Roemhildt, S. D. Wagner and T. D. McGee
1133-1137	Study on machinable glass-ceramic containing fluorophlogopite for dental CAD/CAM system	Hong Li, De-Qiang You, Chang-Ren Zhou and Jun-Guo Ran
1139-1144	Bone-like apatite coating on Mg-PSZ/Al₂O₃ composites using bioactive systems	A. A. Nogiwa and D. A. Cortés
1145-1152	Injectable bone substitute to preserve alveolar ridge resorption after tooth extraction: A study in dog	D. Boix, P. Weiss, O. Gauthier, J. Guicheux and J.-M. Bouler, et al.
1153-1160	In vitro testing of Nd:YAG laser processed calcium phosphate coatings	A. De Carlos, F. Lusquiños, J. Pou, B. León and M. Pérez-Amor, et al.
1161-1171	Bond-coating in plasma-sprayed calcium-phosphate coatings	F. N. Oktar, M. Yetmez, S. Agathopoulos, T. M. Lopez Goerne and G. Goller, et al.
1173-1177	Precipitation of octacalcium phosphates on artificial enamel in artificial saliva	Y. Sato, T. Sato, M. Niwa and H. Aoki
1179-1189	Calcium phosphate fibres synthesized from a simulated body fluid	E. C. Kolos, A. J. Ruys, R. Rohanizadeh, M. M. Muir and G. Roger

Volume 17, Number 12 / December 2006

1191-1192	Editorial	Andrew W. Lloyd
1193-1204	Comparative
1205-1210	Dimensional changes of alginate dental impression materials	N. Nallamuthu, M. Braden and M. P. Patel
1211-1217	Gelatine/PLLA sponge-like scaffolds: morphological and biological characterization	Luigi Lazzeri, Maria Grazia Cascone, Serena Danti, Lorenzo Pio Serino and Stefania Moscato, et al.
1219-1226	Effect of microencapsulated phase change materials on the thermo-mechanical properties of poly(methyl-methacrylate) based biomaterials	Roberto De Santis, Veronica Ambrogi, Cosimo Carfagna, Luigi Ambrosio and Luigi Nicolais
1227-1236	Stability and release of antiviral drugs from ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer	S. Kalachandra, T. Takamata, D. M. Lin, E. A. Snyder and J. Webster-Cyriaque
1237-1244	Application of polylactides in spinal cages: Studies in a goat model	T. H. Smit, M. R. Krijnen, M. van Dijk and P. I. J. M. Wuisman
1245-1254	In-vitro study of the spontaneous calcification of PHEMA-based hydrogels in simulated body fluid	Zainuddin, D. J. T. Hill, A. K. Whittaker and T. V. Chirila
1255-1258	Characterisation of some experimental silicones	S. Parker, I. Meththananda, M. Braden and G. J. Pearson
1259-1265	A novel hydrogel crosslinked hyaluronan with glycol chitosan	Wei Wang
1267-1274	Release of diclofenac sodium from polylactide-co-glycolide 80/20 rods	Petrus Viitanen, Esa Suokas, Pertti Törmälä and Nureddin Ashammakhi
1275-1282	Innovation in multifunctional bioabsorbable osteoconductive drug-releasing hard tissue fixation devices	N. Ashammakhi, M. Veiranto, E. Suokas, J. Tiainen and S.-M. Niemelä, et al.
1283-1296	Polyurethane/poly(hydroxyethyl methacrylate) semi-interpenetrating polymer networks for biomedical applications	L. V. Karabanova, A. W. Lloyd, S. V. Mikhalovsky, M. Helias and G. J. Phillips, et al.
1297-1303	Biocompatibility and Biodegradation of novel PHB porous substrates with controlled multi-pore size by emulsion templates method	Cai Zhijiang
1305-1313	Preparation, characterization and microhardness study of semi interpenetrating polymer networks of polyvinyl alcohol and crosslinked polyacrylamide	Shefali Mishra, R. Bajpai, R. Katare and A. K. Bajpai
1315-1322	Tissue reactions to bioabsorbable ciprofloxacin-releasing polylactide-polyglycolide 80/20 screws in rabbits’ cranial bone	Johanna Tiainen, Ylermi Soini, Esa Suokas, Minna Veiranto and Pertti Törmälä, et al.
1323-1331	Stabilisation of crosslinked ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE)-acetabular components with α-tocopherol	C. Wolf, J. Maninger, K. Lederer, H. Frühwirth-Smounig and T. Gamse, et al.
1333-1340	Accelerated ageing experiments with crosslinked and conventional ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) stabilised with α-tocopherol for total joint arthroplasty	C. Wolf, C. Macho and K. Lederer
1341-1347	Animal experiments with ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) stabilised with α-tocopherol used for articulating surfaces in joint endoprostheses	C. Wolf, K. Lederer, H. Bergmeister, U. Losert and P. Böck
1349-1356	Preparation of 3-D regenerated fibroin scaffolds with freeze drying method and freeze drying/foaming technique	Qiang Lv and QingLing Feng
1357-1364	Macroporous hydrogels based on 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate. Part 5: Hydrolytically degradable materials	Martin Přádný, Jiří Michálek, Petr Lesný, Aleš Hejčl and Jiří Vacík, et al.
1365-1372	Hyaluronic acid based materials for intestine tissue engineering: A morphological and biochemical study of cell-material interaction	A. Esposito, A. Mezzogiorno, A. Sannino, A. De Rosa and D. Menditti, et al.
1373-1381	Characterization of chitosan films and effects on fibroblast cell attachment and proliferation	V. Hamilton, Y. Yuan, D. A. Rigney, A. D. Puckett and J. L. Ong, et al.
1383-1391	Strength improvement of critical-sized three dimensional printing parts by infiltration of solvent-free visible light-cured resin	J. Suwanprateeb
1393-1401	Hyaluronic acid hydrogel immobilized with RGD peptides for brain tissue engineering	F. Z. Cui, W. M. Tian, S. P. Hou, Q. Y. Xu and I.-S. Lee
1403-1409	Improved mechanical properties of acrylic bone cement with short titanium fiber reinforcement	S. P. Kotha, C. Li, P. McGinn, S. R. Schmid and J. J. Mason
1411-1420	Preparation of porous biodegradable poly(lactide-co-glycolide)/ hyaluronic acid blend scaffolds: Characterization, *in vitro* cells culture and degradation behaviors	Chih-Ta Lee and Yu-Der Lee
1421-1431	Characterisation of the internal and external surfaces of four types of Foley catheter using SEM and profilometry	E. L. Lawrence and I. G. Turner
1433-1448	The mechanical properties of recovered PMMA bone cement: A preliminary study	R. P. S. Chaplin, A. J. C. Lee, R. M. Hooper and M. Clarke

Volume 18, Number 1 / January 2007

1	Preface	Wole Soboyejo
3-8	A folic acid-based functionalized surface for biosensor systems	Kaustubh D. Bhalerao, Stephen C. Lee, Winston O. Soboyejo and Alfred B. O. Soboyejo
9-23	Cell/surface interactions on laser micro-textured titanium-coated silicon surfaces	Steven Mwenifumbo, Mingwei Li, Jianbo Chen, Aboubaker Beye and Wolé Soboyejo
25-37	Membrane thickness design of implantable bio-MEMS sensors for the in-situ monitoring of blood flow	C. A. Steeves, Y. L. Young, Z. Liu, A. Bapat and K. Bhalerao, et al.
39-45	Piezoelectric generators for biomedical and dental applications: Effects of cyclic loading	S. M. Allameh, O. Akogwu, M. Collinson, J. Thomas and W. O. Soboyejo
47-56	Engineering long term clinical success of advanced ceramic prostheses	Dianne Rekow and Van P. Thompson
57-64	Bioinspired design of dental multilayers	M. Huang, R. Wang, V. Thompson, D. Rekow and W. O. Soboyejo
65-69	Creep induced rate effects on radial cracks in multilayered structures	M. Huang, X. Niu and W. O. Soboyejo
71-78	Contact damage in an yttria stabilized zirconia: Implications	J. Zhou, J. Mah, P. Shrotriya, C. Mercer and W. O. Soboyejo
79-87	Lattice energy and mechanical stiffness of hydroxyapatite	Dajun Zhang and Ashok Tamilselvan
89-102	Cell/surface interactions and adhesion on bioactive glass 45S5	S. Levy, M. Van Dalen, S. Agonafer and W. O. Soboyejo
103-109	On the measurement of human osteosarcoma cell elastic modulus using shear assay experiments	Yifang Cao, Randy Bly, Will Moore, Zhan Gao and Alberto M. Cuitino, et al.
111-118	Annealing study of palladium–silver dental alloys: Vickers hardness measurements and SEM microstructural observations	W. H. Guo, W. A. Brantley, D. Li, W. A. T. Clark and P. Monaghan, et al.
119-125	Fatigue limits and SEM/TEM observations of fracture characteristics for three Pd—Ag dental casting alloys	Dongfa Li, William A. Brantley, Wenhua Guo, William A. T. Clark and Satish B. Alapati, et al.
127-131	Ion leaching of a glass-ionomer glass: an empirical model and effects on setting characteristics and strength	Leon H Prentice, Martin J Tyas and Michael F Burrow
133-137	HPLC analysis of components released from dental composites with different resin compositions using different extraction media	K. Moharamzadeh, R. Van Noort, I. M. Brook and A. M. Scutt
139-142	In vitro microhardness of glass ionomer cements	R. C. Silva, A. C. C. Zuanon, R. R. Esberard, M. S. M. Candido and J. S. Machado
143-147	Comparative study of the wear behavior of composites for posterior restorations	Cecilia P. Turssi, Juliana J. Faraoni-Romano, Márcio de Menezes and Mônica C. Serra
149-154	Effect of commercial mouthwashes on the corrosion resistance of Ti-10Mo experimental alloy	Maria Cristina Rosifini Alves Rezende, Ana Paula Rosifini Alves, Eduardo Norberto Codaro and Conceição Aparecida Matsumoto Dutra
155-163	Evaluation of surface characteristics of dental composites using profilometry, scanning electron, atomic force microscopy and gloss-meter	A. Kakaboura, M. Fragouli, C. Rahiotis and N. Silikas
165-170	Combined effect of staining substances on the discoloration of esthetic Class V dental restorative materials	Yong-Keun Lee and John M. Powers
171-177	Age-hardening behavior of a low-gold dental alloy	L. G. Pan and J. N. Wang
179	Bond-coating in plasma-sprayed calcium-phosphate coatings	F. N. Oktar, M. Yetmez, S. Agathopoulos, T. M. Lopez Goerne and G. Goller, et al.

Volume 18, Number 2 / February 2007

181	Editorial	William Bonfield
183-184	Guest editorial	Pierre Layrolle and Guy Daculsi
185-193	The double porogen approach as a new technique for the fabrication of interconnected poly(L-lactic acid) and starch based biodegradable scaffolds	S. Ghosh, J. C. Viana, R. L. Reis and J. F. Mano
195-200	Influence of porosity and fibre diameter on the degradation of chitosan fibre-mesh scaffolds and cell adhesion	C. Cunha-Reis, K. TuzlaKoglu, E. Baas, Y. Yang and A. El Haj, et al.
201-209	Controlling the processing of collagen-hydroxyapatite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering	Denys A. Wahl, Eleftherios Sachlos, Chaozong Liu and Jan T. Czernuszka
211-223	Micro-computed tomography (μ -CT) as a potential tool to assess the effect of dynamic coating routes on the formation of biomimetic apatite layers on 3D-plotted biodegradable polymeric scaffolds	A. L. Oliveira, P. B. Malafaya, S. A. Costa, R. A. Sousa and R. L. Reis
225-235	Osteogenic properties of calcium phosphate ceramics and fibrin glue based composites	Damien Le Nihouannen, Afchine Saffarzadeh, Eric Aguado, Eric Goyenvalle and Olivier Gauthier, et al.
237-244	Effect of multiple unconfined compression on cellular dense collagen scaffolds for bone tissue engineering	Malak Bitar, Vehid Salih, Robert A. Brown and Showan N. Nazhat
245-253	Effects of fibronectin and laminin on structural, mechanical and transport properties of 3D collageneous network	D. Guarnieri, S. Battista, A. Borzacchiello, L. Mayol and E. De Rosa, et al.
255-263	Differentiation of preosteoblasts using a delivery system with BMPs and bioactive glass microspheres	E. Bergeron, M. E. Marquis, I. Chrétien and N. Faucheux
265-271	BG60S dissolution interferes with osteoblast calcium signals	P. Valério, M. M. Pereira, A. M. Goes and M. F. Leite
273-281	Biochemical markers of the mechanical quality of engineered hyaline cartilage	Daniel J. Kelly, Aileen Crawford, Sally C. Dickinson, Trevor J. Sims and Jenny Mundy, et al.
283-286	Molecular mobility of polymeric implants and acute inflammatory response: An experimental study in mice	M. Andersson, J. Hedlund, M. Berglin, H. Elwing and L. Tang
287-294	Inflammatory reaction in rats muscle after implantation of biphasic calcium phosphate micro particles	Borhane H. Fellah, Nicolas Josselin, Daniel Chappard, Pierre Weiss and Pierre Layrolle
295-302	A cartilage tissue engineering approach combining starch-polycaprolactone fibre mesh scaffolds with bovine articular chondrocytes	J. T. Oliveira, A. Crawford, J. M. Mundy, A. R. Moreira and M. E. Gomes, et al.
303-308	Tissue engineered intervertebral disc repair in the pig using injectable polymers	P. A. Revell, E. Damien, L. Di Silvio, N. Gurav and C. Longinotti, et al.
309-316	Sequential adsorption of proteins and the surface modification of biomaterials: A molecular dynamics study	Giuseppina Raffaini and Fabio Ganazzoli
317-319	Relationship between the fibroblastic behaviour and surface properties of RGD-immobilized PCL membranes	A. Karakecili, C. Satriano, M. Gumusderelioglu and G. Marletta
321-328	Investigation of fibroblast and keratinocyte cell-scaffold interactions using a novel 3D cell culture system	T. Sun, D. Norton, A. J. Ryan, S. MacNeil and J. W. Haycock
329-338	Plasma polymer coated surfaces for serum-free culture of limbal epithelium for ocular surface disease	Maria Notara, N. A. Bullett, Palavi Deshpande, David B. Haddow and Sheila MacNeil, et al.
339-345	Human endothelial progenitor cell attachment to polysaccharide-based hydrogels: A pre-requisite for vascular tissue engineering	Noélie-Brunehilde Thébaud, Dorothée Pierron, Reine Bareille, Catherine Le Visage and Didier Letourneur, et al.
347-352	Does mixing affect the setting of injectable bone cement? An ultrasound study	M. D. Vlad, R. Torres, J. López, M. Barracó and J. A. Moreno, et al.
353-361	In vivo evaluation of an injectable Macroporous Calcium Phosphate Cement	Sergio del Valle, Natalia Miño, Fernando Muñoz, Antonio González and Josep A. Planell, et al.
363-366	A hierarchical structure for apatite crystals	Sergey V. Dorozhkin
367-380	Phospholipids as implant coatings	R. Willumeit, A. Schuster, P. Iliev, S. Linser and F. Feyerabend
381-390	An electrodeposition method of calcium phosphate coatings on titanium alloy	Marco Antonio Lopez-Heredia, P. Weiss and P. Layrolle
391-397	Adjusting the chlorhexidine content of calcium phosphate coatings by electrochemically assisted co-deposition from aqueous solutions	D. Scharnweber, M. Flössel, R. Born and H. Worch
399-404	The effects of nanoscale pits on primary human osteoblast adhesion formation and cellular spreading	M. J. P. Biggs, R. G. Richards, N. Gadegaard, C. D. W. Wilkinson and M. J. Dalby
405-413	Is surface chemical composition important for orthopaedic implant materials?	D. O. Meredith, M. O. Riehle, A. S. G. Curtis and R. G. Richards

Volume 18, Number 3 / March 2007

417-427	Performance of laser bonded glass/polyimide microjoints in cerebrospinal fluid	A. Mian, G. Newaz, D. G. Georgiev, N. Rahman and L. Vendra, et al.
429-433	Investigation for analytical procedure for determination of trace metallic ions in simulated body fluids by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES)	Naofumi Ohtsu, Tetsuya Ashino, Hisamichi Kimura, Kunio Takada and Takao Hanawa
435-440	Ion implantation modified stainless steel as a substrate for hydroxyapatite deposition. Part I. Surface modification and characterization	L. Pramatarova, E. Pecheva, V. Krastev and F. Riesz
441-447	Ion implantation modified stainless steel as a substrate for hydroxyapatite deposition. Part II. Biomimetic layer growth and characterization	L. Pramatarova, E. Pecheva and V. Krastev
449-455	Synthesis, characterization and hydrolytic degradation of degradable poly(butylene terephthalate)/poly(ethylene glycol) (PBT/PEG) copolymers	GuoTao Chao, LinYu Fan, WenJuan Jia, ZhiYong Qian and YingChun Gu, et al.
457-463	Formation mechanism of biomedical apatite coatings on porous titania layer	Ping Huang, Kewei Xu and Yong Han
465-473	The influence of implant surface properties on cell adhesion and proliferation	V. PeŠŠková, D. Kubies, H. Hulejová and L. Himmlová
475-482	Preparation and characterization of biodegradable anti-adhesive membrane for peritoneal wound healing	Si-Nae Park, Han Jeong Jang, Yu Suk Choi, Jae Min Cha and Seo Yeon Son, et al.
483-492	Cross-section transmission electron microscopy characterization of the near-surface structure of medical Nitinol superelastic tubing	Pavel L. Potapov, Wim Tirry, Dominique Schryvers, Valerie G. M. Sivel and Meng-Yue Wu, et al.
493-500	Biocompatibility of diamond-like nanocomposite thin films	T. Das, D. Ghosh, T. K. Bhattacharyya and T. K. Maiti
501-506	Preparation and bioactivity of novel multiblock thermoplastic elastomer/tricalcium phosphate composites	M. El Fray, M. Feldmann, G. Ziegler and P. Prowans
507-512	Structure and dissolution investigation of calcium-bismuth-borate glasses and vitroceramics containing silver	V. Simon, M. Spinu and R. Stefan
513-522	Subacute systemic toxicity assessment of β-tricalcium phosphate/carboxymethyl-chitin composite implanted in rat femur	Kazuaki Muramatsu, Kousuke Oba, Daisuke Mukai, Kazunari Hasegawa and Shingo Masuda, et al.
523-528	Calculation of heating power generated from ferromagnetic thermal seed (PdCo-PdNi-CuNi) alloys used as interstitial hyperthermia implants	Adly H. El-Sayed, A. A. Aly, N. I. EI-Sayed, M. M. Mekawy and A. A. EI-Gendy
529-533	Preliminary investigation of bioactivity of nano biocomposite	Wei Jie, Hong Hua, Wu Lan, He Yi and Li Yubao

Volume 18, Number 4 / April 2007

537-543	Effects of sterilization on an extracellular matrix scaffold: Part I. Composition and matrix architecture	Jason Hodde, Abram Janis, David Ernst, David Zopf and Debra Sherman, et al.
545-550	Effects of sterilization on an extracellular matrix scaffold: Part II. Bioactivity and matrix interaction	Jason Hodde, Abram Janis and Michael Hiles
551-563	Growth of human osteoblast-like cells on beta-tricalciumphosphate (TCP) membranes with different structures	M. Wiedmann-Al-Ahmad, R. Gutwald, N.-C. Gellrich, U. Hübner and R. Schmelzeisen
565-575	Surface characteristics and bioactivity of oxide film on titanium metal formed by thermal oxidation	Yeong-Joon Park, Ho-Jun Song, In Kim and Hong-So Yang
577-581	Two different types of age-hardening behaviors in commercial dental gold alloys	Kunihiro Hisatsune, Takanobu Shiraishi, Yasuko Takuma, Yasuhiro Tanaka and Rhodora H. Luciano
583-589	Preoperative opacification of acrylic intraocular lenses in storage	C. M. Pratt, S. Barton, E. McGonigle, M. Kishi and P. J. S. Foot
591-597	Microindentation in bone: Hardness variation with five independent variables	Wesley M. Johnson and Andrew J. Rapoff
599-604	Evaluation of the influence of albumin on the mineralization of a glass by Atomic Force Microscopy	A. O. Paiva, N. Costa, S. C. P. Cachinho and M. H. V. Fernandes
605-609	Evaluation of different bonded investments for dental titanium casting	H. C. Hsu, H. Kikuchi, S. K. Yen and M. Nishiyama
611-617	Cell behaviour on phospholipids-coated surfaces	M. Bosetti, M. Santin, A. W. Lloyd, S. P. Denyer and M. Sabbatini, et al.
619-622	Hydroxyapatite forming ability of electrostatic spray pyrolysis derived calcium phosphate nano powder	Kyu-Seog Hwang, Kyung-Ok Jeon, Young-Sun Jeon and Byung-Hoon Kim
623-628	Examination of local variations in viscous, elastic, and plastic indentation responses in healing bone	Michelle L. Oyen and Ching-Chang Ko
629-633	A micromechanical elastic property study of trabecular bone in the human mandible	Tsutomu Nomura, J. Lawrence Katz, Michael P. Powers and Chikara Saito
635-640	Preparation and
641-648	Studies on the use of hollow fibre membrane bioreactors for tissue generation by using rat bone marrow fibroblastic cells and a composite scaffold	Hua Ye, Zhidao Xia, David J. P. Ferguson, James T. Triffitt and Zhanfeng Cui
649-652	Ion release by endodontic grade glass-ionomer cement	Beata Czarnecka, Honorata Limanowska-Shaw, Richard Hatton and John W. Nicholson
653-660	Chemical-physical and preliminary biological properties of poly (2-hydroxyethylmethacrilate)/poly-(ɛ-caprolactone)/hydroxyapa- tite composite	C. Giordano, F. Causa, L. Di Silvio and L. Ambrosio
661-668	Mechanical properties and apatite forming ability of TiO₂ nanoparticles/high density polyethylene composite: Effect of filler content	Masami Hashimoto, Hiroaki Takadama, Mineo Mizuno and Tadashi Kokubo

Volume 18, Number 5 / May 2007

669-675	Sonochemical synthesis of calcium phosphate powders	M. de Campos, F. A. Müller, A. H. A. Bressiani, J. C. Bressiani and P. Greil
677-683	Comparison of periodontal ligament cells responses to dense and nanophase hydroxyapatite	Weibin Sun, Chenlin Chu, Juan Wang and Huating Zhao
685-691	Combined effects of staining substances on resin composites before and after surface sealant application	Yong-Keun Lee and John M. Powers
693-698	Effect of γ-irradiation on the structure of poly(ethyl acrylate-
699-703	Effect of calcium, zinc and magnesium on the attachment and spreading of osteoblast like cells onto ceramic matrices	Willi Paul and Chandra P. Sharma
705-714	The influence of surface chemistry and topography on the contact guidance of MG63 osteoblast cells	F. S. Magdon Ismail, R. Rohanizadeh, S. Atwa, R. S. Mason and A. J. Ruys, et al.
715-724	Hysteresis of a biomaterial: Influence of sutures and biological adhesives	J. M. García Páez, A. Carrera, E. Jorge, I. Millán and A. Cordón, et al.
725-751	Corrosion degradation and prevention by surface modification of biometallic materials	Raghuvir Singh and Narendra B. Dahotre
753-757	Preparation and characterization of pH sensitive comb-shaped chitosan material for the controlled release of coenzyme A	Baolin Guo, Jinfang Yuan and Qingyu Gao
759-763	Raman spectroscopy of the human nail: A potential tool for evaluating bone health?	M. R. Towler, A. Wren, N. Rushe, J. Saunders and N. M. Cummins, et al.
765-777	Studies on α-amylase induced degradation of binary polymeric blends of crosslinked starch and pectin	A. K. Bajpai and Jyoti Shrivastava
779-786	Synthesis, corrosion and wear of anodic oxide coatings on Ti–6Al–4V	R. Narayanan, Partho Mukherjee and S. K. Seshadri
787-796	Structural and spatially resolved studies on the hardening of a commercial resin-modified glass-ionomer cement	Ricardo A. Pires, Christian Fernandez and Teresa G. Nunes
797-806	Calcium phosphate formation on titanium by low-voltage electrolytic treatments	Y. Tanaka, E. Kobayashi, S. Hiromoto, K. Asami and H. Imai, et al.
807-817	Wettability modification and the subsequent manipulation of protein adsorption on a Ti6Al4V alloy by means of CO₂ laser surface treatment	L. Hao and J. Lawrence
819-827	Characterisation of wear particles produced by metal on metal and ceramic on metal hip prostheses under standard and microseparation simulation	Christopher Brown, Sophie Williams, Joanne L Tipper, John Fisher and Eileen Ingham
829-837	Density functional calculations of the properties of silicon-substituted hydroxyapatite	H. F. Chappell and P. D. Bristowe
839-844	Methotrexate-added acrylic cement: biological and physical properties	G. Maccauro, A. Cittadini, M. Casarci, F. Muratori and D. De Angelis, et al.
845-849	Shear bond strengths of glass-ionomer cements to sound and to prepared carious dentine	Beata Czarnecka, Patricia Deręgowska-Nosowicz, Honorata Limanowska-Shaw and John W. Nicholson
851-856	Atomic force and confocal microscopy for the study of cortical cells cultured on silicon wafers	J. Ma, F. Z. Cui, B. F. Liu and Q. Y. Xu
857-864	A novel bioactive porous bredigite (Ca₇MgSi₄O₁₆) scaffold with biomimetic apatite layer for bone tissue engineering	Chengtie Wu, Jiang Chang, Wanyin Zhai and Siyu Ni
865-870	Electronic states spectroscopy of Hydroxyapatite ceramics	Daniel Aronov, Marina Chaikina, Jehuda Haddad, Anatoly Karlov and Gundars Mezinskis, et al.
871-875	The effect of acetaminophen on the crystal growth of calcium carbonate	P. Malkaj and E. Dalas
877-882	Preparation of amino-functionalized mesostructured cellular foams and application as hosts for large biomolecules	Xin Zhang, Ren-Feng Guan, Dan-Qi Wu and Kwong-Yu Chan
883-893	Influence of oxide-based sintering additives on densification and mechanical behavior of tricalcium phosphate (TCP)	Himesh A. Bhatt and Samar J. Kalita
895-898	Growth and characterization of hydroxyapatite crystals by hydrothermal method	M. Ashok, S. Narayana Kalkura, N. Meenakshi Sundaram and D. Arivuoli
899-907	Bioactivity of CaSiO₃/poly-lactic acid (PLA) composites prepared by various surface loading methods of CaSiO₃ powder	Kiyoshi Okada, Fumikazu Hasegawa, Yoshikazu Kameshima and Akira Nakajima
909-916	Development of a new calcium phosphate powder-binder system for the 3D printing of patient specific implants	Alaadien Khalyfa, Sebastian Vogt, Jürgen Weisser, Gabriele Grimm and Annett Rechtenbach, et al.
917-923	In vitro bioactivity of novel tricalcium silicate ceramics	Wenyuan Zhao, Jiang Chang, Junying Wang, Wanyin Zhai and Zheng Wang
925-931	Enhanced wear and fatigue properties of Ti–6Al–4V alloy modified by plasma carburizing/CrN coating	Y. G. Park, M. Y. Wey and S. I. Hong
933-941	Biological response of new activated acrylic bone cements with antiseptic properties. Histomorphometric analysis	B. de la Torre, M. Salvado, M. A. González Corchón, B. Vázquez and F. Collía, et al.
943-949	Fibroblast interaction with carboxymethylchitosan-based hydrogels	Wanida Janvikul, Paweena Uppanan, Boonlom Thavornyutikarn, Rujiporn Prateepasen and Somporn Swasdison
951-957	In vitro biodegradation and biocompatibility of gelatin/montmorillonite-chitosan intercalated nanocomposite	Hong Zhuang, Jun Ping Zheng, Hong Gao and Kang De Yao
959-967	The effect of oxide thickness on osteoblast attachment and survival on NiTi alloy	V. Muhonen, R. Heikkinen, A. Danilov, T. Jämsä and J. Tuukkanen

Volume 18, Number 6 / June 2007

969-974	Preliminary work on the development of a novel detection method for osteoporosis	P. Moran, M. R. Towler, S. Chowdhury, J. Saunders and M. J. German, et al.
975-986	Hydrogel–elastomer composite biomaterials: 1. Preparation of interpenetrating polymer networks and in vitro characterization of swelling stability and mechanical properties	Henry T. Peng, Lucie Martineau and Pang N. Shek
987-990	Deposition of bone-like hydroxyapatite on the surface of silk cloth with the aid of immobilized urease	Hidero Unuma, Makiko Hiroya and Akihiro Ito
991-999	In vivo evaluation of a new composite mesh (10% polypropylene/90% poly-l
1001-1007	Synthesis of fluoride-releasing carbonate apatites for bone substitutes	Yu Sogo, Atsuo Ito, Daiki Yokoyama, Atsushi Yamazaki and Racquel Z. LeGeros
1009-1016	Calcium phosphates formation on CaTiO₃ coated titanium	Naofumi Ohtsu, Kenji Sato, Kesami Saito, Katsuhiko Asami and Takao Hanawa
1017-1023	Fabrication of hydroxyapatite-poly(ε-caprolactone) scaffolds by a combination of the extrusion and bi-axial lamination processes	Jong-Jae Sun, Chang-Jun Bae, Young-Hag Koh, Hyoun-Ee Kim and Hae-Won Kim
1025-1035	Hydrogel-elastomer composite biomaterials: 2. Effects of aging methacrylated gelatin solutions on the preparation and physical properties of interpenetrating polymer networks	Henry T. Peng, Michelle Mok, Lucie Martineau and Pang N. Shek
1037-1042	In vitro apatite formation on polyamide containing carboxyl groups modified with silanol groups	Takahiro Kawai, Chikara Ohtsuki, Masanobu Kamitakahara, Kayo Hosoya and Masao Tanihara, et al.
1043-1051	Effect of iodixanol particle size on the mechanical properties of a PMMA based bone cement	Fred Kjellson, Saba Abdulghani, K. E. Tanner, Ian D. McCarthy and Lars Lidgren
1053-1060	Impact of similarity in chemical composition of light-polymerized resin composites on post-gel strains and interface integrity	Murat Cavit Cehreli, Zafer Cavit Cehreli and Kıvanc Akca
1061-1069	The influence of discharge power and heat treatment on calcium phosphate coatings prepared by RF magnetron sputtering deposition	Yan Yonggang, J. G. C. Wolke, Li Yubao and J. A. Jansen
1071-1077	Novel hydroxyapatite (HA) dual-scaffold with ultra-high porosity, high surface area, and compressive strength	In-Kook Jun, Young-Hag Koh, Su-Hee Lee and Hyoun-Ee Kim
1079-1088	In vitro models of periodontal cells: a comparative study of long-term gingival, periodontal ligament and alveolar bone cell cultures in the presence of β-glycerophosphate and dexamethasone	Maria Cristina Trigo Cabral, Maria Adelina Costa and Maria Helena Fernandes
1089-1096	Effect of gelatin on the drug release behaviors for the organic hybrid gels based on
1097-1104	PDMS content affects in vitro hemocompatibility of synthetic vascular grafts	Dario Spiller, Paola Losi, Enrica Briganti, Silverio Sbrana and Silvia Kull, et al.
1105-1110	Repair of experimental Achilles tenotomy with porcine renal capsule material in a rat model	M. A. Suckow, J. P. Hodde, W. R. Wolter and M. C. Hiles
1111-1116	Scanning electron microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray analysis of self-etching adhesive systems to ground and unground enamel	Dinesh D. S. Weerasinghe, Toru Nikaido, Shizuko Ichinose, Kanchana G. P. Waidyasekara and Junji Tagami
1117-1124	Preparation of bioactive flexible poly(tetramethylene oxide) (PTMO)–CaO–Ta₂O₅ hybrids	Masanobu Kamitakahara, Masakazu Kawashita, Noboru Miyata, Tadashi Kokubo and Takashi Nakamura
1125-1133	Study on poly(vinyl alcohol)/carboxymethyl-chitosan blend film as local drug delivery system	Ling-Chong Wang, Xi-Guang Chen, De-Yu Zhong and Quan-Chen Xu
1135-1139	Mechanical failure of a Thompson’s hemiarthoplasty stem 28 years post-implantation: an investigation with electron microscopy	Ioannis Maris, Spyros Darmanis, Victor Kytopoulos, Angela Economakis and Konstantinos Kazakos
1141-1149	Preferential interactions of calcium ions in poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) hydrogels	Zainuddin, D. J. T. Hill, A. K. Whittaker, L. Lambert and T. V. Chirila
1151-1156	Staphylococcus aureus adhesion to standard micro-rough and electropolished implant materials	Llinos G. Harris, D. Osian Meredith, Lukas Eschbach and R. Geoff Richards
1157-1162	Characterization of adsorbed silane on fillers used in dental composite restoratives and its effect on composite properties	A. Karmaker, A. Prasad and N. K. Sarkar
1163-1166	The influence of microstructure on thermal response of glass ionomers	Zhuoqun Yan, Sharanbir K. Sidhu and John F. McCabe
1167-1174	Surface modification of organic polymers with bioactive titanium oxide without the aid of a silane-coupling agent	F. Balas, T. Kokubo, M. Kawashita and T. Nakamura
1175-1184	Short term evaluation of material blood compatibility using a microchannel array	Kimi Kurotobi, Akiko Yamamoto, Akemi Kikuta and Takao Hanawa
1185-1193	In situ study on the curing process of calcium phosphate bone cement	Yuxing Song, Zude Feng and Ting Wang
1195-1201	Increase of the final setting time of brushite cements by using chondroitin 4-sulfate and silica gel	F. Tamimi-Mariño, J. Mastio, C. Rueda, L. Blanco and E. López-Cabarcos
1203-1210	Age-related changes in ac-impedance spectroscopy studies of normal human dentine	Aziza H. Eldarrat, David J. Wood, Girish M. Kale and Alec S. High
1211-1218	Osteoprogenitor response to low-adhesion nanotopographies originally fabricated by electron beam lithography	Andrew Hart, Nikolaj Gadegaard, Chris D. W. Wilkinson, Richard O. C. Oreffo and Matthew J. Dalby
1219-1224	Dynamic fatigue and strength characterization of three ceramic materials	Erica C. Teixeira, Jeffrey R. Piascik, Brian R. Stoner and Jeffrey Y. Thompson
1225-1237	Apatite formation and cellular response of a novel bioactive titanium	Enrico Sandrini, Carmen Giordano, Valentina Busini, Enrico Signorelli and Alberto Cigada
1239-1245	The effect of low-intensity pulsed ultrasound on bone healing in SR-PLLA rod fixed experimental distal femur osteotomy in rat	Lauri Handolin, Esa K. Partio, Ilkka Arnala, Jarkko Pajarinen and Hannu Pätiälä, et al.
1247-1252	Biocompatibility of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) stabilized with α-tocopherol used for joint endoprostheses assessed in vitro	Christian Wolf, Klaus Lederer, Roswitha Pfragner, Konrad Schauenstein and Elisabeth Ingolic, et al.
1253-1261	Studies of P(L/D)LA 96/4 non-woven scaffolds and fibres; properties, wettability and cell spreading before and after intrusive treatment methods	Ville Ellä, Manuela E. Gomes, Rui L. Reis, Pertti Törmälä and Minna Kellomäki

Volume 18, Number 7 / July 2007

1263-1277	Modern biomaterials: a review—bulk properties and implications of surface modifications	Paul Roach, David Eglin, Kirsty Rohde and Carole C. Perry
1279-1286	Formation of bone-like apatite layer on chitosan fiber mesh scaffolds by a biomimetic spraying process	K. Tuzlakoglu and R. L. Reis
1287-1298	Titanium dioxide (TiO₂) nanoparticles filled poly(d,l lactid acid) (PDLLA) matrix composites for bone tissue engineering	L.-C. Gerhardt, G. M. R. Jell and A. R. Boccaccini
1299-1307	Ectopic bone formation in cell-seeded poly(ethylene oxide)/poly(butylene terephthalate) copolymer scaffolds of varying porosity	Menno B. Claase, Joost D. de Bruijn, Dirk W. Grijpma and Jan Feijen
1309-1315	Surface modification of Ti45Nb alloy by immobilization of RGD peptide via self assembled monolayer	G. Zorn, I. Gotman, E. Y. Gutmanas, R. Adadi and C. N. Sukenik
1317-1323	Adhesion and growth of vascular smooth muscle cells in cultures on bioactive RGD peptide-carrying polylactides	Lucie Bacakova, Elena Filova, Dana Kubies, Ludka Machova and Vladimir Proks, et al.
1325-1331	Morphology and mechanical stability of amyloid-like peptide fibrils	Patrick Mesquida, Christian K. Riener, Cait E. MacPhee and Rachel A. McKendry
1333-1338	Biocompatible porous ceramics for the cultivation of hematopoietic cells	Almuth Berthold, Astrid Haibel, Natascha Brandes, Lothar Kroh and Ulrich Gross, et al.
1339-1344	Stereological analysis of the poly-(dl-lactide-co-glycolide) submicron sphere prepared by solvent/non-solvent chemical methods and centrifugal processing	M. Stevanovic, N. Ignjatovic, B. Jordovic and D. Uskokovic
1345-1353	Premixed macroporous calcium phosphate cement scaffold	Hockin H. K. Xu, Lisa E. Carey and Carl G. Simon
1355-1360	Synthesis of triclinic calcium pyrophosphate crystals	P. J. Groves, R. M. Wilson, P. A. Dieppe and R. P. Shellis
1361-1367	Fabrication of porous low crystalline calcite block by carbonation of calcium hydroxide compact	Shigeki Matsuya, Xin Lin, Koh-ichi Udoh, Masaharu Nakagawa and Ryoji Shimogoryo, et al.
1369-1375	Novel elastic material from collagen for tissue engineering	Shunji Yunoki, Kazuo Mori, Takeshi Suzuki, Nobuhiro Nagai and Masanobu Munekata
1377-1387	Corrosion resistance studies on grain-boundary etched drug-eluting stents	Ralf Rettig, Julia Kunze, Michael Stöver, Erich Wintermantel and Sannakaisa Virtanen
1389-1398	The surface modification of stainless steel and the correlation between the surface properties and protein adsorption	Chan-Koo Kang and Yoon-Sik Lee
1399-1405	Gelatine/PLLA sponge-like scaffolds: morphological and biological characterization	Luigi Lazzeri, Maria Grazia Cascone, Serena Danti, Lorenzo Pio Serino and Stefania Moscato, et al.
1407-1412	Analysis of rheological properties of bone cements	M. K. D. Nicholas, M. G. J. Waters, K. M. Holford and G. Adusei
1413-1421	The role of ammonium citrate washing on the characteristics of mechanochemical–hydrothermal derived magnesium-containing apatites	Chun-Wei Chen, Wojciech L. Suchanek, Pavel Shuk, Kullaiah Byrappa and Charles Oakes, et al.
1423-1432	In vitro study of drug-eluting stent coatings based on poly(l-lactide) incorporating cyclosporine A – drug release, polymer degradation and mechanical integrity	Katrin Sternberg, Sven Kramer, Claudia Nischan, Niels Grabow and Thomas Langer, et al.
1433-1438	Bone tissue reaction to Ti–48Al–2Cr–2Nb (at.%) in a rodent model: a preliminary SEM study	Diego F. Castañeda-Muñoz, Paul Antony Sundaram and Norman Ramírez
1439-1447	The effects of polishing methods on surface morphology, roughness and bacterial colonisation of titanium abutments	Michele E. Barbour, Dominic J. O’Sullivan, Howard F. Jenkinson and Daryll C. Jagger
1449-1456	The influence of a PHI-5-loaded silicone membrane, on cutaneous wound healing in vivo	M. van Rossum, D. P. P. Vooijs, X. F. Walboomers, M. J. Hoekstra and P. H. M. Spauwen, et al.
1457-1464	Cytocompatibility of calcium phosphate coatings deposited by an ArF pulsed laser	Y. Hashimoto, M. Kawashima, R. Hatanaka, M. Kusunoki and H. Nishikawa, et al.
1465-1470	Analysis of surfaces and adhesive interfaces of enamel and dentin after different treatments	Michelle Alexandra Chinelatti, Silmara Aparecida Milori Corona, Maria Cristina Borsatto, Lilian Faria Ribeiro and Renata Andréa Salvitti de Sá Rocha, et al.

Volume 18, Number 8 / August 2007

1471-1479	Comparison of histomorphometrical data obtained with two different image analysis methods	Lucia Ballerini, Victoria Franke-Stenport, Gunilla Borgefors and Carina B. Johansson
1481-1487	Preparation and characterization of fenofibrate-loaded PLA–PEG microspheres	Jie Ren, Xiao Yu, Tianbin Ren and Haiyan Hong
1489-1495	Influence of calcium chloride and aprotinin in the in vivo biological performance of a composite combining biphasic calcium phosphate granules and fibrin sealant	Laurent Le Guehennec, Eric Goyenvalle, Eric Aguado, Paul Pilet and Reiner Spaethe, et al.
1497-1506	Influence of acid washing on the surface morphology of ionomer glasses and handling properties of glass ionomer cements	C. M. Crowley, J. Doyle, M. R. Towler, N. Rushe and S. Hampshire
1507-1513	Cavity generation in dental enamel using a copper-HyBrID laser	W. Miyakawa, A. M. Pizzo, M. C. B. S. Salvadori, J. T. Watanuki and R. Riva, et al.
1515-1520	Antitumor efficacy of Poly(dimer acid-dodecanedioic acid) copolymer in mice bearing Sarcoma-180 tumor	Wen-xun Guo, Zongli Shi, Fan-bing Zeng, Kui Liang and Xian-hong Chen, et al.
1521-1527	Dependence of kinetic variables in the short-term release of Hg²⁺, Cu²⁺ and Zn²⁺ions into synthetic saliva from an high-copper dental amalgam	Guglielmo Campus, Franklin Garcia-Godoy, Leonardo Gaspa, Angelo Panzanelli and Paola C. Piu, et al.
1529-1536	Low-temperature deposition of rutile film on biomaterials substrates and its ability to induce apatite deposition in vitro	Jin-Ming Wu, Jin-Fang Liu, Satoshi Hayakawa, Kanji Tsuru and Akiyoshi Osaka
1537-1542	Novel fabrication of a polymer scaffold with a dense bioactive ceramic coating layer	In-Kook Jun, Young-Hag Koh, Su-Hee Lee and Hyoun-Ee Kim
1543-1547	Tissue biocompatibility of new biodegradable drug-eluting stent materials	Ilkka Uurto, Andres Kotsar, Taina Isotalo, Joonas Mikkonen and Paula M. Martikainen, et al.
1549-1556	Evaluation of polymerization in fluoride-containing composite resins	C. A. Park, S. H. Hyun, J. H. Lee, H. J. Seol and H. I. Kim, et al.
1557-1562	In vitro evaluation of the use of zeolites as biomaterials: effects on simulated body fluid and two types of cells	Taşkın Ceyhan, Melkon Tatlier and Handan Akçakaya
1563-1577	Formulation and characterization of chitosan-based hydrogel films having both temperature and pH sensitivity	Guoming Sun, Xian-Zheng Zhang and Chih-Chang Chu
1579-1586	Extraction of mechanical properties of foot plantar tissues using ultrasound indentation associated with genetic algorithm	Hang-yin Ling, Pong-chi Choi, Yong-ping Zheng and Kin-tak Lau
1587-1597	Nanostructured bioceramics for maxillofacial applications	Othon Adamopoulos and Triantafillos Papadopoulos
1599-1603	Developments in denture teeth to prevent softening by food solvents	Shakeel A. Shahdad, John F. McCabe and Robert W. Wassell
1605-1612	Bioactivity of CaSiO₃/poly-lactic acid (PLA) composites prepared by various surface loading methods of CaSiO₃ powder	Kiyoshi Okada, Fumikazu Hasegawa, Yoshikazu Kameshima and Akira Nakajima
1613-1621	Dynamics of controlled release of heparin from swellable crosslinked starch microspheres	A. K. Bajpai and Smitha Bhanu
1623-1626	In vitro degradation and release profiles for Poly-dl-lactide film containing paracetamol	Shaobing Zhou, Bing Song and Xiaohong Li
1627-1632	Effect of poly(L
1633-1642	Sol-Gel-derived TiO₂–SiO₂ implant coatings for direct tissue attachment. Part II: Evaluation of cell response	Sami Areva, Virpi Ääritalo, Sari Tuusa, Mika Jokinen and Mika Lindén, et al.
1643-1647	Biomolecular papain thin films growth by laser techniques	Enikö György, Jose Santiso, Albert Figueras, Gabriel Socol and Ion N. Mihailescu
1649-1658	Influence of two changes in the composition of an acrylic bone cement on its handling, thermal, physical, and mechanical properties	G. Lewis, J. Xu, S. Madigan and M. R. Towler
1659-1663	Study of mechanical degradation of UHMWPE acetabular components due to clinical X-ray procedures	Letícia A. Vasconcellos, Eduardo Blando, André A. Souto, Marilia G. Oliveira and Gilséia F. P. Woitchunas, et al.

Volume 18, Number 9 / September 2007

1665-1674	In vitro characterization of chitosan scaffolds: influence of composition and deacetylation degree	R. Seda Tığlı, Ayşe Karakeçili and Menemşe Gümüşderelioğlu
1675-1681	Structural damages of maxillofacial biopolymers under solar aging	P. N. Eleni, M. K. Krokida, M. J. Frangou, G. L. Polyzois and Z. B. Maroulis, et al.
1683-1690	Rheological behavior of anionic collagen injectable gels in the presence of rhamsan for plastic surgery applications	Márcio de Paula, Gilberto Goissis and Virginia Conceição Amaro Martins
1691-1699	Doxorubicin eluting beads − 1: Effects of drug loading on bead characteristics and drug distribution	Andrew L. Lewis, M. Victoria Gonzalez, Simon W. Leppard, Joanna E. Brown and Peter W. Stratford, et al.
1701-1709	FT-IR spectroscopy of fluoro-substituted hydroxyapatite: strengths and limitations	Llew Rintoul, Edeline Wentrup-Byrne, Shuko Suzuki and Lisbeth Grøndahl
1711-1717	Fatigue crack propagation under variable amplitude loading in PMMA and bone cement	S. L. Evans
1719-1726	Cell supports of chitosan/hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulphate systems. Morphology and biological behaviour	Carlos Peniche, Mar Fernández, Gema Rodríguez, Juan Parra and Javier Jimenez, et al.
1727-1734	Biomimetic coating of an apatite layer on poly(l-lactic acid); improvement of adhesive strength of the coating	Yoshiro Yokoyama, Ayako Oyane and Atsuo Ito
1735-1743	A novel route for synthesis of nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite from eggshell waste	D. Siva Rama Krishna, A. Siddharthan, S. K. Seshadri and T. S. Sampath Kumar
1745-1752	A neural cell culture study on thin film electrode materials	Sachin Thanawala, Olena Palyvoda, Daniel G. Georgiev, Saida P. Khan and Ibrahim A. Al-Homoudi, et al.
1753-1763	Rapid cooling through the glass transition transiently increases ductility of PGA/PLLA copolymers: a proposed mechanism and implications for devices	William S. Pietrzak
1765-1769	Degradation and drug release properties of poly-
1771-1779	Influence of polyelectrolyte on the thermosensitive property of PNIPAAm-based copolymer hydrogels	Xian-Zheng Zhang and Chih-Chang Chu
1781-1789	A new titanium biofunctionalized interface based on poly(pyrrole-3-acetic acid) coating: proliferation of osteoblast-like cells and future perspectives	Elvira De Giglio, Stefania Cometa, Cosima-Damiana Calvano, Luigia Sabbatini and Pier Giorgio Zambonin, et al.
1791-1798	Superelastic NiTi springs for corrective skull operations in children with craniosynostosis	H. Z. Morawiec, Z. H. Lekston, K. F. Kobus, M. C. Węgrzyn and J. T. Drugacz
1799-1808	Calcium phosphate coating formed in infusion fluid mixture to enhance fixation strength of titanium screws	Hirotaka Mutsuzaki, Atsuo Ito, Masataka Sakane, Yu Sogo and Ayako Oyane, et al.
1809-1815	Effects of photo-induced graft polymerization of 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine on physical properties of cross-linked polyethylene in artificial hip joints	Masayuki Kyomoto, Toru Moro, Tomohiro Konno, Hiroaki Takadama and Hiroshi Kawaguchi, et al.
1817-1824	Development of graded hydroxyapatite/CaCO₃ composite structures for bone ingrowth	F. Heilmann, O. C. Standard, F. A. Müller and M. Hoffman
1825-1829	Preparation of porous hydroxyapatite with interconnected pore architecture	Hui Gang Zhang and Qingshan Zhu
1831-1835	Surface modification of poly(ethylene terephthalate) by plasma polymerization of poly(ethylene glycol)	D. Sakthi Kumar, Masayori Fujioka, Kentaro Asano, Atsumu Shoji and Athipettah Jayakrishnan, et al.
1837-1847	Reaction of sodium calcium borate glasses to form hydroxyapatite	Xue Han and Delbert E. Day
1849-1858	Prediction of the long-term creep behaviour of hydroxyapatite-filled polyethylmethacrylate bone cements	J. C. Arnold and Nicholas P. Venditti
1859-1862	Antibacterial activity of four glass ionomer cements used in atraumatic restorative treatment	Renata Cristiane da Silva, Angela Cristina Cilense Zuanon, Denise Madalena Palomari Spolidorio and Juliana Alvares Duarte Bonini Campos
1863-1873	Sol-gel-derived TiO₂–SiO₂ implant coatings for direct tissue attachment. Part I: design, preparation and characterization	Virpi Ääritalo, Sami Areva, Mika Jokinen, Mika Lindén and Timo Peltola
1875-1881	An improved method for the measurement of mechanical properties of bone by nanoindentation	B. Tang, A. H. W. Ngan and W. W. Lu
1883-1888	Poly(acrylic acid) modified calcium phosphate cements: the effect of the composition of the cement powder and of the molecular weight and concentration of the polymeric acid	A. O. Majekodunmi and S. Deb
1889-1894	Biomedical evaluation of polyvinyl alcohol–gelatin esterified hydrogel for wound dressing	Kunal Pal, A. K. Banthia and D. K. Majumdar

Volume 18, Number 10 / October 2007

1895-1905	Proliferation of osteoblasts and fibroblasts on model surfaces of varying roughness and surface chemistry	Helmut Schweikl, Rainer Müller, Carsten Englert, Karl-Anton Hiller and Richard Kujat, et al.
1907-1916	A novel light-cured glass-ionomer system for improved dental restoratives	Dong Xie, Jun Zhao and Jong-Gu Park
1917-1921	On the growth model of the capillaries in the porous silk fibroin films	Bai Lun, Xu Jianmei, Sun Qilong, Di Chuanxia and Song Jiangchao, et al.
1923-1930	Functionalization of different polymers with sulfonic groups as a way to coat them with a biomimetic apatite layer	I. B. Leonor, H. -M. Kim, F. Balas, M. Kawashita and R. L. Reis, et al.
1931-1937	Fabrication and mechanical testing of porous calcium phosphate bioceramic granules	Y. H. Hsu, I. G. Turner and A. W. Miles
1939-1944	Evaluation of a new composite prosthesis for the repair of abdominal wall defects	Paola Losi, Antonella Munaò, Dario Spiller, Enrica Briganti and Ilaria Martinelli, et al.
1945-1954	Formation of calcium phosphates on titanium implants with four different bioactive surface preparations. An in vitro study	Anna Arvidsson, Victoria Franke-Stenport, Martin Andersson, Per Kjellin and Young-Taeg Sul, et al.
1955-1959	Preparation of hydroxyapatite/poly(methyl methacrylate) and calcium silicate/poly(methyl methacrylate) interpenetrating hybrid composites	Pathavuth Monvisade, Punnama Siriphannon, Rapee Jermsungnern and Sirirat Rattanabodee
1961-1968	Gelatin/chitosan/hyaluronan ternary complex scaffold containing basic fibroblast growth factor for cartilage tissue engineering	Huaping Tan, Yihong Gong, Lihong Lao, Zhengwei Mao and Changyou Gao
1969-1972	Absorbable collagen sponge combined with recombinant human basic fibroblast growth factor promotes nerve regeneration in rat sciatic nerve	Cheng-Can Yao, Ping Yao, Hao Wu and Zhen-Gang Zha
1973-1981	The effect of physiological cyclic stretch on the cell morphology, cell orientation and protein expression of endothelial cells	Valerie Barron, Claire Brougham, Karen Coghlan, Emily McLucas and Denis O’Mahoney, et al.
1983-1990	Interactions of total bone marrow cells with increasing quantities of macroporous calcium phosphate ceramic granules	Damien Le Nihouannen, Laure Duval, Antoine Lecomte, Marion Julien and Jérôme Guicheux, et al.
1991-2001	Assessment of cell viability in a three-dimensional enzymatically cross-linked collagen scaffold	Y. Garcia, R. Collighan, M. Griffin and A. Pandit
2003-2009	Effect of cavity preparation method on microtensile bond strength of a self-etching primer vs phosphoric acid etchant to enamel	Wanessa Christine de Souza-Zaroni, Carina Sinclér Delfino, Juliane Cristina Ciccone-Nogueira, Regina Guenka Palma-Dibb and Silmara Aparecida Milori Corona
2011-2015	Surface characterization of colloidal-sol gel derived biphasic HA/FA coatings	Kui Cheng, Sam Zhang and Wenjian Weng
2017-2024	Histological study of surface modified three dimensional poly (d, l-lactic acid) scaffolds with chitosan in vivo	Kaiyong Cai, Kangde Yao, Zhiming Yang, Yanlong Qu and Xiuqiong Li
2025-2031	Load bearing capacity of bone anchored fiber-reinforced composite device	Ahmed Mansour Ballo, Lippo V. Lassila, Pekka K. Vallittu and Timo O. Närhi
2033-2039	Evaluation of bone response to titanium-coated polymethyl methacrylate resin (PMMA) implants by X-ray tomography	Manal M. Shalabi, Johannes G. C. Wolke, Vincent M. J. I. Cuijpers and John A. Jansen
2041-2044	In vitro release of cisplatin from sol–gel processed organically modified silica xerogels	Katarzyna Czarnobaj and Jerzy Łukasiak
2045-2051	Cross-linkage of hydroxyapatite/gelatin nanocomposite using imide-based zero-length cross-linker	Myung Chul Chang and William H. Douglas
2053-2060	Microvasculatory reaction of skeletal muscle to Ti–15Mo in comparison to well-established titanium alloys	Peter H. Pennekamp, Markus A. Wimmer, Lukas Eschbach, Björn Burian and Peter Koch, et al.
2061-2065	Stealth dendrimers for antiarrhythmic quinidine delivery	Hu Yang and Stephanie T. Lopina
2067-2073	Synthesis and characterization of MeO–PEG–PLGA–PEG–OMe copolymers as drug carriers and their degradation behavior in vitro	Yourong Duan, Yan Zhang, Tao Gong and Zhirong Zhang
2075-2083	The biocompatibility of titanium in a buffer solution: compared effects of a thin film of TiO₂ deposited by MOCVD and of collagen deposited from a gel	Simona Popescu, Ioana Demetrescu, Christos Sarantopoulos, Alain N. Gleizes and Dana Iordachescu
2085-2091	Synthesis, characterization and hydrolytic degradation study of polyetheresteramide copolymers based on ε-caprolactone, 6-aminocaproic acid, and poly(ethylene glycol)	CaiBing Liu, ZhiYong Qian, WenJuan Jia, MeiJuan Huang and GuoTao Chao, et al.
2093-2099	Multinuclear magnetic resonance studies on the chemical interaction of a self-etching adhesive with radicular and coronal human dentin	Teresa G. Nunes, Mário Polido, Armanda Amorim, Sofia G. Nunes and Manuel Toledano
2101-2105	In vitro bioactivity and osteoblast-like cell test of zinc containing fluoridated hydroxyapatite films	Shundong Miao, Wenjian Weng, Kui Cheng, Piyi Du and Ge Shen, et al.

Volume 18, Number 11 / November 2007

2107-2108	Guest Editorial	Xingdong Zhang and C. James Kirkpatrick
2109-2115	New heparinizable modified poly(carbonate urethane) surfaces diminishing bacterial colonization	Luigi De Nardo, Silvia Farè, Valentina Di Matteo, Eliana Cipolla and Enrica Saino, et al.
2117-2121	The controlling biodegradation of chitosan fibers by N-acetylation in vitro and in vivo	Y. M. Yang, W. Hu, X. D. Wang and X. S. Gu
2123-2129	Oxidized nickel–titanium foams for bone reconstructions: chemical and mechanical characterization	Maite Barrabés, Alexandra Michiardi, Conrado Aparicio, Pablo Sevilla and Josep A. Planell, et al.
2131-2135	Wear of nano-TiO₂/UHMWPE composites radiated by gamma ray under physiological saline water lubrication	Dangsheng Xiong, Jianming Lin, Dongli Fan and Zhongmin Jin
2137-2143	Mechanical properties of bovine hydroxyapatite (BHA) composites doped with SiO₂, MgO, Al₂O₃, and ZrO₂	Faik Nüzhet Oktar, Simeon Agathopoulos, L. Sevgi Ozyegin, Oguzhan Gunduz and Nermin Demirkol, et al.
2145-2149	Study on the endocytosis and the internalization mechanism of aminosilane-coated Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles in vitro	Yong-Jie Ma and Hong-Chen Gu
2151-2157	Development of nano-sized hydroxyapatite reinforced composites for tissue engineering scaffolds	Jie Huang, Yu Wan Lin, Xiao Wei Fu, Serena M. Best and Roger A. Brooks, et al.
2159-2165	Dynamic-mechanical properties of a novel composite intervertebral disc prosthesis	Antonio Gloria, Filippo Causa, Roberto De Santis, Paolo Antonio Netti and Luigi Ambrosio
2167-2172	Stimulating effect of silica-containing nanospheres on proliferation of osteoblast-like cells	Jie Feng, Weiqi Yan, Zhongru Gou, Wenjian Weng and Disheng Yang
2173-2178	A long-term evaluation of osteoinductive HA/β-TCP ceramics in vivo: 4.5 years study in pigs	Feng Ye, Xiaofeng Lu, Bing Lu, Jinjing Wang and Yujun Shi, et al.
2179-2183	Effect of collagen fibril formation on bioresorbability of hydroxyapatite/collagen composites	Shunji Yunoki, Eriko Marukawa, Toshiyuki Ikoma, Shinichi Sotome and Hongsong Fan, et al.
2185-2191	In vitro and in vivo biological performance of collagen-chitosan/silicone membrane bilayer dermal equivalent	Lie Ma, Yanchao Shi, Yixin Chen, Haiguang Zhao and Changyou Gao, et al.
2193-2198	Preparation and characterization of rapamycin-loaded PLGA coating stent	C. J. Pan, J. J. Tang, Y. J. Weng, J. Wang and N. Huang
2199-2203	Resistant starch as a carrier for oral colon-targeting drug matrix system	Ling Chen, Xiaoxi Li, Yansheng Pang, Lin Li and Ximei Zhang, et al.
2205-2210	Controlled release of insulin from PLGA nanoparticles embedded within PVA hydrogels	J. Liu, S. M. Zhang, P. P. Chen, L. Cheng and W. Zhou, et al.
2211-2214	Fabrication and characterization of chitosan microcarrier for hepatocyte culture	Chen Wu, Jilun Pan, Zhiming Bao and Yaoting Yu
2215-2224	Preparation of chitosan–hyaluronate double-walled microspheres by emulsification-coacervation method	Fengxia Liu, Lingrong Liu, Xuemin Li and Qiqing Zhang
2225-2231	Controllable release of salmon-calcitonin in injectable calcium phosphate cement modified by chitosan oligosaccharide and collagen polypeptide	D. X. Li, H. S. Fan, X. D. Zhu, Y. F. Tan and W. Q. Xiao, et al.
2233-2236	Immune evaluation of biomaterials in TNF-α and IL-1β at mRNA level	Tingting Ding, Jiao Sun and Ping Zhang
2237-2241	Regulation of bone-related genes expression by bone-like apatite in MC3T3-E1 cells	Y. F. Tan, S. F. Hong, X. L. Wang, J. Lu and H. Wang, et al.
2243-2249	Competitive adsorption of bovine serum albumin and lysozyme on characterized calcium phosphates by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis method	X. D. Zhu, H. S. Fan, C. Y. Zhao, J. Lu and T. Ikoma, et al.

Volume 18, Number 12 / December 2007

2251-2256	Fabrication of porous bioceramics with porosity gradients similar to the bimodal structure of cortical and cancellous bone	Y. H. Hsu, I. G. Turner and A. W. Miles
2257-2261	Effect of the composite surface sealant application moment on marginal sealing of compactable composite resin restoration	Carina Sinclér Delfino and Sillas Duarte
2263-2268	Dissolution effect and cytotoxicity of diamond-like carbon coatings on orthodontic archwires	Shinya Kobayashi, Yasuharu Ohgoe, Kazuhide Ozeki, Kenji Hirakuri and Hideki Aoki
2269-2273	Vaterite deposition on biodegradable polymer foam scaffolds for inducing bone-like hydroxycarbonate apatite coatings	H. Maeda, V. Maquet, T. Kasuga, Q. Z. Chen and J. A. Roether, et al.
2275-2281	Direct preparation of CaTi₄ (PO₄)₆ coatings on the surface of titanium substrate by micro arc oxidation	Zhongwei Zhao and Shimei Wen
2283-2290	In vitro testing of Advanced JAX™ Bone Void Filler System: species differences in the response of bone marrow stromal cells to β tri-calcium phosphate and carboxymethylcellulose gel	S. A. Clarke, N. L. Hoskins, G. R. Jordan, S. A. Henderson and D. R. Marsh
2291-2296	Surface modification of titanium implants using bioactive glasses with air abrasion technologies	Garrit Koller, Richard J. Cook, Ian D. Thompson, Timothy F. Watson and Lucy Di Silvio
2297-2302	Surface modified superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles: as a new carrier for bio-magnetically targeted therapy	Sheng Liang, Yongxian Wang, Junfeng Yu, Chunfu Zhang and Jiaoyun Xia, et al.
2303-2308	In vitro synthesis and characterization of amorphous calcium phosphates with various Ca/P atomic ratios	Yanbao Li and Wenjian Weng
2309-2317	Immobilization of drugs for glaucoma treatment	Jose Filipe Almeida, Anabela Fonseca, Cristina M. S. G. Baptista, Eugénio Leite and Maria Helena Gil
2319-2329	Mechanical characterization of dense calcium phosphate bioceramics with interconnected porosity	Y. H. Hsu, I. G. Turner and A. W. Miles
2331-2338	Preparation and characterization of calcium phosphate biomaterials	A. R. Calafiori, G. Di Marco, G. Martino and M. Marotta
2339-2345	Study of poly(l
2347-2354	Interfacial titanium oxide between hydroxyapatite and TiAlFe substrate	Valentin Nelea, Constantin Morosanu, Mircea Bercu and Ion N. Mihailescu
2355-2361	Effect of bacterial collagenase on resin–dentin bonds degradation	Manuel Toledano, Raquel Osorio, Estrella Osorio, Fátima S. Aguilera and Monica Yamauti, et al.
2363-2369	Comparison of tensile and knot security properties of surgical sutures	Jin-Cheol Kim, Yong-Keun Lee, Bum-Soon Lim, Sang-Hoon Rhee and Hyeong-Cheol Yang
2371-2376	In vivo evaluation of titanium implants coated with bioactive glass by pulsed laser deposition	Jacinto P. Borrajo, Julia Serra, Pío. González, Betty León and Fernando M. Muñoz, et al.
2377-2382	Opening wedge high tibial osteotomy using 3D biomodelling Bonelike^® macroporous structures: case report	M. Gutierres, A. G. Dias, M. A. Lopes, N. Sooraj Hussain and A. T. Cabral, et al.

Volume 19, Number 1 / January 2008

1-9	Long-term assessment of the implant titanium material—artificial saliva interface	M. V. Popa, E. Vasilescu, P. Drob, C. Vasilescu and I. Demetrescu, et al.
11-17	An open-pored gelatin/hydroxyapatite composite as a potential bone substitute	William B. Hillig, Y. Choi, S. Murtha, N. Natravali and P. Ajayan
19-25	Surface modification of hydroxyapatite by stearic acid: characterization and
27-32	Bactericidal effects of bioactive glasses on clinically important aerobic bacteria	Eveliina Munukka, Outi Leppäranta, Mika Korkeamäki, Minna Vaahtio and Timo Peltola, et al.
33-38	Evaluation of a novel nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite paste and a solid hydroxyapatite ceramic for the treatment of critical size bone defects (CSD) in rabbits	Franz-Xaver Huber, Irina Berger, Nicholas McArthur, Colette Huber and Hans-Peter Kock, et al.
39-46	Characterization and in vitro degradation of poly(octadecanoic anhydride)	An-Jie Dong, Jin-Wei Zhang, Kai Jiang and Lian-Dong Deng
47-51	Study on the potential inhibition of root dentine wear adjacent to fluoride-containing restorations	Cecilia Pedroso Turssi, Anderson Takeo Hara, Silvia Jorge Domiciano and Mônica Campos Serra
53-58	In vivo degradation of poly(DTE carbonate) membranes. Analysis of the tissue reactions and mechanical properties	Antti J. Asikainen, Mika Pelto, Jukka Noponen, Minna Kellomäki and Harri Pihlajamäki, et al.
59-65	Histomorphometric evaluation of implants coated with enamel or dentine derived fluoride-substituted apatite	Mehmet Kürkcü, Mehmet Emre Benlidayı, Serhat Özsoy, Lütfiye Sevgi Özyeğin and Faik Nuzhet Oktar, et al.
67-73	In vitro biocompatibility assessment of PHBV/Wollastonite composites	Haiyan Li, Wanying Zhai and Jiang Chang
75-81	Fabrication and characterization of needle-like nano-HA and HA/MWNT composites	Y. H. Meng, Chak Yin Tang, Chi Pong Tsui and Da Zhu Chen
83-93	Effect of heat treatment on structure and properties of dispersed-type dental amalgam	Chien-Ping Ju, Yu-Hsuan Chen, Wen-Fu Ho, Shu-Ching Ho and Wen-Cheng Chen, et al.
95-102	Production of electrospun gelatin nanofiber by water-based co-solvent approach	Ju-Ha Song, Hyoun-Ee Kim and Hae-Won Kim
103-110	Synthesis of carbonated hydroxyapatite nanospheres through nanoemulsion	W. Y. Zhou, M. Wang, W. L. Cheung, B. C. Guo and D. M. Jia
111-120	Development of a biodegradable bioadhesive containing urethane groups	P. Ferreira, António F. M. Silva, M. I. Pinto and M. H. Gil
121-127	Degradable phosphate glass fiber reinforced polymer matrices: mechanical properties and cell response	Delia S. Brauer, Christian Rüssel, Sebastian Vogt, Jürgen Weisser and Matthias Schnabelrauch
129-135	The use of long-chain plant polyprenols as a means to modify the biological properties of new biodegradable polyurethane scaffolds for tissue engineering. A pilot study	Krystyna Walinska, Anna Iwan, Katarzyna Gorna and Sylwester Gogolewski
137-142	Apatite formation on titanium substrates by electrochemical deposition in metastable calcium phosphate solution	Masakazu Kawashita, Satomi Itoh, Kazunori Miyamoto and Gikan H. Takaoka
143-151	Protein adsorption on materials for recording sites on implantable microelectrodes	Jamunanithy Selvakumaran, Joseph L. Keddie, David J. Ewins and Michael Pycraft Hughes
153-158	Biocompatibility studies of human fetal osteoblast cells cultured on gamma titanium aluminide	Omayra Rivera-Denizard, Nannette Diffoot-Carlo, Vivian Navas and Paul A. Sundaram
159-166	Extracorporeal hydroxyapatite-chamber for bone and biomaterial studies	Luigi Tarallo, Davide Zaffe, Roberto Adani, Adriano Krajewski and Antonio Ravaglioli
167-173	Preparation, mechanical properties and in vitro degradability of wollastonite/tricalcium phosphate macroporous scaffolds from nanocomposite powders	Faming Zhang, Jiang Chang, Kaili Lin and Jianxi Lu
175-182	Electrophoretic deposition of silicon substituted hydroxyapatite coatings from n-butanol–chloroform mixture	Xiu Feng Xiao, Rong Fang Liu and Xiao Lian Tang
183-187	In vitro and in vivo biocompatibility of graded hydroxyapatite–zirconia composite bioceramic	Renfu Quan, Disheng Yang, Xiaochun Wu, Hongbin Wang and Xudong Miao, et al.
189-195	Physical characterization of polycaprolactone scaffolds	Jorge Más Estellés, Ana Vidaurre, José M. Meseguer Dueñas and Isabel Castilla Cortázar
197-201	Phase development and sintering behaviour of biphasic HA-TCP calcium phosphate materials prepared from hydroxyapatite and bioactive glass	A. Behnamghader, N. Bagheri, B. Raissi and F. Moztarzadeh
203-216	The effect of surface silanol groups on the deposition of apatite onto silica surfaces: a computer simulation study	D. Mkhonto and Nora H. de Leeuw
217-223	The preparation and properties of monodisperse core-shell silica magnetic microspheres	Min-yi Lou, Qiu-ling Jia, De-ping Wang, Bing Liu and Wen-hai Huang
225-231	Wettability, water sorption and water solubility of seven silicone elastomers used for maxillofacial prostheses	Anna Karin Hulterström, Anders Berglund and I. Eystein Ruyter
233-238	Preparation and characterization of selenium incorporated anodic conversion coatings on titanium surfaces for biomedical applications	J. P. Schreckenbach and H.-L. Graf
239-247	Biomimetic Mg-substituted hydroxyapatite: from synthesis to in vivo behaviour	Elena Landi, Giandomenico Logroscino, Luca Proietti, Anna Tampieri and Monica Sandri, et al.
249-256	Supramolecular structure of human aortic valve and pericardial xenograft material: atomic force microscopy study	Maria Jastrzebska, Iwona Mróz, Bogdan Barwiński, Justyna Zalewska-Rejdak and Artur Turek, et al.
257-267	Three-dimensional nonwoven scaffolds from a novel biodegradable poly(ester amide) for tissue engineering applications	Karsten Hemmrich, Jochen Salber, Melanie Meersch, Ute Wiesemann and Thomas Gries, et al.
269-275	Mineralised collagen—an artificial, extracellular bone matrix—improves osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow stromal cells	Anne Bernhardt, Anja Lode, Sabine Boxberger, Wolfgang Pompe and Michael Gelinsky
277-282	The effect of Leucine on the crystal growth of calcium phosphate	E. Dalas, P. Malkaj, Z. Vasileiou and D. G. Kanellopoulou
283-290	BCP ceramic microspheres as drug delivery carriers: synthesis, characterisation and doxycycline release	Sunita Prem Victor and T. S. Sampath Kumar
291-299	Surface tailoring of poly(ethylene terephthalate) via ligand-tethered comb-like PEG to enhance endothelialization	Xiaolin Li, Jian Ji, Ming Pu, Xiaoli Wang and Jiacong Shen
301-304	Biomimetically synthesized polymer-hydroxyapatite sheet like nano-composite	Suprabha Nayar, Ashit Kumar Pramanick, Binay K. Sharma, Gautam Das and B. Ravi Kumar, et al.
305-310	Preparation and characterization of theophylline loaded chitosan/β-cyclodextrin microspheres	Wei Fen Zhang, Xi Guang Chen, Pi Wu Li, Qiang Zhi He and Hui Yun Zhou
311-318	Synthesis and characterization of bioresorbable in situ crosslinkable ultra low molecular weight poly(lactide) macromer	Esmaiel Jabbari and Xuezhong He
319-326	Preparation and endothelialization of decellularised vascular scaffold for tissue-engineered blood vessel	Yu Xi-xun, Wan Chang-xiu and Chen Huai-qing
327-333	Cytocompatibility of calcium phosphate coatings deposited by an ArF pulsed laser	Y. Hashimoto, M. Kawashima, R. Hatanaka, M. Kusunoki and H. Nishikawa, et al.
335-341	Heat treatment effects on electrochemical corrosion parameters of high-Pd alloys	D. W. Berzins, I. Kawashima, R. Graves and N. K. Sarkar
343-357	Fibrinogen adsorption onto macroporous polymeric surfaces: correlation with biocompatibility aspects	A. K. Bajpai
359-367	In vitro studies of novel CaO–SiO₂–MgO system composite bioceramics	Siyu Ni, Jiang Chang and Lee Chou
369-375	Determination of metallic traces in kidneys, livers, lungs and spleens of rats with metallic implants after a long implantation time	Juan Carlos Rubio, Maria Cristina Garcia-Alonso, Concepcion Alonso, Miguel Angel Alobera and Celia Clemente, et al.
377-386	Physical and biocompatibility studies of novel titanium dioxide doped phosphate-based glasses for bone tissue engineering applications	E. A. Abou Neel and J. C. Knowles
387-393	Biomimetic deposition of hydroxyapatite on a synthetic polypeptide with β sheet structure in a solution mimicking body fluid	Akari Takeuchi, Chikara Ohtsuki, Masanobu Kamitakahara, Shin-ichi Ogata and Toshiki Miyazaki, et al.
395-399	Study on the shape memory effects of poly(l
401-405	Preparation, microstructure and mechanical properties of porous titanium sintered by Ti fibres	Chunming Zou, Erlin Zhang, Mingwei Li and Songyan Zeng
407-415	Bone-like matrix formation on magnesium and magnesium alloys	Alexis Pietak, Patricia Mahoney, George J. Dias and Mark P. Staiger
417-424	A strut graft substitute consisting of a metal core and a polymer surface	Ana L. C. Lagoa, Christian Wedemeyer, Marius von Knoch, Franz Löer and Matthias Epple
425-435	The influence of pore size on colonization of poly(l
437-442	Preparation of an electrodeposited hydroxyapatite coating on titanium substrate suitable for in-vivo applications	Suping Huang, Kechao Zhou, Baiyun Huang, Zhiyou Li and Shaihong Zhu, et al.
443-449	Fabrication of fibrous poly(butylene succinate)/wollastonite/apatite composite scaffolds by electrospinning and biomimetic process	Daming Zhang, Jiang Chang and Yi Zeng
451-457	Titanium scaffolds for osteointegration: mechanical, in vitro and corrosion behaviour	Sandra C. P. Cachinho and Rui N. Correia
459-466	The effect of tri-calcium phosphate (TCP) addition on the degradation of polylactide-co-glycolide (PLGA)	Lisa Maria Ehrenfried, Munnawwar H. Patel and Ruth E. Cameron
467-470	A novel method for producing electron transparent films of interfaces between cells and biomaterials	Håkan Engqvist, Fredrik Svahn, Tobias Jarmar, Rainer Detsch and Helmar Mayr, et al.
471-478	Biocompatible glass–ceramic materials for bone substitution	Chiara Vitale-Brovarone, Enrica Verné, Lorenza Robiglio, Germana Martinasso and Rosa A. Canuto, et al.

Volume 19, Number 2 / February 2008

479-484	Effect of molding pressure on fabrication of low-crystalline calcite block	Xin Lin, Shigeki Matsuya, Masaharu Nakagawa, Yoshihiro Terada and Kunio Ishikawa
485-498	Characterisation of calcium phosphate/titanium dioxide hybrid coatings	A. R. Boyd, G. A. Burke, H. Duffy, M. L. Cairns and P. O’Hare, et al.
499-506	Surface modification of titanium thin film with chitosan via electrostatic self-assembly technique and its influence on osteoblast growth behavior	Kaiyong Cai, Yan Hu, Klaus D. Jandt and Yuanliang Wang
507-515	Amorphous calcium phosphate/urethane methacrylate resin composites. I. Physicochemical characterization	William F. Regnault, Tonya B. Icenogle, Joseph M. Antonucci and Drago Skrtic
517-523	Synthesis and characterization of hydroxyapatite by microwave heating using CaSO₄·2H₂O and Ca(OH)₂ as calcium source	Ion Teoreanu, Maria Preda and Alina Melinescu
525-529	Laser welding of NiTi orthodontic archwires for selective force application	P. Sevilla, F. Martorell, C. Libenson, J. A. Planell and F. J. Gil
531-540	Sol–gel processing of drug delivery zirconia/polycaprolactone hybrid materials	Michelina Catauro, Mariagrazia Raucci and Giovanni Ausanio
541-545	The role of glass composition in the behaviour of glass acetic acid and glass lactic acid cements	Saroash Shahid, R. W. Billington and G. J. Pearson
547-551	Antibacterial effect of bioactive glasses on clinically important anaerobic bacteria in vitro	Outi Leppäranta, Minna Vaahtio, Timo Peltola, Di Zhang and Leena Hupa, et al.
553-557	In vitro fibroblast response to ultra fine grained titanium produced by a severe plastic deformation process	Taik Nam Kim, A. Balakrishnan, B. C. Lee, W. S. Kim and B. Dvorankova, et al.
559-565	Study on in vivo distribution of liver-targeting nanopaticles encapsulating thymidine kinase gene (TK gene) in mice	Qin He, Wen Min Yuan, Ji Liu and Zhi Rong Zhang
567-575	EDC/NHS-crosslinked type II collagen-chondroitin sulfate scaffold: characterization and in vitro evaluation	Hui Cao and Shi-Ying Xu
577-582	Effect of silicon on the formation of silk fibroin/calcium phosphate composite	Li Li, Ke-Min Wei, Feng Lin, Xiang-Dong Kong and Ju-Ming Yao
583-589	Protein incorporation within Ti scaffold for bone ingrowth using Sol-gel SiO₂ as a slow release carrier	Tal Reiner, Shifra Kababya and Irena Gotman
591-599	Static shear strength between polished stem and seven commercial acrylic bone cements	Hongyu Zhang, Leigh Brown and Liam Blunt
601-605	Genotoxicity in primary human peripheral lymphocytes after exposure to radiopacifiers in vitro	Mariana Gobbo Braz, Joao Paulo de Castro Marcondes, Mariza Akemi Matsumoto, Marco Antonio Hungaro Duarte and Daisy Maria Favero Salvadori, et al.
607-614	PEGylated synthetic surfactant vesicles (Niosomes): novel carriers for oligonucleotides	Yongzhuo Huang, Jinliang Chen, Xiaojin Chen, Jianqing Gao and Wenquan Liang
615-621	Poly(HEMA) hydrogels with controlled pore architecture for tissue regeneration applications	Hana Studenovská, Miroslav Šlouf and František Rypáček
623-628	Effect of drying conditions during synthesis on the properties of hydroxyapatite powders	Yin Zhang and Yoshiyuki Yokogawa
629-634	Preparation of three-dimensional fibroin/collagen scaffolds in various pH conditions	Qiang Lu, Qingling Feng, Kun Hu and Fuzhai Cui
635-643	Increased response of Vero cells to PHBV matrices treated by plasma	Carolina Lucchesi, Betina M. P. Ferreira, Eliana A. R. Duek, Arnaldo R. Santos and Paulo P. Joazeiro
645-649	In vitro biocompatibility of degradable biopolymers in cell line cultures from various ocular tissues: extraction studies	Anne Huhtala, Timo Pohjonen, Lotta Salminen, Antero Salminen and Kai Kaarniranta, et al.
651-658	Comparison of two polymeric carrier formulations for controlled release of hydrophilic and hydrophobic drugs	Haiyan Chen, Yueqing Gu and Yuzhu Hu
659-665	Osteopromotion with a plasmatransglutaminase on a β-TCP ceramic	Stephan Becker, Otto Maissen, Igor Ponomarev, Thierry Stoll and Thomas Meury, et al.
667-675	Bone tissue formation in sheep muscles induced by a biphasic calcium phosphate ceramic and fibrin glue composite	Damien Le Nihouannen, Afchine Saffarzadeh, Olivier Gauthier, Françoise Moreau and Paul Pilet, et al.
677-682	Ketotifen controlled release from cellulose acetate propionate and cellulose acetate butyrate membranes	Manuela C. C. M. Sobral, Abilio J. F. N. Sobral, J. T. Guthrie and M. H. Gil
683-693	Performance of CF/PA12 composite femoral stems	Melissa Campbell, Martin N. Bureau and L’Hocine Yahia
695-702	PET fiber fabrics modified with bioactive titanium oxide for bone substitutes	Tadashi Kokubo, Takahiro Ueda, Masakazu Kawashita, Yuichi Ikuhara and Gikan H. Takaoka, et al.
703-711	Impact testing to determine the mechanical properties of articular cartilage in isolation and on bone	Leanne V. Burgin and Richard M. Aspden
713-719	Blood interactions with plasticised poly (vinyl chloride): influence of surface modification	Xiaobin Zhao, James M. Courtney, Hua Q. Yin, Robin H. West and G. D. O. Lowe
721-727	EVA copolymer matrix for intra-oral delivery of antimicrobial and antiviral agents	A. Ramadevi, T. Padmavathy, G. Stigall, D. Paquette and S. Kalachandra
729-735	Hydroxyapatite containing superporous hydrogel composites: synthesis and in-vitro characterization	T. Tolga Demirtaş, Ayşe Gönen Karakeçili and Menemşe Gümüşderelioğlu
737-744	Study of a hydraulic DCPA/CaO-based cement for dental applications	Hasna El Briak, Denis Durand and Philippe Boudeville
745-751	Evaluation of polyethersulfone highflux hemodialysis membrane in vitro and in vivo	Bai-hai Su, Ping Fu, Qiu Li, Ye Tao and Zi Li, et al.
753-759	Bone resembling apatite by amorphous-to-crystalline transition driven self-organisation	Yassen Pekounov and Ognyan E. Petrov
761-766	Effect of filler surface morphology on the impact behaviour of hydroxyapatite reinforced high density polyethylene composites	Y. Zhang and K. E. Tanner
767-775	Doxorubicin eluting beads—2: methods for evaluating drug elution and in-vitro:in-vivo correlation	M. Victoria Gonzalez, Yiqing Tang, Gary J. Phillips, Andrew W. Lloyd and Brenda Hall, et al.
777-788	Latex of immunodiagnosis for detecting the Chagas disease. I. Synthesis of the base carboxylated latex	Verónica D. G. Gonzalez, Luis M. Gugliotta and Gregorio R. Meira
789-795	Latex of immunodiagnosis for detecting the Chagas disease: II. Chemical coupling of antigen Ag36 onto carboxylated latexes	Verónica D. G. Gonzalez, Luis M. Gugliotta, Carla E. Giacomelli and Gregorio R. Meira
797-803	Structural characterization of zinc-substituted hydroxyapatite prepared by hydrothermal method	Ming’Ou Li, Xiufeng Xiao, Rongfang Liu, Cuiyu Chen and Lizhong Huang
805-811	Development of drug adsorbates onto soluble inorganic silicate glass surface: example with acetaminophen	Yoanna Hristova, Peter Djambaski, Biserka Samuneva, Nadya Rangelova and Svetla Bogdanova
813-816	Hydration mechanism of a novel PCCP + DCPA cement system	Xiupeng Wang, Jiandong Ye and Yingjun Wang
817-826	Tissue spinal cord response in rats after implants of polypyrrole and polyethylene glycol obtained by plasma	Roberto Olayo, Camilo Ríos, Hermelinda Salgado-Ceballos, Guillermo Jesus Cruz and Juan Morales, et al.
827-832	Encapsulation and controlled release of lysozyme from electrospun poly(ε-caprolactone)/poly(ethylene glycol) non-woven membranes by formation of lysozyme–oleate complexes	Yan Li, Hongliang Jiang and Kangjie Zhu
833-838	In vitro osteogenesis on fluorcanasite glass-ceramic with three different chemical compositions	Jorge Luiz Jacob Liporaci, Adalberto Luiz Rosa, Marcio Mateus Beloti, Anthony Johnson and Richard van Noort, et al.
839-846	The effect of investment materials on the surface of cast fluorcanasite glasses and glass–ceramics	Sanchita Bandyopadhyay-Ghosh, Ian M. Reaney, Antony Johnson, Kathryn Hurrell-Gillingham and Ian M. Brook, et al.
847-854	Electrospun nanofibers immobilized with collagen for neural stem cells culture	Wensheng Li, Ying Guo, Hui Wang, Dejin Shi and Chaofeng Liang, et al.
855-859	Biocompatibility of highly macroporous ceramic scaffolds: cell adhesion and morphology studies	Sandra Teixeira, Maria Pia Ferraz and Fernando J. Monteiro
861-868	The behavior of osteoblast-like cells on various substrates with functional blocking of integrin-β1 and integrin-β3	M. C. Siebers, X. F. Walboomers, J. van den Dolder, S. C. G. Leeuwenburgh and J. G. C. Wolke, et al.
869-876	Synthesis and properties of
877-882	STEM-HAADF electron microscopy analysis of the central dark line defect of human tooth enamel crystallites	Jose Reyes Gasga, Georgina Carbajal-de-la-Torre, Etienne Bres, Ivet M. Gil-Chavarria and Ana G. Rodríguez-Hernández, et al.
883-888	Cultivation of human keratinocytes without feeder cells on polymer carriers containing ethoxyethyl methacrylate: in vitro study	Jiří Vacík, Barbora Dvořánková, Jiří Michálek, Martin Přádný and Eva Krumbholcová, et al.
889-898	Genipin-crosslinked chitosan/gelatin blends for biomedical applications	Valeria Chiono, Ettore Pulieri, Giovanni Vozzi, Gianluca Ciardelli and Arti Ahluwalia, et al.
899-906	Experimental investigation and theoretical modelling of the nonlinear acoustical behaviour of a liver tissue and comparison with a tissue mimicking hydrogel	Sergio Casciaro, Christian Demitri, Francesco Conversano, Ernesto Casciaro and Alessandro Distante
907-915	Enzyme-catalysed synthesis of calcium phosphates	Christiane Hoffmann, Cordt Zollfrank and Günter Ziegler
917-927	Dissolution and re-crystallization processes in multiphase silicon stabilized tricalcium phosphate	Loughlin Tuck, Roope Astala, Joel W. Reid, Michael Sayer and Malcolm J. Stott
929-936	Fracture strength and adhesive strength of hydroxyapatite-filled polycaprolactone	Shing-Chung Wong and Avinash Baji
937-946	Effect of ceramic conversion treatments on the surface damage and nickel ion release of NiTi alloys under fretting corrosion conditions	H. Dong, X. Ju, H. Yang, L. Qian and Z. Zhou
947-951	A new concept of gentamicin loaded HAP/TCP bone substitute for prophylactic action: in vitro release validation	Frédéric Laurent, Aurélien Bignon, Jérémy Goldnadel, Jérome Chevalier and Gilbert Fantozzi, et al.
953-957	The role of Sr²⁺ on the structure and reactivity of SrO–CaO–ZnO–SiO₂ ionomer glasses	Daniel Boyd, Mark R. Towler, Sally Watts, Robert G. Hill and Anthony W. Wren, et al.
959-963	The adherence of Candida albicans to acrylic resin reinforced with different fibers	Lale Karaagaclioglu, Gulsen Can, Burak Yilmaz, Nilgun Ayhan and Olcay Semiz, et al.

Volume 19, Number 3 / March 2008

965-974	Analysis of OPLA scaffolds for bone engineering constructs using human jaw periosteal cells	Dorothea Alexander, Jürgen Hoffmann, Adelheid Munz, Björn Friedrich and Jürgen Geis-Gerstorfer, et al.
975-980	Analysis of the effects of surface treatments on nickel release from nitinol wires and their impact on candidate gene expression in endothelial cells	E. McLucas, Y. Rochev, W. M. Carroll and T. J. Smith
981-987	Preparation and properties of a novel bone repair composite: nano-hydroxyapatite/chitosan/carboxymethyl cellulose	Jiang Liuyun, Li Yubao, Zhang Li and Liao Jianguo
989-996	Improved biocomposite development of poly(vinyl alcohol) and hydroxyapatite for tissue engineering scaffold fabrication using selective laser sintering	Florencia Edith Wiria, Chee Kai Chua, Kah Fai Leong, Zai Yan Quah and Margam Chandrasekaran, et al.
997-1007	Hydrogel-elastomer composite biomaterials: 3. Effects of gelatin molecular weight and type on the preparation and physical properties of interpenetrating polymer networks	Henry T. Peng, Lucie Martineau and Pang N. Shek
1009-1016	Mechanical, setting, and biological properties of bone cements containing micron-sized titania particles	Koji Goto, Masami Hashimoto, Hiroaki Takadama, Jiro Tamura and Shunsuke Fujibayashi, et al.
1017-1025	In vitro corrosion behaviour of Mg alloys in a phosphate buffered solution for bone implant application	Liping Xu, Erlin Zhang, Dongsong Yin, Songyan Zeng and Ke Yang
1027-1032	Influence of light polymerization modes on degree of conversion and crosslink density of dental composites	Eduardo Moreira da Silva, Laiza Tatiana Poskus, José Guilherme Antunes Guimarães, Alexandre de Araújo Lima Barcellos and Carlos Eduardo Fellows
1033-1041	Preparation and characterization of magnetic poly(ε-caprolactone)-poly(ethylene glycol)-poly(ε-caprolactone) microspheres	Ma Ling Gou, Zhi Yong Qian, Hui Wang, Yong Bo Tang and Mei Juan Huang, et al.
1043-1049	Effect of biological implant surface coatings on bone formation, applying collagen, proteoglycans, glycosaminoglycans and growth factors	Bernd Stadlinger, Eckart Pilling, Ronald Mai, Susanne Bierbaum and Ricardo Berhardt, et al.
1051-1060	The influence of residual stress on the shear strength between the bone and plasma-sprayed hydroxyapatite coating	Yung-Chin Yang and Chyun-Yu Yang
1061-1067	Fixation of experimental osteotomies with bioabsorbable SR-polylactide–polyglycolide (80/20) polymeric rods	Eeva Mäkelä, E. Antero Mäkelä, Esa K. Partio, Timo Juutilainen and Kimmo Lähteenkorva, et al.
1069-1074	The microscopical characterization of membranes poly (l
1075-1082	Poly (d,l-lactide)/nano-hydroxyapatite composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering and biocompatibility evaluation	Jie Ren, Peng Zhao, Tianbin Ren, Shuying Gu and Kefeng Pan
1083-1090	Antibacterial activity of chitosan-based matrices on oral pathogens	Aparna R. Sarasam, Phoebe Brown, Sharukh S. Khajotia, John J. Dmytryk and Sundararajan V. Madihally
1091-1095	Internalization of hydroxyapatite nanoparticles in liver cancer cells	Ingo Werner Bauer, Shi-Pu Li, Ying-Chao Han, Lin Yuan and Mei-Zhen Yin
1097-1108	In vivo behavior of bioactive phosphate glass-ceramics from the system P₂O₅–Na₂O–CaO containing TiO₂	Ahmed Soltan Monem, Hatem A. ElBatal, Elsayed M. A. Khalil, Moenis A. Azooz and Yousry M. Hamdy
1109-1116	Preparation and property of a novel bone graft composite consisting of rhBMP-2 loaded PLGA microspheres and calcium phosphate cement	Zhengqi Fei, Yunyu Hu, Daocheng Wu, Hong Wu and Rong Lu, et al.
1117-1125	Correlation of in vitro and in vivo results of vacuum plasma sprayed titanium implants with different surface topography	Stefan Endres, Monika Wilke, Peter Knöll, Holger Frank and Marita Kratz, et al.
1127-1132	Fabrication of a PLGA-collagen peripheral nerve scaffold and investigation of its sustained release property in vitro	Bin Liu, Shao-Xi Cai, Kai-Wang Ma, Zhi-Ling Xu and Xiao-Zhen Dai, et al.
1133-1136	Preparation of nanosized β-tricalcium phosphate particles with Zn substitution	Chao Zou, Wenjian Weng, Kui Cheng, Piyi Du and Ge Shen, et al.
1137-1144	Effect of biomimetic conditions on mechanical and structural integrity of PGA/P4HB and electrospun PCL scaffolds	Leda Klouda, Claudia M. Vaz, Anita Mol, Frank P. T. Baaijens and Carlijn V. C. Bouten
1145-1153	Calcium phosphate formation on plasma immersion ion implanted low density polyethylene and polytetrafluorethylene surfaces	Alexey Kondyurin, Emilia Pecheva and Lilyana Pramatarova
1155-1163	Degradative and mechanical properties of a novel resorbable plating system during a 3-year follow-up in vivo and in vitro	Tuomo Nieminen, Immo Rantala, Ilmari Hiidenheimo, Jaakko Keränen and Heikki Kainulainen, et al.
1165-1172	Basic research on aw-AC/PLGA composite scaffolds for bone tissue engineering	Shiho Minamiguchi, Masaaki Takechi, Tetsuya Yuasa, Yukihiro Momota and Seiko Tatehara, et al.
1173-1182	Gelatin sponges (Gelfoam^®) as a scaffold for osteoblasts	Ramin Rohanizadeh, Michael V. Swain and Rebecca S. Mason
1183-1186	Variation of crystal structure of hydroxyapatite in calcium phosphate cement by the substitution of strontium ions	Xiupeng Wang and Jiandong Ye
1187-1195	Effects of calcination temperature on the drug delivery behaviour of Ibuprofen from hydroxyapatite powders	Amanda J. Melville, Luis M. Rodríguez-Lorenzo and John S. Forsythe
1197-1202	The construction and characterization of layered double hydroxides as delivery vehicles for podophyllotoxins	Yan Hua Xue, Rui Zhang, Xiao Yu Sun and Shi Long Wang
1203-1207	Porous bioceramics reinforced by coating gelatin	Bin Liu, Pinghua Lin, Yan Shen and Yinsheng Dong
1209-1214	Polyethylene and cobalt–chromium molybdenium particles elicit a different immune response in vitro	Stefan Endres, Ingo Bartsch, Sebastian Stürz, Marita Kratz and Axel Wilke
1215-1223	Thermal and spectrophotometric studies of new crosslinking method for collagen matrix with glutaraldehyde acetals	Sergio A. Yoshioka and G. Goissis
1225-1233	The behaviour of selected yttrium containing bioactive glass microspheres in simulated body environments	D. Cacaina, H. Ylänen, S. Simon and M. Hupa
1235-1241	Influences of hyaluronan on type II collagen fibrillogenesis in vitro	Shyh Ming Kuo, Yng Jiin Wang, Gregory Cheng-Chie Niu, Huai En Lu and Shwu Jen Chang
1243-1248	Fluoride release for restorative materials and its effect on biofilm formation in natural saliva	Omar T. Al-Naimi, Toshiyuki Itota, Ross S. Hobson and John F. McCabe
1249-1255	3-D Nanofibrous electrospun multilayered construct is an alternative ECM mimicking scaffold	S. Srouji, T. Kizhner, E. Suss-Tobi, E. Livne and E. Zussman
1257-1263	Synthesis and characteristics of monticellite bioactive ceramic	Xianchun Chen, Jun Ou, Yunqing Kang, Zhongbing Huang and Hongyang Zhu, et al.
1265-1274	Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) emboli with increased haemostatic effect for correction of haemorrhage of complex origin in endovascular surgery of children	Daniel Horák, Ilya E. Galibin, Arnold A. Adamyan, Alexander V. Sitnikov and Vasilii N. Dan, et al.
1275-1281	Synthesis and characterization of arginine–glycine–aspartic peptides conjugated poly(lactic acid-co-l-lysine) diblock copolymer	Hui Yu, Xiaojuan Guo, Xueliang Qi, Peifeng Liu and Xinyuan Shen, et al.
1283-1290	Soft tissue attachment on sol–gel-treated titanium implants in vivo	H. Paldan, S. Areva, T. Tirri, T. Peltola and T. C. Lindholm, et al.
1291-1295	Effect of polymerization degree of calcium polyphosphate on its microstructure and in vitro degradation performance	Yu Long Ding, Yuan Wai Chen, Ying Jie Qin, Guo Qi Shi and Xi Xun Yu, et al.
1297-1305	Characterization of alkali-treated collagen gels prepared by different crosslinkers	Hirofumi Saito, Shun Murabayashi, Yoshinori Mitamura and Tetsushi Taguchi
1307-1315	Comparison of various mixtures of β-chitin and chitosan as a scaffold for three-dimensional culture of rabbit chondrocytes	Daisuke Suzuki, Masaaki Takahashi, Masashi Abe, Junichiro Sarukawa and Hiroshi Tamura, et al.
1317-1323	Mechanical properties of open-cell foam synthetic thoracic vertebrae	Amy E. Johnson and Tony S. Keller
1325-1334	Controlled release of vancomycin from cross-linked gelatine	Domenico Tigani, Carola Zolezzi, Federico Trentani, Alessandro Ragaini and Michele Iafisco, et al.
1335-1339	Creatinine biomaterial thin films grown by laser techniques	E. György, E. Axente, I. N. Mihailescu, D. Predoi and S. Ciuca, et al.
1341-1348	Implants of polyanionic collagen matrix in bone defects of ovariectomized rats	Marcelo Rodrigues Cunha, Arnaldo Rodrigues Santos, Gilberto Goissis and Selma C. Genari
1349-1354	Self-assembly and bioactive response of a crystalline metal oxide in a simulated blood fluid	Robert Lynn Karlinsey and Keewook Yi
1355-1361	Influence of spoliation in poly(2-hydroxy ethyl methacrylate) soft contact lens on its free volume and optical transparency	M. V. Deepa Urs and C. Ranganathaiah
1363-1369	Laser surface processing of Ti6Al4V in gaseous nitrogen: corrosion performance in physiological solution	Raghuvir Singh, S. Ghosh Chowdhury, S. K. Tiwari and Narendra B. Dahotre
1371-1377	Preparation and blood coagulation evaluation of chitosan microspheres	Qi Zhao Wang, Xi Guang Chen, Zi Xiang Li, Song Wang and Cheng Sheng Liu, et al.
1379-1387	Biological responses of novel high-toughness double network hydrogels in muscle and the subcutaneous tissues	Yoshie Tanabe, Kazunori Yasuda, Chinatsu Azuma, Hiroko Taniguro and Shin Onodera, et al.
1389-1397	Synthesis and hydrothermal treatment of nanostructured hydroxyapatite of controllable sizes	Say Chye Joachim Loo, Yiwei Eva Siew, Shuhui Ho, Freddy Yin Chiang Boey and J. Ma
1399-1405	Relationship between apatite-forming ability and mechanical properties of bioactive PMMA-based bone cement modified with calcium salts and alkoxysilane	Atsushi Sugino, Toshiki Miyazaki, Giichiro Kawachi, Koichi Kikuta and Chikara Ohtsuki
1407-1412	Antibacterial activity of ZnO powder with crystallographic orientation	Toshiaki Ohira, Osamu Yamamoto, Yasuhiro Iida and Zenbe-e Nakagawa
1413-1417	Preparation and function of composite asymmetric chitosan/CM-chitosan membrane	Hong Tao Pang, Xi Guang Chen, Qiu Xia Ji and De Yu Zhong
1419-1424	Generation of hydroxyapatite patterns by electrophoretic deposition	Seiji Yamaguchi, Takeshi Yabutsuka, Mitsuhiro Hibino and Takeshi Yao
1425-1431	Effects of bioactive ceramics on the pathogenesis of rat vascular smooth muscle cells treated with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate	Tae-Sung Lee, Kwan-Kyu Park, Hae-Sim Cho, Young-Ae Choo and Meeyul Hwang
1433-1440	Evaluation of the release rate of bioactive recombinant human epidermal growth factor from crosslinking collagen sponges	Chih-Hui Yang
1441-1450	Comparative in vitro study of the proliferation and growth of ovine osteoblast-like cells on various alloplastic biomaterials manufactured for augmentation and reconstruction of tissue or bone defects	Sandra C. Schmitt, Margit Wiedmann-Al-Ahmad, Jens Kuschnierz, Ali Al-Ahmad and Ute Huebner, et al.

Volume 19, Number 4 / April 2008

1451-1452	Guest editorial	Andrew W. Lloyd, Matteo Santin and Gary J. Phillips
1453-1458	New stimuli-responsive polymers derived from morpholine and pyrrolidine	Diego Velasco, Carlos Elvira and Julio San Román
1459-1466	Toward modulating the architecture of hydrogel scaffolds: curtains versus channels	S. Van Vlierberghe, P. Dubruel, E. Lippens, B. Masschaele and L. Van Hoorebeke, et al.
1467-1477	The preparation of high conversion polymeric systems containing eugenol residues and their rheological characterization	Luis Rojo, Assunta Borzacchiello, Juan Parra, Sanjukta Deb and Blanca Vázquez, et al.
1479-1484	Biofunctionalized poly(ethylene glycol)-
1485-1490	Novel method of preparing hydroxyapatite foams	Anushini Muthutantri, Jie Huang and Mohan Edirisinghe
1491-1496	3D-Cultivation of bone marrow stromal cells on hydroxyapatite scaffolds fabricated by dispense-plotting and negative mould technique	R. Detsch, F. Uhl, U. Deisinger and G. Ziegler
1497-1502	The influence of silica on pore diameter and distribution in PLA scaffolds produced using supercritical CO₂	N. J. Collins, G. A. Leeke, R. H. Bridson, F. Hassan and L. M. Grover
1503-1513	A PLA/calcium phosphate degradable composite material for bone tissue engineering: an in vitro study	Montse Charles-Harris, Martin A. Koch, Melba Navarro, Damien Lacroix and Elisabeth Engel, et al.
1515-1522	ESEM evaluations of muscle/nanoparticles interface in a rat model	Antonietta M. Gatti, James Kirkpatrick, Andrea Gambarelli, Federico Capitani and Torsten Hansen, et al.
1523-1527	Single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT) affect cell physiology and cell architecture	Jean-Pierre Kaiser, Peter Wick, Pius Manser, Philipp Spohn and Arie Bruinink
1529-1535	Nanomechanical characterization of red blood cells using optical tweezers	Chuan Li and K. K. Liu
1537-1544	Biocompatibility evaluation of a novel hydroxyapatite-polymer coating for medical implants (in vitro tests)	Gabriela Negroiu, Roxana M. Piticescu, Gabrielle C. Chitanu, Ion N. Mihailescu and Livia Zdrentu, et al.
1545-1551	Development of nano-hydroxyapatite coating by electrohydrodynamic atomization spraying	Xiang Li, Jie Huang and Mohan Edirisinghe
1553-1557	Surface preparation of bioactive Ni–Ti alloy using alkali, thermal treatments and spark oxidation	W. Chrzanowski, E. A. Abou Neel, D. A. Armitage and J. C. Knowles
1559-1563	Preparation of tricalcium phosphate/calcium pyrophosphate structures via rapid prototyping	Uwe Gbureck, Tanja Hölzel, Isabell Biermann, Jake E. Barralet and Liam M. Grover
1565-1573	In vivo behaviour of two different biphasic ceramic implanted in mandibular bone of dogs	Natalia Miño Fariña, Fernando Muñoz Guzón, Mónica López Peña and Antonio González Cantalapiedra
1575-1579	The influence of clearance on friction, lubrication and squeaking in large diameter metal-on-metal hip replacements	Claire L. Brockett, Phil Harper, Sophie Williams, Graham H. Isaac and Rob S. Dwyer-Joyce, et al.
1581-1586	Experiment study on fracture fixation with low rigidity titanium alloy
1587-1593	Mathematical modelling of the evolution of protein distribution within single PLGA microspheres: prediction of local concentration profiles and release kinetics	Francesco Mollica, Marco Biondi, Sara Muzzi, Francesca Ungaro and Fabiana Quaglia, et al.
1595-1600	Evaluation of the biocompatibility of a new vascular prosthesis coating by detection of prosthesis-specific antibodies	Uwe Walschus, Helmut Goldmann, Torsten Ueberrueck, Andreas Hoene and Lutz Wilhelm, et al.
1601-1608	Upregulation of matrix and adhesion molecules induced by controlled topography	K. D. Andrews and J. A. Hunt
1609-1615	Incorporation of chitosan in acrylic bone cement: Effect on antibiotic release, bacterial biofilm formation and mechanical properties	M. M. Tunney, A. J. Brady, F. Buchanan, C. Newe and N. J. Dunne
1617-1623	A novel enzymatically-mediated drug delivery carrier for bone tissue engineering applications: combining biodegradable starch-based microparticles and differentiation agents	Elizabeth Rosado Balmayor, Kadriye Tuzlakoglu, Alexandra P. Marques, Helena S. Azevedo and Rui L. Reis
1625-1629	Novel neural interface for implant electrodes: improving electroactivity of polypyrrole through MWNT incorporation	R. A. Green, C. M. Williams, N. H. Lovell and L. A. Poole-Warren
1631-1636	Sterilization effects on starPEG coated polymer surfaces: characterization and cell viability	Júlia Lleixà Calvet, Dirk Grafahrend, Doris Klee and Martin Möller
1637-1644	Cell type-specific aspects in biocompatibility testing: the intercellular contact in vitro as an indicator for endothelial cell compatibility	Kirsten Peters, Ronald E. Unger, Susanne Stumpf, Julia Schäfer and Roman Tsaryk, et al.
1645-1651	Behaviors of keratinocytes and fibroblasts on films of PLA₅₀–PEO–PLA₅₀ triblock copolymers with various PLA segment lengths	Xavier Garric, Henri Garreau, Michel Vert and Jean-Pierre Molès
1653-1660	Characterization of collagen II fibrils containing biglycan and their effect as a coating on osteoblast adhesion and proliferation	Timothy Douglas, Sascha Heinemann, Ute Hempel, Carolin Mietrach and Christiane Knieb, et al.
1661-1668	Sol–gel preparation and high-energy XRD study of (CaO)_x(TiO₂)_0.5−x(P₂O₅)_0.5 glasses (x = 0 and 0.25)	David M. Pickup, Kate M. Wetherall, Jonathan C. Knowles, Mark E. Smith and Robert J. Newport
1669-1679	Processing, characterisation, and biocompatibility of zinc modified metaphosphate based glasses for biomedical applications	Ensanya Ali Abou Neel, Luke Austin O’Dell, Mark Edmund Smith and Jonathan Campbell Knowles
1681-1685	Ti K-edge XANES study of the local environment of titanium in bioresorbable TiO₂–CaO–Na₂O–P₂O₅ glasses	David M. Pickup, Ensanya A. Abou Neel, Robert M. Moss, Kate M. Wetherall and Paul Guerry, et al.
1687-1692	The role of aluminium and silicon in the setting chemistry of glass ionomer cements	Ricardo A. Pires, Teresa G. Nunes, Isaac Abrahams and Geoffrey E. Hawkes
1693-1702	The thermal stability of hydroxyapatite in biphasic calcium phosphate ceramics	R. W. N. Nilen and P. W. Richter
1703-1711	Engineering of poly(ε-caprolactone) microcarriers to modulate protein encapsulation capability and release kinetic	Valentina Coccoli, Alessia Luciani, Silvia Orsi, Vincenzo Guarino and Filippo Causa, et al.
1713-1717	Water sorption/desorption in polyacid-modified composite resins for dentistry	John W. Nicholson
1719-1722	The kinetics of water loss from zinc phosphate and zinc polycarboxylate dental cements	John W. Nicholson and Beata Czarnecka
1723-1727	Kinetic studies of water uptake and loss in glass-ionomer cements	John W. Nicholson and Beata Czarnecka
1729-1736	Pre-clinical studies to validate the MITCH PCR™ Cup: a flexible and anatomically shaped acetabular component with novel bearing characteristics	Ahmed M. H. Latif, Aude Mehats, Martyn Elcocks, Neil Rushton and Richard E. Field, et al.
1737-1743	The processing, mechanical properties and bioactivity of strontium based glass polyalkenoate cements	Anthony Wren, Daniel Boyd and M. R. Towler
1745-1752	Comparison of an experimental bone cement with surgical Simplex^® P, Spineplex^® and Cortoss^®	D. Boyd, M. R. Towler, A. Wren and O. M. Clarkin
1753-1757	The effect of adsorbed vitamin D and K to hydroxyapatite on ALP activity of MC3T3-E1 cell	K. Ozeki, H. Aoki and Y. Fukui
1759-1766	Time-dependent effects of pre-aging polymer films in cell culture medium on cell adhesion and spreading	Ruby I. Chen, Nathan D. Gallant, Jack R. Smith, Matt J. Kipper and Carl G. Simon
1767-1773	Effect of hot water and heat treatment on the apatite-forming ability of titania films formed on titanium metal via anodic oxidation in acetic acid solutions	Xinyu Cui, Hyun-Min Kim, Masakazu Kawashita, Longbao Wang and Tianying Xiong, et al.
1775-1785	PLD bioactive ceramic films: the influence of CaO–P₂O₅ glass additions to hydroxyapatite on the proliferation and morphology of osteblastic like-cells	Gisela Marta Oliveira, Maria P. Ferraz, Pío G. González, Julia Serra and Betty Leon, et al.
1787-1791	Sonoelectrochemical deposition of calcium phosphates on carbon materials: effect of current density	H. M. Han, G. J. Phillips, S. V. Mikhalovsky, S. FitzGerald and A. W. Lloyd
1793-1801	Development, optimization and characterization of a full-thickness tissue engineered human oral mucosal model for biological assessment of dental biomaterials	K. Moharamzadeh, I. M. Brook, R. Van Noort, A. M. Scutt and K. G. Smith, et al.
1803-1813	Hydrogel–elastomer composite biomaterials: 4. Experimental optimization of hydrogel–elastomer composite fibers for use as a wound dressing	Henry T. Peng, Lucie Martineau and Andy Hung
1815-1821	Preparation and mechanical characterization of a PNIPA hydrogel composite	Kaifeng Liu, Timothy C. Ovaert and James J. Mason
1823-1829	Biological control of apatite growth in simulated body fluid and human blood serum	Judith A. Juhasz, Serena M. Best, Antony D. Auffret and William Bonfield
1831-1838	On the mechanical properties of bovine serum albumin (BSA) adhesives	N. S. Berchane, M. J. Andrews, S. Kerr, N. K. H. Slater and F. F. Jebrail
1839-1850	Surface modifications of silicon nitride for cellular biosensor applications	Johan Gustavsson, George Altankov, Abdelhamid Errachid, Josep Samitier and Josep A. Planell, et al.

Volume 19, Number 5 / May 2008

1851-1859	In vivo and in vitro response to electrochemically anodized Ti-6Al-4V alloy	Yu Mi Lee, Eun Jung Lee, Sung Tae Yee, Byung Il Kim and Eun Sang Choe, et al.
1861-1869	On the biocompatibility of a novel Ti-based amorphous composite: structural characterization and in-vitro osteoblasts response	H. Lefaix, A. Asselin, P. Vermaut, J.-M. Sautier and A. Berdal, et al.
1871-1879	Thin films of SiO₂ and hydroxyapatite on titanium deposited by spray pyrolysis	V. Jokanovic, B. Jokanovic, D. Izvonar and B. Dacic
1881-1889	Effect of treated filler loading on the photopolymerization inhibition and shrinkage of a dimethacrylate matrix	T. G. Nunes, S. G. Pereira and S. Kalachandra
1891-1896	Experimental composites made of electron beam irradiated reinforced fillers	M. Behr, M. Rosentritt, K. Hagenbuch, A. Faltermeier and G. Handel
1897-1903	In vitro heat generation by ferrimagnetic maghemite microspheres for hyperthermic treatment of cancer under an alternating magnetic field	Masakazu Kawashita, Shinjiro Domi, Yasuhiro Saito, Masaaki Aoki and Yukihiro Ebisawa, et al.
1905-1911	Improvement in crystallinity of apatite coating on titanium with the insertion of CaF₂ buffer layer	Su-Hee Lee, Hyoun-Ee Kim and Hae-Won Kim
1913-1920	The effects of heat treatment on selected properties of a conventional and a resin-modified glass ionomer cement	Reisha N. Rafeek
1921-1933	Evaluation of water sorption property and in vitro blood compatibility of poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PHEMA) based semi interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs)	A. K. Bajpai and Sanjana Kankane
1935-1943	The influence of surface topography on wear debris generation at the cement/bone interface under cyclic loading	Kirk A. Stoffel, Dongliang T. Yang and Dwayne Arola
1945-1951	Stress intensity factor threshold in dental porcelains	Humberto Naoyuki Yoshimura, Paulo Francisco Cesar, Fabiana Naomi Soki and Carla Castiglia Gonzaga
1953-1961	Formation of hydroxyapatite layer on bioactive Ti and Ti–6Al–4V by simple chemical technique	Achariya Rakngarm, Yukio Miyashita and Yoshiharu Mutoh
1963-1969	Viscoelastic behavior of nano-hydroxyapatite reinforced poly(vinyl alcohol) gel biocomposites as an articular cartilage	Yusong Pan, Dangsheng Xiong and Fei Gao
1971-1979	Estimation of the strength of adhesion between a thermoresponsive polymer coating and nitinol wire	Martin Burke, Brenda Clarke, Yuri Rochev, Alexandar Gorelov and William Carroll
1981-1990	Structural heterogeneity of pharmaceutical compacts probed by micro-indentation	Jonghwi Lee
1991-1997	Stealth dendrimers for drug delivery: correlation between PEGylation, cytocompatibility, and drug payload	Hu Yang, Stephanie T. Lopina, Linda P. DiPersio and Steven P. Schmidt
1999-2008	Equilibrium and non-equilibrium charge-dependent quantification of endothelial cell hydrogel scaffolds	Kari B. Haxhinasto, Anthony E. English and Alan B. Moy
2009-2013	Polymer assisted hydroxyapatite microspheres suitable for biomedical application	A. Sinha, T. Mishra and N. Ravishankar
2015-2021	Collagen-hydroxyapatite composite enhances regeneration of calvaria bone defects in young rats but postpones the regeneration of calvaria bone in aged rats	Ion Tcacencu and Mikael Wendel
2023-2028	K⁺ and Ca²⁺modified Na-X zeolites as possible bile acids sequestrant	Carlos F. Linares, Elymar Valenzuela, Freddy Ocanto, Víctor Pérez and Oscar Valbuena, et al.
2029-2038	Long term results after implantation of tissue engineered cartilage for the treatment of osteochondral lesions in a minipig model	J. P. Petersen, P. Ueblacker, C. Goepfert, P. Adamietz and K. Baumbach, et al.
2039-2046	Mineralization of osteoblasts with electrospun collagen/hydroxyapatite nanofibers	J. Venugopal, Sharon Low, Aw Tar Choon, T. S. Sampath Kumar and S. Ramakrishna
2047-2053	Biodegradable polycaprolactone scaffold with controlled porosity obtained by modified particle-leaching technique	M. Lebourg, R. Sabater Serra, J. Más Estellés, F. Hernández Sánchez and J. L. Gómez Ribelles, et al.
2055-2061	Self-crosslinked gliadin fibers with high strength and water stability for potential medical applications	Narendra Reddy and Yiqi Yang
2063-2070	In vitro and in vivo degradation of poly(l
2071-2077	Two-dimensional microarray of HepG2 spheroids using collagen/polyethylene glycol micropatterned chip	T. Tamura, Y. Sakai and K. Nakazawa
2079-2086	Mechanical properties and biocompatibility of plasma-nitrided laser-cut 316L cardiovascular stents	Erdem Arslan, Mustafa C. İğdil, Hilal Yazici, Candan Tamerler and Hakan Bermek, et al.
2087-2096	Effect of thin carbonate-containing apatite (CA) coating of titanium fiber mesh on trabecular bone response	Tohru Hayakawa, Kenichi Takahashi, Hiroyuki Okada, Masao Yoshinari and Hiroki Hara, et al.
2097-2104	Bioceramic dip-coating on Ti–6Al–4V and 316L SS implant materials	Bunyamin Aksakal and C. Hanyaloglu
2105-2111	Microstructure and wear properties of LENS^®deposited medical grade CoCrMo	G. D. Janaki Ram, C. K. Esplin and B. E. Stucker
2113-2119	Osteogenic behavior of alginate encapsulated bone marrow stromal cells: An in vitro study	S. A. Abbah, W. W. Lu, D. Chan, K. M. C. Cheung and W. G. Liu, et al.
2121-2130	Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) based semi-IPNs as carriers for controlled release of ciprofloxacine: an in-vitro dynamic study	A. K. Bajpai and Abhilasha Mishra
2131-2136	Influence of natural polymer coating on novel colon targeting drug delivery system	Valluru Ravi, Siddaramaiah and T. M. Pramod Kumar
2137-2144	Electrochemical characterization of AISI 316L stainless steel in contact with simulated body fluid under infection conditions	Danián Alejandro López, Alicia Durán and Silvia Marcela Ceré
2145-2155	Immobilization of a bone and cartilage stimulating peptide to a synthetic bone graft	Vivian Wang, Gauri Misra and Brian Amsden
2157-2163	In vitro evaluation of poly(caporlactone) grafted dextran (PGD) nanoparticles with cancer cell	P. Prabu, Atul A. Chaudhari, Santosh Aryal, N. Dharmaraj and S. Y. Park, et al.
2165-2171	The effect of PLGA sphere diameter on rabbit mesenchymal stem cells in adipose tissue engineering	Yu Suk Choi, Si-Nae Park and Hwal Suh
2173-2178	Dose-dependent effects of Ni (II) ions on production of three inflammatory cytokines (TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-6), superoxide dismutase (SOD) and free radical NO by murine macrophage-like RAW264 cells with or without LPS-stimulation	Masayuki Taira, Minoru Sasaki, Shigenobu Kimura and Yoshima Araki
2179-2185	Competitive protein adsorption to polymer surfaces from human serum	Maria Holmberg, Karin B. Stibius, Niels B. Larsen and Xiaolin Hou
2187-2196	Plasma polymerized
2197-2205	Porous calcium phosphate ceramic granules and their behaviour in differently loaded areas of skeleton	Z. Zyman, V. Glushko, N. Dedukh, S. Malyshkina and N. Ashukina
2207-2213	Bioactivity of wollastonite/aerogels composites obtained from a TEOS–MTES matrix	Jose Antonio Toledo-Fernández, Roberto Mendoza-Serna, Victor Morales, Nicolás de la Rosa-Fox and Manuel Piñero, et al.
2215-2222	Nanoscale surface topography enhances cell adhesion and gene expression of madine darby canine kidney cells	C. Y. Jin, B. S. Zhu, X. F. Wang, Q. H. Lu and W. T. Chen, et al.
2223-2229	Fabrication of biphasic calcium phosphates/polycaprolactone composites by melt infiltration process	Byong-Taek Lee, Do Van Quang, Min-Ho Youn and Ho-Yeon Song
2231-2239	Preparation of porous apatite granules from calcium phosphate cement	A. C. Tas
2241-2246	Injectability evaluation of tricalcium phosphate bone cement	Hugo Leonardo Rocha Alves, Luis A. dos Santos and Carlos P. Bergmann

Volume 19, Number 6 / June 2008

2247-2253	Development of pH sensitive polyacrylamide grafted pectin hydrogel for controlled drug delivery system	Prashant B. Sutar, Rakesh K. Mishra, Kunal Pal and Ajit K. Banthia
2255-2259	Experimental investigations for mechanical joint strength following ultrasonically welded pin osteosynthesis	Heike Meissner, Eckart Pilling, Gert Richter, Rainer Koch and Uwe Eckelt, et al.
2261-2268	In vitro behavior of osteoblast-like cells on PLLA films with a biomimetic apatite or apatite/collagen composite coating	Y. Chen, A. F. T. Mak, M. Wang, J. S. Li and M. S. Wong
2269-2274	Apatite-forming ability of polyglutamic acid hydrogels in a body-simulating environment	Atsushi Sugino, Toshiki Miyazaki and Chikara Ohtsuki
2275-2280	Preparation and characterization of amidated pectin based hydrogels for drug delivery system	R. K. Mishra, M. Datt, K. Pal and A. K. Banthia
2281-2286	Hydroxyapatite coating on Ti6Al4V alloy by a sol–gel method	Diangang Wang, Chuanzhong Chen, Ting He and Tingquan Lei
2287-2292	Bioactive microspheres produced from gelatin–siloxane hybrids for bone regeneration	Byung-Ho Yoon, Hyoun-Ee Kim and Hae-Won Kim
2293-2299	Crystal ageing in irradiated ultra high molecular weight polyethylene	D. Barron, M. N. Collins, M. J. Flannery, J. J. Leahy and C. Birkinshaw
2301-2306	Determination of urethral catheter surface lubricity	Katarzyna Kazmierska, Maciej Szwast and Tomasz Ciach
2307-2316	Surface energy of hydroxyapatite and β-tricalcium phosphate ceramics driving serum protein adsorption and osteoblast adhesion	E. A. dos Santos, M. Farina, G. A. Soares and K. Anselme
2317-2324	Mechanical properties of human enamel as a function of age and location in the tooth	Saejin Park, Duck H. Wang, Dongsheng Zhang, Elaine Romberg and Dwayne Arola
2325-2333	Functionally graded bioactive glass coating on magnesia partially stabilized zirconia (Mg-PSZ) for enhanced biocompatibility	Mohamed N. Rahaman, Yadong Li, B. Sonny Bal and Wenhai Huang
2335-2342	Effects of human hair and nail proteins and their films on rat mast cells	Toshihiro Fujii, Shinya Murai, Kousaku Ohkawa and Toshihiro Hirai
2343-2349	The evaluation of some flexural properties of a denture base resin reinforced with various aesthetic fibers	Orhan Murat Doğan, Giray Bolayır, Selda Keskin, Arife Doğan and Bülent Bek
2351-2358	Gelatin hydrogels: enhanced biocompatibility, drug release and cell viability	G. V. N. Rathna
2359-2365	Biological evaluation of partially stabilized zirconia added HA/HDPE composites with osteoblast and fibroblast cell lines	Amir Yari Sadi, Mohammad Ali Shokrgozar, Seyed Shahin Homaeigohar and Alireza Khavandi
2367-2376	Repair of goat tibial defects with bone marrow stromal cells and β-tricalcium phosphate	Guangpeng Liu, Li Zhao, Wenjie Zhang, Lei Cui and Wei Liu, et al.
2377-2387	Effects of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) on the processing and in-vitro degradation of poly(dl-lactide-co-glycolide)/CNT films	Ilaria Armentano, Mariaserena Dottori, Debora Puglia and Josè M. Kenny
2389-2395	Biocompatible zwitterionic copolymer networks with controllable swelling and mechanical characteristics of their hydrogels	H. Smilkov, I. Kamenova, E. Kamenska, Ch. Betchev and G. Georgiev
2397-2405	Chitosan composite films. Biomedical applications	Galo Cárdenas, Paola Anaya, Carlos von Plessing, Carlos Rojas and Jackeline Sepúlveda
2407-2415	Morphology and mechanical behavior of TTCP-derived calcium phosphate cement subcutaneously implanted in rats	C. H. Tsai, C. P. Ju and J. H. Chern Lin
2417-2421	Viscoelastic properties of composites of calcium alginate and hydroxyapatite	I. Wands, D. E. T. Shepherd and D. W. L. Hukins
2423-2426	Analysis of bovine-derived demineralized bone extracts	Ramlingam Murugan, Seeram Ramakrishna and Koritala Panduranga Rao
2427-2435	The effects of peroxide content on the wear behavior, microstructure and mechanical properties of peroxide crosslinked ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene used in total hip replacement	Rizwan M. Gul
2437-2444	Pressureless sintering of dense hydroxyapatite–zirconia composites	Y. Nayak, R. P. Rana, S. K. Pratihar and S. Bhattacharyya
2445-2452	Fabrication and characterization of porous poly(l
2453-2461	Bioactive nanocomposite coatings of collagen/hydroxyapatite on titanium substrates	Shu-Hua Teng, Eun-Jung Lee, Chee-Sung Park, Won-Young Choi and Du-Sik Shin, et al.
2463-2470	Key parameters affecting the initial leaky effect of hemoglobin-loaded nanoparticles as blood substitutes	Xiaolan Zhang, Changsheng Liu, Yuan Yuan, Shiyu Zhang and Xiaoqian Shan, et al.
2471-2476	Zirconium oxide regulates RNA interfering of osteoblast-like cells	Annalisa Palmieri, Furio Pezzetti, Giorgio Brunelli, Ilaria Zollino and Lorenzo Lo Muzio, et al.
2477-2483	Effect of immersion in various media on the sorption, solubility, elution of unreacted monomers, and flexural properties of two model dental composite compositions	Yujie Zhang and Jingwei Xu
2485-2492	Bone regeneration using an injectable calcium phosphate/autologous iliac crest bone composites for segmental ulnar defects in rabbits	Yao Weitao, Kong Kangmei, Wang Xinjia and Qi Weili
2493-2502	Biocompatibility of polyhydroxybutyrate microspheres: in vitro and in vivo evaluation	Ekaterina Igorevna Shishatskaya, Olga N. Voinova, Anastasiya V. Goreva, Olga A. Mogilnaya and Tatiana G. Volova
2503-2513	Development of two alginate-based wound dressings	Chih-Tung Chiu, Jui-Sheng Lee, Chi-Shung Chu, Yi-Pin Chang and Yng-Jiin Wang
2515-2523	Biological behaviour of an endothelial cell line (HPMEC) on vascular prostheses grafted with hydroxypropylgamma-cyclodextrine (HPγ-CD) and hydroxypropylbeta-cyclodextrine (HPβ-CD)	N. Blanchemain, F. Chai, S. Haulon, V. Krump-Konvalinkova and M. Traisnel, et al.
2525-2532	Biocompatibility evaluation of N,O-hexanoyl chitosan as a biodegradable hydrophobic polycation for controlled drug release	Chaonan Xu, Hui Pan, Hongliang Jiang, Guping Tang and Weiliam Chen

Volume 19, Number 7 / July 2008

2533-2534	Guest Editorial: Composites in medicine (Special Issue for the Symposium on Composites in Medicine at ACCM-5)	Min Wang
2535-2540	Selective laser sintering of porous tissue engineering scaffolds from poly(l-lactide)/carbonated hydroxyapatite nanocomposite microspheres	Wen You Zhou, Siu Hang Lee, Min Wang, Wai Lam Cheung and Wing Yuk Ip
2541-2550	Melt flow behaviour of poly-ε-caprolactone in fused deposition modelling	H. S. Ramanath, C. K. Chua, K. F. Leong and K. D. Shah
2551-2554	Experimental validation of a new approach for the development of mechano-compatible composite scaffolds for vascular tissue engineering	Frédéric Couet and Diego Mantovani
2555-2561	Fabrication of HA/PHBV composite scaffolds through the emulsion freezing/freeze-drying process and characterisation of the scaffolds	Naznin Sultana and Min Wang
2563-2567	Morphology and adhesion of mesenchymal stem cells on PLLA, apatite and apatite/collagen surfaces	Yun Chen, M. R. Cho, A. F. T. Mak, J. S. Li and M. Wang, et al.
2569-2574	Electrophoretic deposition of HA/MWNTs composite coating for biomaterial applications	Changjian Lin, Huijuan Han, Fang Zhang and Aimin Li
2575-2580	The one-pot synthesis of dextran-based nanoparticles and their application in in-situ fabrication of dextran-magnetite nanocomposites	Hongjing Dou, Bin Xu, Ke Tao, Minhua Tang and Kang Sun
2581-2588	In vivo toxic studies and biodistribution of near infrared sensitive Au–Au₂S nanoparticles as potential drug delivery carriers	Xiao-Li Huang, Bin Zhang, Lei Ren, She-Fang Ye and Li-Ping Sun, et al.
2589-2594	Intraosseous pressure and strain generated potential of cylindrical bone samples in the drained uniaxial condition for various loading rates	Junghwa Hong, Sang Ok Ko, Gon Khang and Mu Seong Mun
2595-2603	A novel strategy to graft RGD peptide on biomaterials surfaces for endothelization of small-diamater vascular grafts and tissue engineering blood vessel	Jiehua Li, Mingming Ding, Qiang Fu, Hong Tan and Xingyi Xie, et al.
2605-2608	Preparation and characterization of honokiol nanoparticles	Ma Ling Gou, Mei Dai, Xing Yi Li, Xian Huo Wang and Chang Yang Gong, et al.
2609-2617	New radiopaque acrylic bone cement. II. Acrylic bone cement with bromine-containing monomer	M. C. Rusu, I. C. Ichim, M. Popa and M. Rusu
2619-2627	Surface properties and in vitro Streptococcus mutans adhesion to dental resin polymers	Sebastian Hahnel, Martin Rosentritt, Ralf Bürgers and Gerhard Handel
2629-2636	A comparison of different nanostructured biomaterials in subcutaneous tissue	Julia C. Vogt, Gudrun Brandes, Ilka Krüger, Peter Behrens and Ingo Nolte, et al.
2637-2645	Fabrication of bioactive hydroxyapatite/bis-GMA based composite via three dimensional printing	J. Suwanprateeb, R. Sanngam and W. Suwanpreuk
2647-2653	Electrochemical corrosion behaviour of dental/implant alloys in saline medium	Mohit Sharma, A. V. Ramesh Kumar and Nirbhay Singh
2655-2662	In vitro study on the influence of strontium-doped calcium polyphosphate on the angiogenesis-related behaviors of HUVECs	Y. W. Chen, G. Q. Shi, Y. L. Ding, X. X. Yu and X. H. Zhang, et al.
2663-2667	Syntheses, structures and photophysical properties of iron containing hydroxyapatite prepared by a modified pseudo-body solution	Junhu Wang, Toru Nonami and Kunio Yubata
2669-2677	Synthesis and characterization of tricalcium phosphate with Zn and Mg based dopants	Weichang Xue, Kelli Dahlquist, Ashis Banerjee, Amit Bandyopadhyay and Susmita Bose
2679-2689	Mulberry non-engineered silk gland protein vis-à-vis silk cocoon protein engineered by silkworms as biomaterial matrices	Joydip Kundu, Moumita Dewan, Sarani Ghoshal and S. C. Kundu
2691-2697	Osteoblast cell response to β-tricalcium phosphate scaffolds with controlled architecture in flow perfusion culture system	Xiang Li, Dichen Li, Lin Wang, Bingheng Lu and Zhen Wang
2699-2704	Osteointegration of poly(l-lactic acid)PLLA and poly(l-lactic acid)PLLA/poly(ethylene oxide)PEO implants in rat tibiae	Débora Cristina Coraça, Eliana Aparaecida R. Duek, Carlos A. Padovani and José Angelo Camilli
2705-2711	Synthesis of N-vinylpyrrolidone modified acrylic acid copolymer in supercritical fluids and its application in dental glass-ionomer cements	Alireza Moshaverinia, Nima Roohpour, Richard W. Billington, Jawwad A. Darr and Ihtesham U. Rehman
2713-2719	Coating of polyurethane scaffolds with collagen: comparison of coating and cross-linking techniques	Timothy Douglas and Håvard J. Haugen
2721-2733	Biomechanical studies on aliphatic physically crosslinked poly(urethane urea) for blood contact applications	Vinoy Thomas and Jayabalan Muthu
2735-2741	Novel fabrication of nano-rod array structures on titanium and in vitro cell responses	Yongxing Liu, Weihui Chen, Yunzhi Yang, Joo L. Ong and Kanji Tsuru, et al.
2743-2749	Zirconia toughened alumina ceramic foams for potential bone graft applications: fabrication, bioactivation, and cellular responses	X. He, Y. Z. Zhang, J. P. Mansell and B. Su
2751-2760	Synthesis of tetracalcium phosphate from mechanochemically activated reactants and assessment as a component of bone cements	H. E. Romeo and M. A. Fanovich
2761-2769	Evaluation of an injectable, photopolymerizable three-dimensional scaffold based on d,l-lactide and ɛ-caprolactone in a tibial goat model	Geert Vertenten, Lieven Vlaminck, Tomasz Gorski, Elke Schreurs and Wim Van Den Broeck, et al.

Volume 19, Number 8 / August 2008

2771-2780	In vitro release dynamics of model drugs from psyllium and acrylic acid based hydrogels for the use in colon specific drug delivery	Baljit Singh, Ritu Bala and Nirmala Chauhan
2781-2790	Porous ceramic bone scaffolds for vascularized bone tissue regeneration	Julia Will, Reinhold Melcher, Cornelia Treul, Nahum Travitzky and Ulrich Kneser, et al.
2791-2798	Pre-clinical evaluation of the Cambridge acetabular cup	Richard E. Field, Eric Jones, Peter Nuijten, Andrew Storer and Michael Cronin, et al.
2799-2807	Synthesis of gelatin-containing PHBV nanofiber mats for biomedical application	Wan Meng, Zhi-Cai Xing, Kyung-Hye Jung, Se-Yong Kim and Jiang Yuan, et al.
2809-2817	Evaluation of physical–chemical properties and biocompatibility of a microrough and smooth bioactive glass particles	Ariadne Cristiane Cabral da Cruz, Márcia Thaís Pochapski, Ricardo Tramonti, José Caetano Zurita da Silva and Augusto Celso Antunes, et al.
2819-2825	Preparation and characterization of biphasic calcium phosphate ceramics of desired composition	Z. Z. Zyman, M. V. Tkachenko and D. V. Polevodin
2827-2836	Silk fibroin protein from mulberry and non-mulberry silkworms: cytotoxicity, biocompatibility and kinetics of L929 murine fibroblast adhesion	Chitrangada Acharya, Sudip K. Ghosh and S. C. Kundu
2837-2843	Fluoride incorporation in hydroxyapatite/gelatin nanocomposite	Myung Chul Chang
2845-2850	Sonoelectrochemical deposition of calcium phosphate coatings on carbon materials—effect of electrolyte concentration	H. M. Han, G. J. Phillips, S. V. Mikhalovsky, S. FitzGerald and A. W. Lloyd
2851-2857	Design of dental implants, influence on the osteogenesis and fixation	Luana M. R. Vasconcellos, Marize V. Oliveira, Mário L. A. Graça, Luis G. O. Vasconcellos and Carlos A. A. Cairo, et al.
2859-2864	Influence of pore size on tensile strength, permeability and porosity of hyaluronan-collagen scaffolds	Amir A. Al-Munajjed, Matthias Hien, Richard Kujat, John P. Gleeson and Joachim Hammer
2865-2872	Effect of the molecular weight of polyethylene glycol (PEG) on the properties of chitosan-PEG-poly(
2873-2880	An amidated carboxymethylcellulose hydrogel for cartilage regeneration	Gemma Leone, Milena Fini, Paola Torricelli, Roberto Giardino and Rolando Barbucci
2881-2887	On the possibility of silicon nitride as a ceramic for structural orthopaedic implants. Part I: processing, microstructure, mechanical properties, cytotoxicity	Mauro Mazzocchi and Alida Bellosi
2889-2901	On the possibility of silicon nitride as a ceramic for structural orthopaedic implants. Part II: chemical stability and wear resistance in body environment	Mauro Mazzocchi, Davide Gardini, Pier Luigi Traverso, Maria Giulia Faga and Alida Bellosi
2903-2911	Synthesis and characterization of nanoporous SiO₂/pHEMA biocomposites	Yen-Yu Liu, Tse-Ying Liu, San-Yuan Chen and Dean-Mo Liu
2913-2918	Study on physicochemical properties and in vitro bioactivity of tricalcium silicate–calcium carbonate composite bone cement	Zhiguang Huan and Jiang Chang
2919-2923	Bioactive glass induced in vitro apatite formation on composite GBR membranes	Teemu Tirri, Jaana Rich, Joop Wolke, Jukka Seppälä and Antti Yli-Urpo, et al.
2925-2932	Electrospun fibrous web of collagen–apatite precipitated nanocomposite for bone regeneration	Ju-Ha Song, Hyoun-Ee Kim and Hae-Won Kim
2933-2940	Self-assembly of nanohydroxyapatite in mesoporous silica	Xuetao Shi, Yingjun Wang, Kun Wei, Li Ren and Chen Lai
2941-2948	Evaluation of the effect of tracer pH on the sealing ability of glass ionomer cement and mineral trioxide aggregate	Josette Camilleri and Thomas R. Pitt Ford
2949-2952	Effect of FGF-2 and melatonin on implant bone healing: a histomorphometric study	Masaaki Takechi, Seiko Tatehara, Kazuhito Satomura, Kenji Fujisawa and Masaru Nagayama
2953-2962	Surface modification of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) induced proliferation and neural-like cells differentiation of umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells	Sun-Jung Kim, Jae Kyoo Lee, Jin Won Kim, Ji-Won Jung and Kwangwon Seo, et al.
2963-2970	Biocompatibility and biodegradability of spider egg sac silk	Kris Gellynck, Peter Verdonk, Ramses Forsyth, Karl Fredrik Almqvist and Els Van Nimmen, et al.
2971-2981	Development and bio-electrochemical characterization of a novel TiO₂–SiO₂ mixed oxide coating for titanium implants	S. M. A. Shibli and Suja Mathai

Volume 19, Number 9 / September 2008

2983-2992	Bone ingrowth in zirconia and hydroxyapatite scaffolds with identical macroporosity	Johan Malmström, Erik Adolfsson, Lena Emanuelsson and Peter Thomsen
2993-3003	Controlled size and morphology of EDTMP-doped hydroxyapatite nanoparticles as model for ¹⁵³Samarium-EDTMP doping	YuLing Jamie Han, Say Chye Joachim Loo, Ngoc Thao Phung, Freddy Boey and Jan Ma
3005-3014	A novel amphiphilic nano hydrogel using ketene based polyester with polyacrylamide for controlled drug delivery system	S. Swarnalatha, R. Gopi, A. Ganesh Kumar, P. K. Selvi and G. Sekaran
3015-3019	Dental casting alloys behaviour during power toothbrushing with toothpastes of various abrasivities. Part II: corrosion and ion release	C. Molina, Ll. Nogués, J. Martinez-Gomis, M. Peraire and J. Salsench, et al.
3021-3028	Preparation and antibacterial characteristic of water-insoluble antibacterial material QPEI/SiO₂	Baojiao Gao, Xin Zhang and Jian Wang
3029-3034	Preparation of hydroxyapatite spheres with an internal cavity as a scaffold for hard tissue regeneration	Hae-Hyoung Lee, Seok-Jung Hong, Chul-Hwan Kim, Eun-Cheol Kim and Jun-Hyeog Jang, et al.
3035-3039	The interaction of zinc oxide-based dental cements with aqueous solutions of potassium fluoride	K. Pawluk, S. E. Booth, N. J. Coleman and J. W. Nicholson
3041-3048	Dental casting alloys behaviour during power toothbrushing with toothpastes with various abrasivities. Part I: wear behavior	Ll. Nogués, J. Martinez-Gomis, C. Molina, M. Peraire and J. Salsench, et al.
3049-3056	Biodistribution of titanium dioxide from biologic compartments	Daniel G. Olmedo, Deborah R. Tasat, María Beatriz Guglielmotti and Rómulo Luis Cabrini
3057-3062	Study on antibacterial mechanism of copper-bearing austenitic antibacterial stainless steel by atomic force microscopy	Li Nan, Yongqian Liu, Manqi Lü and Ke Yang
3063-3070	Preparation, characterization and mechanical performance of dense β-TCP ceramics with/without magnesium substitution	Xing Zhang, Fengchun Jiang, Todd Groth and Kenneth S. Vecchio
3071-3080	Ultrasonic monitoring of foamed polymeric tissue scaffold fabrication	Melissa L. Mather, John A. Crowe, Stephen P. Morgan, Lisa J. White and Alexander N. Kalashnikov, et al.
3081-3091	The effect of sodium-ion implantation on the properties of titanium	J. Baszkiewicz, D. Krupa, J. A. Kozubowski, B. Rajchel and M. Lewandowska-Szumieł, et al.
3093-3104	Deposition of nano-hydroxyapatite particles utilising direct and transitional electrohydrodynamic processes	Z. Ahmad, E. S. Thian, J. Huang, M. J. Edirisinghe and S. M. Best, et al.
3105-3114	Osteoblast behaviour on in situ photopolymerizable three-dimensional scaffolds based on d
3115-3121	Influence of nanoporesize on platelet adhesion and activation	Natalia Ferraz, Jan Carlsson, Jaan Hong and Marjam Karlsson Ott
3123-3133	In vitro dissolution behavior of SiO₂–MgO–Al₂O₃–K₂O–B₂O₃–F glass–ceramic system	Shibayan Roy and Bikramjit Basu
3135-3144	Towards a controlled photopolymerization of dental dimethacrylate monomers: EPR studies on effects of dilution, filler loading, storage and aging	S. G. Pereira, J. P. Telo and T. G. Nunes
3145-3152	Bioactive borate glass coatings for titanium alloys	Laxmikanth Peddi, Richard K. Brow and Roger F. Brown
3153-3160	Formation and properties of composites comprised of calcium-deficient hydroxyapatites and ethyl alanate polyphosphazenes	Y. E. Greish, J. L. Sturgeon, A. Singh, N. R. Krogman and A. H. Touny, et al.
3161	Controlled size and morphology of EDTMP-doped hydroxyapatite nanoparticles as model for ¹⁵³Samarium-EDTMP doping	YuLing Jamie Han, Say Chye Joachim Loo, Ngoc Thao Phung, Hooi Tin Ong and Stephen J. Russell, et al.

Volume 19, Number 10 / October 2008

3163-3167	Aluminium and fluoride release into artificial saliva from dental restoratives placed in teeth	Elizabeta Gjorgievska, John W. Nicholson, Icko Gjorgovski and Snezana Iljovska
3169-3177	Osteoblast proliferation and maturation on bioactive fiber-reinforced composite surface	Ahmed Mansour Ballo, Anne K. Kokkari, Ville V. Meretoja, Lippo L. Lassila and Pekka K. Vallittu, et al.
3179-3186	Structure, mechanical properties, and grindability of dental Ti–Zr alloys	Wen-Fu Ho, Wei-Kai Chen, Shih-Ching Wu and Hsueh-Chuan Hsu
3187-3192	Transmission electron microscope characterisation of molar-incisor-hypomineralisation	Zonghan Xie, Nicky M. Kilpatrick, Michael V. Swain, Paul R. Munroe and Mark Hoffman
3193-3201	Formation of composites comprised of calcium deficient HAp and cross-linked gelatin	Ahmed H. Touny, Cato Laurencin, Lakshmi Nair, Harry Allcock and Paul W. Brown
3203-3210	Hemocompatibility of poly(ether imide) membranes functionalized with carboxylic groups	R. Tzoneva, B. Seifert, W. Albrecht, K. Richau and T. Groth, et al.
3211-3220	Formation of hydroxyapatite coating using novel chemo-biomimetic method	Jianhui Xie and Ben Li Luan
3221-3225	Production of in-situ macropores in an injectable calcium phosphate cement by introduction of cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide	Xiupeng Wang, Jiandong Ye, Xia Li and Hao Dong
3227-3234	In vitro degradation of poly-l-d-lactic acid (PLDLA) pellets and powder used as synthetic alloplasts for bone grafting	M. E. R. Coimbra, C. N. Elias and P. G. Coelho
3235-3241	Influence of experimental parameters on spatial phase distribution in as-sprayed and incubated hydroxyapatite coatings	Christoph Hesse, Margitta Hengst, Reinhard Kleeberg and Jens Götze
3243-3248	Body distribution of poly(d
3249-3253	Adhesion of oral streptococci to all-ceramics dental restorative materials in vitro	R. Meier, I. Hauser-Gerspach, H. Lüthy and J. Meyer
3255-3261	Preparation of heparin-immobilized PVA and its adsorption for low-density lipoprotein from hyperlipemia plasma	Kai-Wang Ma, Li Ma, Shao-Xi Cai, Xiang Wang and Bin Liu, et al.
3263-3271	Effect of ethyl-α-hydroxymethylacrylate on selected properties of copolymers and ACP resin composites	Joseph M. Antonucci, Bruce O. Fowler, Michael D. Weir, Drago Skrtic and Jeffrey W. Stansbury
3273-3277	Wear resistance of nickel–titanium endodontic files after surface treatment	A. P. R. Alves-Claro, F. A. E. Claro and E. T. Uzumaki
3279-3285	The influence of surface mineral and osteopontin on the formation and function of murine bone marrow-derived osteoclasts	Rupak M. Rajachar, Anh Q. Truong and Cecilia M. Giachelli
3287-3294	Bioactive sol–gel glass added ionomer cement for the regeneration of tooth structure	Jung-Young Choi, Hae-Hyoung Lee and Hae-Won Kim
3295-3302	Biomimetic formation of hydroxyapatite investigated by analytical techniques with high resolution	R. B. Heimann, T. P. Ntsoane, C. A. Pineda-Vargas, W. J. Przybylowicz and M. Topić
3303-3310	SBA-15 ordered mesoporous silica inside a bioactive glass–ceramic scaffold for local drug delivery	V. Cauda, S. Fiorilli, B. Onida, E. Vernè and C. Vitale Brovarone, et al.

Volume 19, Number 11 / November 2008

3311-3318	Synthesis and characterization of matrix metalloprotease sensitive-low molecular weight hyaluronic acid based hydrogels	Jungju Kim, Yongdoo Park, Giyoong Tae, Kyu Back Lee and Soon Jung Hwang, et al.
3319-3326	Zn²⁺ release behavior and surface characteristics of Zn/LDPE nanocomposites and ZnO/LDPE nanocomposites in simulated uterine solution	Zhihong Yang, Changsheng Xie, Xianping Xia and Shuizhou Cai
3327-3333	In vitro study investigating the mechanical properties of acrylic bone cement containing calcium carbonate nanoparticles	Janet Hill, John Orr and Nicholas Dunne
3335-3343	Physical properties of crosslinked hyaluronic acid hydrogels	Maurice N. Collins and Colin Birkinshaw
3345-3353	Dissolution characteristics of extrusion freeformed hydroxyapatite–tricalcium phosphate scaffolds	H. Y. Yang, I. Thompson, S. F. Yang, X. P. Chi and J. R. G. Evans, et al.
3355-3363	Characterisation of Bionate polycarbonate polyurethanes for orthopaedic applications	C. Geary, C. Birkinshaw and E. Jones
3365-3371	Alginate microsphere-collagen composite hydrogel for ocular drug delivery and implantation	Wenguang Liu, May Griffith and Fengfu LI
3373-3383	Fabrication, chemical composition change and phase evolution of biomorphic hydroxyapatite	Junmin Qian, Yahong Kang, Wei Zhang and Zhe Li
3385-3397	In vitro corrosion resistance of Lotus-type porous Ni-free stainless steels	Kelly Alvarez, Soong-Keun Hyun, Shinji Fujimoto and Hideo Nakajima
3399-3409	Silkworm and spider silk scaffolds for chondrocyte support	Kris Gellynck, Peter C. M. Verdonk, Els Van Nimmen, Karl F. Almqvist and Tom Gheysens, et al.
3411-3418	Organic–inorganic interaction between hydroxyapatite and gelatin with the aging of gelatin in aqueous phosphoric acid solution	Myung Chul Chang
3419-3427	Microstructure and composition of biosynthetically synthesised hydroxyapatite	Hilda Medina Ledo, Ania C. Thackray, Ian P. Jones, Peter M. Marquis and Lynne E. Macaskie, et al.
3429-3435	Preparation and characterization of nano-hydroxyapatite/polymer composite scaffolds	Xiufeng Xiao, Rongfang Liu and Qiongyu Huang
3437-3441	Molecular dynamics simulation of RGD peptide adsorption on titanium oxide surfaces	Hong-Ping Zhang, Xiong Lu, Li-Ming Fang, Jie Weng and Nan Huang, et al.
3443-3453	An electrochemical impedance investigation of the behaviour of anodically oxidised titanium in human plasma and cognate fluids, relevant to dental applications	B. Bozzini, P. Carlino, L. D’Urzo, V. Pepe and C. Mele, et al.
3455-3463	Gene expression by marrow stromal cells in a porous collagen–glycosaminoglycan scaffold is affected by pore size and mechanical stimulation	Elaine M. Byrne, Eric Farrell, Louise A. McMahon, Matthew G. Haugh and Fergal J. O’Brien, et al.
3465-3472	The anatase phase of nanotopography titania plays an important role on osteoblast cell morphology and proliferation	Jie He, Wei Zhou, Xiaojian Zhou, Xiaoxia Zhong and Xiuli Zhang, et al.

Volume 19, Number 12 / December 2008

3473-3479	Development of salmon milt DNA/salmon collagen composite for wound dressing	XuanRi Shen, Nobuhiro Nagai, Masaru Murata, Daisuke Nishimura and Masahito Sugi, et al.
3481-3487	Thermal stability and melt rheology of poly(
3489-3495	Fabrication of porous titanium scaffold materials by a fugitive filler method	T. F. Hong, Z. X. Guo and R. Yang
3497-3505	Precipitation of calcium phosphate in the presence of albumin on titanium implants with four different possibly bioactive surface preparations. An in vitro study	V. Stenport, P. Kjellin, M. Andersson, F. Currie and Y.-T. Sul, et al.
3507-3514	Bone-like apatite layer formation on the new resin-modified glass-ionomer cement	Jhamak Nourmohammadi, S. K. Sadrnezhaad and A. Behnam Ghader
3515-3524	Periodontal regeneration in experimentally-induced alveolar bone dehiscence by an improved porous biphasic calcium phosphate ceramic in beagle dogs	Han Shi, Jia Ma, Ning Zhao, Yangxi Chen and Yunmao Liao
3525-3533	PEG-grafted chitosan nanoparticles as an injectable carrier for sustained protein release	X. G. Zhang, D. Y. Teng, Z. M. Wu, X. Wang and Z. Wang, et al.
3535-3544	Blends of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) and poly(p-dioxanone): miscibility, thermal stability and biocompatibility	Michelle Dias, M. Cecilia Moraes Antunes, Arnaldo R. Santos and M. Isabel Felisberti
3545-3553	Silk fibroin/chitosan scaffold: preparation, characterization, and culture with HepG2 cell	Zhending She, Chenrui Jin, Zhi Huang, Bofeng Zhang and Qingling Feng, et al.
3555-3560	Antibacterial coatings for medical devices based on glass polyalkenoate cement chemistry	A. Coughlan, D. Boyd, C. W. I. Douglas and M. R. Towler
3561-3566	Effect of filler size and shape on local nanoindentation modulus of resin-composites	Konstantinos Masouras, Riaz Akhtar, David C. Watts and Nick Silikas
3567-3574	Comparison of mesenchymal stem cell and osteosarcoma cell adhesion to hydroxyapatite	Shikhar Vohra, Kristin M. Hennessy, Amber A. Sawyer, Ya Zhuo and Susan L. Bellis
3575-3583	Injectable iron-modified apatitic bone cement intended for kyphoplasty: cytocompatibility study	M. D. Vlad, L. J. del Valle, I. Poeata, M. Barracó and J. López, et al.
3585-3591	Biological response of human bone marrow stromal cells to sandblasted titanium nitride-coated implant surfaces	Marco Annunziata, Luigi Guida, Letizia Perillo, Raffaella Aversa and Irene Passaro, et al.
3593-3601	Cationic poly(VCL–AETA) hydrogels and ovalbumin (OVA) release in vitro	Da-Qing Wu, Chih-Chang Chu and Fang An Chen
3603-3609	Anti-bacterial and cytotoxic properties of plasma sprayed silver-containing HA coatings	Yikai Chen, Xuebin Zheng, Youtao Xie, Chuanxian Ding and Hongjiang Ruan, et al.
3611-3619	Preparation and properties of a chitosan-based carrier of corneal endothelial cells	Xingshuang Gao, Wanshun Liu, Baoqin Han, Xiaojuan Wei and Chaozhong Yang
3621-3629	Coagulation property of hyaluronic acid–collagen/chitosan complex film	Yangzhe Wu, Yi Hu, Jiye Cai, Shuyuan Ma and Xiaoping Wang

Volume 20, Number 1 / January 2009

1-10	Human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells and osteoblast differentiation on titanium with surface-grafted chitosan and immobilized bone morphogenetic protein-2	Tee Yong Lim, W. Wang, Zhilong Shi, Chye Khoon Poh and K. G. Neoh
11-22	Fluorescent dye encapsulated ZnO particles with cell-specific toxicity for potential use in biomedical applications	Hua Wang, Denise Wingett, Mark H. Engelhard, Kevin Feris and K. M. Reddy, et al.
23-31	Fabrication of pre-determined shape of bone segment with collagen-hydroxyapatite scaffold and autogenous platelet-rich plasma	Shih-Hsin Chang, Yuan-Ming Hsu, Yng Jiin Wang, Yeou-Ping Tsao and Kwan-Yi Tung, et al.
33-44	Synthesis and characterization of tyramine-based hyaluronan hydrogels	Aniq Darr and Anthony Calabro
45-50	In vitro evaluation of freeze-dried bone allografts combined with platelet rich plasma and human bone marrow stromal cells for tissue engineering	Elisabetta Cenni, Francesca Perut, Gabriela Ciapetti, Lucia Savarino and Dante Dallari, et al.
51-66	On the development of two characteristically different crystal morphology in SiO₂–MgO–Al₂O₃–K₂O–B₂O₃–F glass-ceramic system	Shibayan Roy and Bikramjit Basu
67-74	Effects of strain rate on the mechanical properties of tricalcium phosphate/poly(l
75-87	Early stage reactivity and in vitro behavior of silica-based bioactive glasses and glass-ceramics	E. Verné, O. Bretcanu, C. Balagna, C. L. Bianchi and M. Cannas, et al.
89-97	Injectable acrylic bone cements for vertebroplasty based on a radiopaque hydroxyapatite. Formulation and rheological behaviour	L. Hernández, M. Gurruchaga and I. Goñi
99-103	Enhanced in vivo responses of osteoblasts in electrostatically activated zones by hydroxyapatite electrets	Satoshi Nakamura, Takayuki Kobayashi, Miho Nakamura and Kimihiro Yamashita
105-111	Fabrication of porous poly(L-lactide) (PLLA) scaffolds for tissue engineering using liquid–liquid phase separation and freeze extraction	L. Budyanto, Y. Q. Goh and C. P. Ooi
113-122	Use of tissue transglutaminase and fibronectin to influence osteoblast responses to tricalcium phosphate scaffolds	M. D. Ball, D. O’Connor and A. Pandit
123-129	Strength of hollow hydroxyapatite microspheres prepared by a glass conversion process	Wenhai Huang, Mohamed N. Rahaman, Delbert E. Day and Brad A. Miller
131-134	Electrolytic deposition of octacalcium phosphate/collagen composite coating on titanium alloy	Shundong Miao, Wenjian Weng, Zhongli Li, Kui Cheng and Piyi Du, et al.
135-143	A polylactide/fibrin gel composite scaffold for cartilage tissue engineering: fabrication and an in vitro evaluation	Haiguang Zhao, Lie Ma, Yihong Gong, Changyou Gao and Jiacong Shen
145-155	Effect of the hard segment chemistry and structure on the thermal and mechanical properties of novel biomedical segmented poly(esterurethanes)	P. C. Caracciolo, F. Buffa and G. A. Abraham
157-161	Apatite formation abilities and mechanical properties of hydroxyethylmethacrylate-based organic–inorganic hybrids incorporated with sulfonic groups and calcium ions	Toshiki Miyazaki, Moriyoshi Imamura, Eiichi Ishida, Masahiro Ashizuka and Chikara Ohtsuki
163-170	Wear studies on the likely performance of CFR-PEEK/CoCrMo for use as artificial joint bearing materials	S. C. Scholes and A. Unsworth
171-175	Microwave mediated rapid synthesis of chitosan	Abhishek Sahu, Pranab Goswami and Utpal Bora
177-183	Investigation of carbon nanofibers as support for bioactive substances	Liliana Olenic, Gheorghe Mihailescu, Stela Pruneanu, Dan Lupu and Alexandru R. Biris, et al.
185-193	Antibacterial protection of suture material by chlorhexidine-functionalized polyelectrolyte multilayer films	Jean-Claude Harnet, Erell Le Guen, Vincent Ball, Henri Tenenbaum and Joelle Ogier, et al.
195-202	An investigation of microbial adhesion to natural and synthetic polysaccharide-based films and its relationship with the surface energy components	Polina Prokopovich and Stefano Perni
203-214	The use of dual beam ESEM FIB to reveal the internal ultrastructure of hydroxyapatite nanoparticle-sugar-glass composites	David M. Wright, John J. Rickard, Nigel H. Kyle, Tevor G. Gard and Harald Dobberstein, et al.
215-222	Corrosion resistance evaluation of a Ca- and P-based bioceramic thin coating in Ti-6Al-4V	Paulo G. Coelho, Sérgio Luiz de Assis, Isolda Costa and Van P. Thompson
223-228	XPS and biocompatibility studies of titania film on anodized NiTi shape memory alloy	C. L. Chu, R. M. Wang, T. Hu, L. H. Yin and Y. P. Pu, et al.
229-234	3D polycaprolactone scaffolds with controlled pore structure using a rapid prototyping system	SuA Park, GeunHyung Kim, Yong Chul Jeon, YoungHo Koh and WanDoo Kim
235-247	Hyaluronan based porous nano-particles enriched with growth factors for the treatment of ulcers: a placebo-controlled study	B. Zavan, V. Vindigni, K. Vezzù, G. Zorzato and C. Luni, et al.
249-255	In vitro evaluation of artificial ageing on surface properties and early Candida albicans adhesion to prosthetic resins	Sebastian Hahnel, Martin Rosentritt, Gerhard Handel and Ralf Bürgers
257-263	Nanoscale viscoelastic properties of an aligned collagen scaffold	Bill Chaudhry, Holly Ashton, Arif Muhamed, Michael Yost and Steve Bull, et al.
265-269	Fabrication of bioglass infiltrated Al₂O₃–(m-ZrO₂) composites	Ho-Yeon Song, Swapan Kumar Sarkar, Min Sung Kim, Young Ki Min and Yang Hun Mo, et al.
271-279	Development of 3D PPF/DEF scaffolds using micro-stereolithography and surface modification	Phung Xuan Lan, Jin Woo Lee, Young-Joon Seol and Dong-Woo Cho
281-286	Study on antibacterial effect of 45S5 Bioglass^®	Sheng Hu, Jiang Chang, Mingqiu Liu and Congqin Ning
287-294	Incorporation of bovine serum albumin into biomimetic coatings on titanium with high loading efficacy and its release behavior	Xiaohua Yu, Haibo Qu, David A. Knecht and Mei Wei
295-299	Protective effect of bioactive ceramics on liver injury: regulation of pro-inflammatory cytokins expression	Tae-Sung Lee, Kwan-Kyu Park, Kyung-Hyun Kim, Young-Ae Chu and Jae-Pil Jeon, et al.
301-307	Preparation and properties of a novel drug delivery system with both magnetic and biomolecular targeting	Yong Yang, Ji-Sen Jiang, Bing Du, Zhi-Feng Gan and Min Qian, et al.
309-320	The fundamental parameters of chitosan in polymer scaffolds affecting osteoblasts (MC3T3-E1)	Wiroj Suphasiriroj, Pusadee Yotnuengnit, Rudee Surarit and Rath Pichyangkura
321-327	Preparation and characterization of diazeniumdiolate releasing ethylcellulose films	Ajun Wan, Qun Gao and Huili Li
329-337	Rapid biofabrication of tubular tissue constructs by centrifugal casting in a decellularized natural scaffold with laser-machined micropores	Vladimir A. Kasyanov, Jason Hodde, Michael C. Hiles, Carol Eisenberg and Leonard Eisenberg, et al.
339-345	Enrichment of anodic MgO layers with Ag nanoparticles for biomedical applications	B. S. Necula, L. E. Fratila-Apachitei, A. Berkani, I. Apachitei and J. Duszczyk
347-350	Cellular uptake of gold nanoparticles directly cross-linked with carrier peptides by osteosarcoma cells	Deendayal Mandal, Avudaippan Maran, Michael J. Yaszemski, Mark E. Bolander and Gobinda Sarkar
351-358	Fabrication and biological characteristics of β-tricalcium phosphate porous ceramic scaffolds reinforced with calcium phosphate glass	S. Cai, G. H. Xu, X. Z. Yu, W. J. Zhang and Z. Y. Xiao, et al.
359-363	Effect of PEG amount in amorphous calcium phosphate on its crystallized products	Siqian Liu, Wenjian Weng, Zhongli Li, Lili Pan and Kui Cheng, et al.
365-372	Bioactive borosilicate glass scaffolds: improvement on the strength of glass-based scaffolds for tissue engineering	Xin Liu, Wenhai Huang, Hailuo Fu, Aihua Yao and Deping Wang, et al.
373-378	CD41 Western blotting: a new method to detect platelet adhesion to artificial surfaces used in extracorporeal circulation procedures	Angela Paul, Andreas Straub, Norbert Weber, Gerhard Ziemer and Hans Peter Wendel
379-386	Effect of hydrolysis on mechanical properties of tricalcium phosphate/poly-l
387-395	Rhodamine-loaded poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles for investigation of in vitro interactions with breast cancer cells	Tania Betancourt, Kunal Shah and Lisa Brannon-Peppas
397-404	Enhancing growth and proliferation of human gingival fibroblasts on chitosan grafted poly (ε-caprolactone) films is influenced by nano-roughness chitosan surfaces	Tze-Wen Chung, Shoei-Shen Wang, Yen-Zen Wang, Chien-Hung Hsieh and Earl Fu
405-411	Effect of ultrasound on the setting characteristics of glass ionomer cements studied by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy	A. Talal, K. E. Tanner, R. Billington and G. J. Pearson
413-420	Preliminary investigation of novel bone graft substitutes based on strontium–calcium–zinc–silicate glasses	D. Boyd, G. Carroll, M. R. Towler, C. Freeman and P. Farthing, et al.
421-431	Fatty acid-based polyurethane films for wound dressing applications	Guncem Gultekin, Cigdem Atalay-Oral, Sibel Erkal, Fikret Sahin and Djursun Karastova, et al.
433	An open-pored gelatin/hydroxyapatite composite as a potential bone substitute	William B. Hillig, Y. Choi, S. Murthy, N. Natravali and P. Ajayan

Volume 20, Number 2 / February 2009

435-436	Guest Editorial	Marivalda de Magalhães Pereira, Herman Sander Mansur and Rodrigo Lambert Oréfice
437-446	Degradable and bioresorbable polymers in surgery and in pharmacology: beliefs and facts	Michel Vert
447-455	Promising trends of bioceramics in the biomaterials field	D. Arcos, I. Izquierdo-Barba and M. Vallet-Regí
457-462	Enzyme-based logic systems and their applications for novel multi-signal-responsive materials	Marcos Pita, Sergiy Minko and Evgeny Katz
463-471	Quantifying the 3D macrostructure of tissue scaffolds	Julian R. Jones, Robert C. Atwood, Gowsihan Poologasundarampillai, Sheng Yue and Peter D. Lee
473-479	A bioconjugated polyglycerol dendrimer with glucose sensing properties	Edson Giuliani Ramos Fernandes and Alvaro Antonio Alencar De Queiroz
481-487	Effect of the macromolecular architecture of biodegradable polyurethanes on the controlled delivery of ocular drugs	Gisele Rodrigues da Silva, Armando da Silva Cunha, Eliane Ayres and Rodrigo L. Oréfice
489-495	Expression of basal lamina components by Schwann cells cultured on poly(lactic acid) (PLLA) and poly(caprolactone) (PCL) membranes	A. Pierucci, E. A. R. Duek and A. L. R. de Oliveira
497-505	Preparation and characterization of 3D porous ceramic scaffolds based on portland cement for bone tissue engineering	Alexandra A. P. Mansur and Herman S. Mansur
507-512	Study of mesoporous silica/magnetite systems in drug controlled release	K. C. Souza, J. D. Ardisson and E. M. B. Sousa
513-519	Improvement of viral recombinant protein-based immunoassays using nanostructured hybrids as solid support	Herman S. Mansur, Rafael M. Palhares, Giovanna I. Andrade, Alexandra A. Piscitelli Mansur and Edel Figueiredo Barbosa-Stancioli
521-527	Human osteoblasts adhesion and proliferation on magnesium-substituted tricalcium phosphate dense tablets	Marcia S. Sader, Racquel Z. LeGeros and Gloria A. Soares
529-535	Synthesis, neutralization and blocking procedures of organic/inorganic hybrid scaffolds for bone tissue engineering applications	Hermes S. Costa, Edel F. B. Stancioli, Marivalda M. Pereira, Rodrigo L. Oréfice and Herman S. Mansur
537-542	In vitro gentamicin sustained and controlled release from chitosan cross-linked films	Maria G. N. Campos, Henry R. Rawls, Lucia H. Innocentini-Mei and Neera Satsangi
543-547	Hydroxyapatite coating by sol–gel on Ti–6Al–4V alloy as drug carrier	Eduardo Peón Avés, Gaston Fuentes Estévez, Marcia Soares Sader, Juan C. Galván Sierra and Julio C. Llópiz Yurell, et al.
549-552	Effects of pH on the electrochemical behaviour of titanium alloys for implant applications	Maria E. P. Souza, Lonetá Lima, Carmo R. P. Lima, Cecília A. C. Zavaglia and Célia M. A. Freire
553-561	Properties and biocompatibility of chitosan films modified by blending with PVA and chemically crosslinked	Ezequiel de Souza Costa-Júnior, Marivalda M. Pereira and Herman S. Mansur
563-572	Novel functionalized ternary copolymer fluorescent nanoparticles: synthesis, fluorescent characteristics and protein immobilization	Maolin Lu, Daocheng Wu and Na Guo
573-581	Bioactivity of gelatin coated magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles: in vitro evaluation	Babita Gaihre, Myung Seob Khil, Hyo Kyoung Kang and Hak Yong Kim
583-590	Cell adhesion and accelerated detachment on the surface of temperature-sensitive chitosan and poly(
591-595	Bactericidal properties of ZnO–Al₂O₃ composites formed from layered double hydroxide precursors	Yan-Jun Lin, Xiang-Yu Xu, Lei Huang, David G. Evans and Dian-Qing Li
597-606	Excimer laser chemical ammonia patterning on PET film	G. Wu, M. D. Paz, S. Chiussi, J. Serra and P. González, et al.
607-614	Enzymatic degradation of starch thermoplastic blends using samples of different thickness	M. Alberta Araújo, António M. Cunha and Manuel Mota
615-619	ZrO₂/hydroxyapatite coating on titanium by electrolytic deposition	Hsueh-Chuan Hsu, Shih-Ching Wu, Chih-Hsiung Yang and Wen-Fu Ho
621-631	Interactions between human neutrophils and mucin-coated surfaces	Tomas Sandberg, Jan Carlsson and Marjam Karlsson Ott
633-641	Static and fatigue mechanical characterizations of variable diameter fibers reinforced bone cement	Yan Zhou, Weimin Yue, Chaodi Li and James J. Mason
643-653	High strength bioactive glass-ceramic scaffolds for bone regeneration	Chiara Vitale-Brovarone, Francesco Baino and Enrica Verné

Volume 20, Number 3 / March 2009

655-665	Estimation of hydrodynamic shear stresses developed on human osteoblasts cultured on Ti–6Al–4V and strained by four point bending. Effects of mechanical loading to specific gene expression	Petros A. Kokkinos, Ioannis K. Zarkadis, Thrassos T. Panidis and Despina D. Deligianni
667-672	OTS-modified HA and its toughening effect on PLLA/HA porous composite	Chunli Yang, Kui Cheng, Wenjian Weng and Chunyu Yang
673-680	Synthesis and properties of a novel methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)-modified galactosylated chitosan derivative	Tao Zhang, Yuan Yuan Yu, Dong Li, Rong Peng and Ying Li, et al.
681-689	Solid emulsion gel as a novel construct for topical applications: synthesis, morphology and mechanical properties	Kirill I. Shingel, Christophe Roberge, Oleg Zabeida, Marielle Robert and Jolanta E. Klemberg-Sapieha
691-697	Electrophoretic deposition of silicon-substituted hydroxyapatite/poly(ε-caprolactone) composite coatings	Xiufeng Xiao, Rongfang Liu and Xiaolian Tang
699-709	Evaluation of alginate-chitosan semi IPNs as cartilage scaffolds	R. Seda Tığlı and Menemşe Gümüşderelioğlu
711-718	A novel nano hydroxyapatite-incorporated Ni–P coating as an effective inter layer for biological applications	S. M. A. Shibli and A. C. Jayalekshmi
719-724	Development of polycaprolactone/chitosan blend porous scaffolds	Ying Wan, Bo Xiao, Siqin Dalai, Xiaoying Cao and Quan Wu
725-731	Growth and phenotypic expression of human endothelial cells cultured on a glass-reinforced hydroxyapatite	J. M. Silva Marques, P. S. Gomes, M. A. Silva, A. M. Silvério Cabrita and J. D. Santos, et al.
733-740	Surface silver-doping of biocompatible glass to induce antibacterial properties. Part I: massive glass	E. Verné, M. Miola, C. Vitale Brovarone, M. Cannas and S. Gatti, et al.
741-749	Surface silver-doping of biocompatible glasses to induce antibacterial properties. Part II: plasma sprayed glass-coatings	M. Miola, S. Ferraris, S. Di Nunzio, P. F. Robotti and G. Bianchi, et al.
751-758	Development of core-shell microcapsules by a novel supercritical CO₂ process	Ai-Zheng Chen, Yi Li, Dong Chen and Jun-Yan Hu
759-765	Alternate drop coating for forming dual biointerfaces composed of polyelectrolyte multilayers	Junji Watanabe, Heyun Shen and Mitsuru Akashi
767-774	Influence of nanofibers on the growth and osteogenic differentiation of stem cells: a comparison of biological collagen nanofibers and synthetic PLLA fibers	Markus Dietmar Schofer, Ulrich Boudriot, Christina Wack, Irini Leifeld and Christian Gräbedünkel, et al.
775-783	Surface characterization of biopolyurethanes based on cellulose derivatives	Doina Macocinschi, Daniela Filip, Maria Butnaru and Cristina Daniela Dimitriu
785-792	Synthesis and characterization of Ag/Cu/HAP with platelet morphology	Hui Yang, Bingjuan Xiao and Ke-Wei Xu
793-798	Electrospun submicron bioactive glass fibers for bone tissue scaffold	H. Lu, T. Zhang, X. P. Wang and Q. F. Fang
799-808	Collagen–chitosan polymer as a scaffold for the proliferation of human adipose tissue-derived stem cells	Yanxia Zhu, Tianqing Liu, Kedong Song, Bo Jiang and Xuehu Ma, et al.
809-820	Glass–ceramic scaffolds containing silica mesophases for bone grafting and drug delivery	Chiara Vitale-Brovarone, Francesco Baino, Marta Miola, Renato Mortera and Barbara Onida, et al.
821-831	Novel self-assembled amphiphilic poly(ε-caprolactone)-grafted-poly(vinyl alcohol) nanoparticles: hydrophobic and hydrophilic drugs carrier nanoparticles	Faheem A. Sheikh, Nasser A. M. Barakat, Muzafar A. Kanjwal, Santosh Aryal and Myung Seob Khil, et al.

Volume 20, Number 4 / April 2009

833-841	Calcium–phosphate–silicate composite bone cement: self-setting properties and in vitro bioactivity	Zhiguang Huan and Jiang Chang
843-850	Characterization of sintered titanium/hydroxyapatite biocomposite using FTIR spectroscopy	Hezhou Ye, Xing Yang Liu and Hanping Hong
851-857	Study of the interfacial reactions between a bioactive apatite–mullite glass–ceramic coating and titanium substrates using high angle annular dark field transmission electron microscopy	Kenneth T. Stanton, Kevin P. O’Flynn, Shohei Nakahara, Jean-François Vanhumbeeck and John M. Delucca, et al.
859-867	Phosphating treatment and corrosion properties of Mg–Mn–Zn alloy for biomedical application	Liping Xu, Erlin Zhang and Ke Yang
869-882	Microstructure, mechanical, and in vitro properties of mica glass-ceramics with varying fluorine content	Atiar Rahaman Molla and Bikramjit Basu
883-888	A study of the formation of amorphous calcium phosphate and hydroxyapatite on melt quenched Bioglass^® using surface sensitive shallow angle X-ray diffraction	R. A. Martin, H. Twyman, D. Qiu, J. C. Knowles and R. J. Newport
889-896	An asymmetric coating composed of gelatin and hydroxyapatite for the delivery of water insoluble drug	Junwu Xiao, Yingchun Zhu, Yanyan Liu, Yi Zeng and Fangfang Xu
897-907	Multilayer coatings on biomaterials for control of MG-63 osteoblast adhesion and growth	Kristin Kirchhof, Kamelia Hristova, Natalia Krasteva, George Altankov and Thomas Groth
909-915	Surface modification of hydrogels based on poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) with extracellular matrix proteins	Eduard Brynda, Milan Houska, Jiří Kysilka, Martin Přádný and Petr Lesný, et al.
917-923	Novel electrohydrodynamic preparation of porous chitosan particles for drug delivery	Ketan Pancholi, Nassim Ahras, Eleanor Stride and Mohan Edirisinghe
925-934	Creation of macroporous calcium phosphate cements as bone substitutes by using genipin-crosslinked gelatin microspheres	Meng Li, Xingyan Liu, Xudong Liu, Baofeng Ge and Keming Chen
935-941	Fabrication of calcium phosphate-calcium sulfate injectable bone substitute using chitosan and citric acid	Ho-Yeon Song, A. H. M. Esfakur Rahman and Byong-Taek Lee
943-948	Effects of alkylated-chitosan–DNA nanoparticles on the function of macrophages	L. X. Liu, C. N. Song, L. P. Song, H. L. Zhang and X. Dong, et al.
949-957	Preparation and HL-7702 cell functionality of titania/chitosan composite scaffolds	Li Zhao, Jiang Chang and Wanyin Zhai
959-965	Ultrastructural observation of electron irradiation damage of lamellar bone	S. I. Hong, S. K. Hong, J. M. Wallace and D. H. Kohn
967-974	Fast thermoresponsive BAB-type HEMA/NIPAAm triblock copolymer solutions for embolization of abnormal blood vessels	Fengying Dai, Lei Tang, Jianhai Yang, Xiaoli Zhao and Wenguang Liu, et al.
975-982	New multifunctional textile biomaterials for the treatment of leg venous insufficiency	M. Nichifor, M. Constantin, G. Mocanu, G. Fundueanu and D. Branisteanu, et al.
983-989	Full experimental modelling of a liver tissue mimicking phantom for medical ultrasound studies employing different hydrogels	Sergio Casciaro, Francesco Conversano, Stefano Musio, Ernesto Casciaro and Christian Demitri, et al.
991-999	Investigation of polymeric amphiphilic nanoparticles as antitumor drug carriers	Jing Zhang, Xi Guang Chen, Cheng Sheng Liu and Hyun Jin Park
1001-1007	Effects of different preparation procedures during tooth whitening on enamel bonding	Dustin Wilson, Changqi Xu, Liang Hong and Yong Wang

Volume 20, Number 5 / May 2009

1009-1015	Influence of hydroxyapatite on the corrosion resistance of the Ti-13Nb-13Zr alloy	Laís T. Duarte, Sonia R. Biaggio, Romeu C. Rocha-Filho and Nerilso Bocchi
1017-1024	Subcritical crack growth in porcelains, glass-ceramics, and glass-infiltrated alumina composite for dental restorations	Carla Castiglia Gonzaga, Humberto Naoyuki Yoshimura, Paulo Francisco Cesar and Walter Gomes Miranda
1025-1030	A noninvasive method for measuring the oxygen binding-releasing capacity of hemoglobin-loaded polymeric nanoparticles as oxygen carrier	Xiaolan Zhang, Changsheng Liu, Yuan Yuan, Xiaoqian Shan and Yan Sheng, et al.
1031-1038	Preparation and characterization of nano-hydroxyapatite/polyamide 66 composite GBR membrane with asymmetric porous structure	Jidong Li, Yi Zuo, Xianmiao Cheng, Weihu Yang and Huanan Wang, et al.
1039-1046	Preparation of highly porous hydroxyapatite from cuttlefish bone	H. Ivankovic, G. Gallego Ferrer, E. Tkalcec, S. Orlic and M. Ivankovic
1047-1055	Fluoridated hydroxyapatite/titanium dioxide nanocomposite coating fabricated by a modified electrochemical deposition	Jian Wang, Yonglie Chao, Qianbing Wan, Kangping Yan and Yukun Meng
1057-1079	Trimethyl chitosan and its applications in drug delivery	V. K. Mourya and Nazma N. Inamdar
1081-1087	Carboxymethyl derivative of scleroglucan: a novel thermosensitive hydrogel forming polysaccharide for drug delivery applications	Michelle Feeney, Maria Antonietta Casadei and Pietro Matricardi
1089-1094	Size effect of PLGA spheres on drug loading efficiency and release profiles	G. J. S. Dawes, L. E. Fratila-Apachitei, K. Mulia, I. Apachitei and G.-J. Witkamp, et al.
1095-1102	Tannic acid incorporation in chitosan-based microparticles and in vitro controlled release	Neculai Aelenei, Marcel Ionel Popa, Ovidiu Novac, Gabriela Lisa and Lacramioara Balaita
1103-1114	An in vitro release study of 5-fluoro-uracil (5-FU) from swellable poly-(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (PHEMA) nanoparticles	Raje Chouhan and A. K. Bajpai
1115-1129	TecoflexTM functionalization by curdlan and its effect on protein adsorption and bacterial and tissue cell adhesion	Anand P. Khandwekar, Deepak P. Patil, Vaibhav Khandwekar, Yogesh S. Shouche and Shilpa Sawant, et al.
1131-1136	Silicon–hydroxyapatite bioactive coatings (Si–HA) from diatomaceous earth and silica. Study of adhesion and proliferation of osteoblast-like cells	M. López-Álvarez, E. L. Solla, P. González, J. Serra and B. León, et al.
1137-1147	Quantification of bone mass gain in response to the application of biphasic bioceramics and platelet concentrate in critical-size bone defects	Sonja Ellen Lobo, Francisco Henrique Lanna Wykrota, Ana Carolina Marques Barbosa Oliveira, Irina Kerkis and Germán Bohorquez Mahecha, et al.
1149-1157	The preparation, cytocompatibility, and in vitro biodegradation study of pure β-TCP on magnesium	F. Geng, L. L. Tan, X. X. Jin, J. Y. Yang and K. Yang
1159-1165	Proliferation and function of MC3T3-E1 cells on freeze-cast hydroxyapatite scaffolds with oriented pore architectures	Qiang Fu, Mohamed N. Rahaman, B. Sonny Bal and Roger F. Brown
1167-1173	Feasibility of biodegradable PLGA common bile duct stents: An in vitro and in vivo study	Xiaoyi Xu, Tongjun Liu, Shaohui Liu, Kai Zhang and Zhen Shen, et al.
1175-1180	Evaluation of a multi-layer microbraided polylactic acid fiber-reinforced conduit for peripheral nerve regeneration	Ming-Chin Lu, Yen-Ting Huang, Jia-Horng Lin, Chun-Hsu Yao and Ching-Wen Lou, et al.
1181-1192	Physicochemical characterisation of novel ultra-thin biodegradable scaffolds for peripheral nerve repair	Mingzhu Sun and Sandra Downes
1193-1199	Development of a novel porous cryo-foam for potential wound healing applications	Thomas J. Smith, James E. Kennedy and Clement L. Higginbotham

Volume 20, Number 6 / June 2009

1201-1213	Problem of hydroxyapatite dispersion in polymer matrices: a review	Monika Šupová
1215-1222	Biomimetic apatite formation on Ultra-High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE) using modified biomimetic solution	Anahi H. Aparecida, Marcus V. L. Fook and Antonio C. Guastaldi
1223-1227	Synthesis of high purity hydroxyapatite nanopowder via sol–gel combustion process	Jiwen Wang and Leon L. Shaw
1229-1236	Preparation of porous 45S5 Bioglass^®-derived glass–ceramic scaffolds by using rice husk as a porogen additive	Shih-Ching Wu, Hsueh-Chuan Hsu, Sheng-Hung Hsiao and Wen-Fu Ho
1237-1243	Bioactive borosilicate glass scaffolds: in vitro degradation and bioactivity behaviors	Xin Liu, Wenhai Huang, Hailuo Fu, Aihua Yao and Deping Wang, et al.
1245-1253	Preparation and characterization of an injectable composite	Rongwei Tan, Xufeng Niu, Shaolei Gan and Qingling Feng
1255-1262	Finite element predictions compared to experimental results for the effective modulus of bone tissue engineering scaffolds fabricated by selective laser sintering	S. Cahill, S. Lohfeld and P. E. McHugh
1263-1271	Differential physical, rheological, and biological properties of rapid in situ gelable hydrogels composed of oxidized alginate and gelatin derived from marine or porcine sources	Huijuan Liao, Hanwei Zhang and Weiliam Chen
1273-1280	A comparative study of the physical and mechanical properties of three natural corals based on the criteria for bone–tissue engineering scaffolds	Yu-Chun Wu, Tzer-Min Lee, Kuo-Hsun Chiu, Shyh-Yu Shaw and Chyun-Yu Yang
1281-1289	Mechanical and in vitro performance of apatite–wollastonite glass ceramic reinforced hydroxyapatite composite fabricated by 3D-printing	J. Suwanprateeb, R. Sanngam, W. Suvannapruk and T. Panyathanmaporn
1291-1297	Study on compressive mechanical properties of nanohydroxyapatite reinforced poly(vinyl alcohol) gel composites as biomaterial	Yusong Pan and Dangsheng Xiong
1299-1305	Preparation and characterization of gelatin sponge millispheres from air-in-water-in-oil-type emulsions	Noboru Yamashita, Satoshi Izumikawa, Akira Takagi, Haruyuki Arakawa and Tatsuyoshi Wakasawa, et al.
1307-1314	Hydrogel-magnetic nanoparticles with immobilized l-asparaginase for biomedical applications	Eugenia Teodor, Simona-Carmen Litescu, Veronica Lazar and Raluca Somoghi
1315-1320	pH-sensitive nanoparticles self-assembled from a novel class of biodegradable amphiphilic copolymers based on chitosan	Guoqiang Cai and Hongliang Jiang
1321-1330	Biocompatibility study of theophylline/chitosan/β-cyclodextrin microspheres as pulmonary delivery carriers	Wei Fen Zhang, Hui Yun Zhou, Xi Guang Chen, Shu Hong Tang and Jing Jing Zhang
1331-1338	Improvement of cytocompatibility of electrospinning PLLA microfibers by blending PVP	Fei Xu, Fu-Zhai Cui, Yan-Peng Jiao, Qing-Yuan Meng and Xiao-Ping Wang, et al.
1339-1346	Strontium oxide doped quaternary glasses: effect on structure, degradation and cytocompatibility	N. J. Lakhkar, E. A. Abou Neel, V. Salih and J. C. Knowles
1347-1355	Aspects of the in vitro bioactivity and antimicrobial properties of Ag⁺- and Zn²⁺-exchanged 11 Å tobermorites	Nichola J. Coleman
1357-1365	Stability of prostaglandin E₂ (PGE₂) embedded in poly-d,l-lactide-co-glycolide microspheres: a pre-conditioning approach for tissue engineering applications	Bernhard Watzer, Rolf Zehbe, Sven Halstenberg, C. James Kirkpatrick and Christoph Brochhausen
1367-1378	Fibronectin modulates the morphology of osteoblast-like cells (MG-63) on nano-grooved substrates	Wei-Bor Tsai, Yen-Chung Ting, Jung-Yen Yang, Juin-Yih Lai and Hsuan-Liang Liu
1379-1387	Injectable biomaterials for minimally invasive orthopedic treatments	M. Jayabalan, K. T. Shalumon and M. K. Mitha

Volume 20, Number 7 / July 2009

1389-1399	Thermal impurity reactions and structural changes in slightly carbonated hydroxyapatite	Z. Z. Zyman, D. V. Rokhmistrov, V. I. Glushko and I. G. Ivanov
1401-1408	Investigation of boundary conditions for biomimetic HA deposition on titanium oxide surfaces	M. Lindgren, M. Åstrand, U. Wiklund and H. Engqvist
1409-1418	Development of nano-macroporous soda-lime phosphofluorosilicate bioactive glass and glass-ceramics	H. M. M. Moawad and H. Jain
1419-1426	Nanostructural analysis of trabecular bone	Sun Ig Hong, Soon Ku Hong and David H. Kohn
1427-1436	Chitosan reinforced apatite–wollastonite coating by electrophoretic deposition on titanium implants	Smriti Sharma, Vivek P. Soni and Jayesh R. Bellare
1437-1445	Controlled release of theophylline through semi-interpenetrating network microspheres of chitosan-(dextran-g-acrylamide)	Ahmed A. Al-Kahtani and B. S. Sherigara
1447-1456	Preparation, evaluation and bioavailability studies of indomethacin-bees wax microspheres	D. V. Gowda, Valluru Ravi, H. G. Shivakumar and Siddaramaiah Hatna
1457-1466	In vitro biocompatibility of chitosan-based materials to primary culture of hippocampal neurons	Qianru He, Tianyi Zhang, Yumin Yang and Fei Ding
1467-1473	Biomimetic hydroxyapatite coating on glass coverslips for the assay of osteoclast activity in vitro	Asiri K. A. R. Wijenayaka, Christopher B. Colby, Gerald J. Atkins and Peter Majewski
1475-1481	Designer self-assembling peptide scaffold stimulates pre-osteoblast attachment, spreading and proliferation	Feng Zhang, Geng-Sheng Shi, Ling-Fei Ren, Fei-Qing Hu and Sheng-Lai Li, et al.
1483-1493	Development of a mini 3D cell culture system using well defined nickel grids for the investigation of cell scaffold interactions	Tao Sun, Rod Smallwood and Sheila MacNeil
1495-1503	Glutaraldehyde and oxidised dextran as crosslinker reagents for chitosan-based scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering	B. Hoffmann, D. Seitz, A. Mencke, A. Kokott and G. Ziegler
1505-1512	In vivo study of porous strontium-doped calcium polyphosphate scaffolds for bone substitute applications	Meng Tian, Feng Chen, Wei Song, Yancheng Song and Yuanwei Chen, et al.
1513-1523	Combinatorial coating of adhesive polypeptide and anti-CD34 antibody for improved endothelial cell adhesion and proliferation	Min Yin, Yuan Yuan, Changsheng Liu and Jing Wang
1525-1533	Influence of fabrication parameters in cellular microarrays for stem cell studies	Santiago A. Rodríguez-Seguí, Mateu Pla-Roca, Elisabeth Engel, Josep A. Planell and Elena Martínez, et al.
1535-1540	Effect of direct RGD incorporation in PLLA nanofibers on growth and osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells	Markus Dietmar Schofer, Ulrich Boudriot, Sarah Bockelmann, Andreas Walz and Joachim Heinz Wendorff, et al.
1541-1551	Coating process and early stage adhesion evaluation of poly(2-hydroxy-ethyl-methacrylate) hydrogel coating of 316L steel surface for stent applications	Laura Indolfi, Filippo Causa and Paolo Antonio Netti
1553-1562	In vitro and in vivo evaluation of the safety and stability of the TAXUS^® Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent	Mark Boden, Robert Richard, Marlene C. Schwarz, Steve Kangas and Barbara Huibregtse, et al.
1563-1570	Comparison of an experimental bone cement with a commercial control, Hydroset™	O. M. Clarkin, D. Boyd, S. Madigan and M. R. Towler
1571-1577	Macroporous hydrogels based on 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate. Part 6: 3D hydrogels with positive and negative surface charges and polyelectrolyte complexes in spinal cord injury repair	A. Hejčl, P. Lesný, M. Přádný, J. Šedý and J. Zámečník, et al.
1579-1583	A preliminary study of the release of quaternary ammonium antimicrobial compounds from acrylic bone cement	Manojgna Mathey, Vijaya Surana, Mark Edwards and John W. Nicholson

Volume 20, Number 8 / August 2009

1585-1594	Comparison of failure mechanisms for cements used in skeletal luting applications	O. Clarkin, D. Boyd and M. R. Towler
1595-1602	Addition of sodium hyaluronate and the effect on performance of the injectable calcium phosphate cement	Dan Kai, Dongxiao Li, Xiangdong Zhu, Lei Zhang and Hongsong Fan, et al.
1603-1610	Injectable thermosensitive hydrogel based on chitosan and quaternized chitosan and the biomedical properties	Qiu Xia Ji, Xi Guang Chen, Qing Sheng Zhao, Cheng Sheng Liu and Xiao Jie Cheng, et al.
1611-1618	The effect of phosphate content on the bioactivity of soda-lime-phosphosilicate glasses	M. D. O’Donnell, S. J. Watts, R. G. Hill and R. V. Law
1619-1627	Application of impedance spectroscopy to evaluate the effect of different setting accelerators on the developed microstructures of calcium phosphate cements	H. E. Romeo, P. R. Bueno and M. A. Fanovich
1629-1636	Mechanical, physical, and chemical characterization of Ti–35Nb–5Zr and Ti–35Nb–10Zr casting alloys	Ana Lúcia Roselino Ribeiro, Rubens Caram Junior, Flávia Farias Cardoso, Romeu Belon Fernandes Filho and Luís Geraldo Vaz
1637-1644	Evaluation of bone matrix and demineralized bone matrix incorporated PLGA matrices for bone repair	A. Champa Jayasuriya and Nabil A. Ebraheim
1645-1652	A novel composite membrane of chitosan-carboxymethyl cellulose polyelectrolyte complex membrane filled with nano-hydroxyapatite I. Preparation and properties	Jiang Liuyun, Li Yubao and Xiong Chengdong
1653-1658	Silicon-substituted hydroxyapatite composite coating by using vacuum-plasma spraying and its interaction with human serum albumin	Feng-juan Xiao, Lei Peng, Ying Zhang and Li-jiang Yun
1659-1668	Segmented biopolyurethanes for medical applications	Doina Macocinschi, Daniela Filip, Stelian Vlad, Mariana Cristea and Maria Butnaru
1669-1675	Poly (lactic-co-glycolic acid) as a controlled release delivery device	Tee Yong Lim, Chye Khoon Poh and W. Wang
1677-1687	Formation of carbonated apatite particles from a supersaturated inorganic blood serum model	Karin Sandin, Lars Kloo, Pernilla Nevsten, Reine L. Wallenberg and Lars-Fride Olsson
1689-1695	Phase assemblage study and cytocompatibility property of heat treated potassium magnesium phosphate–silicate ceramics	Ravi Kumar, Sushma Kalmodia, Shekhar Nath, Dileep Singh and Bikramjit Basu
1697-1708	An in vitro study of electrically active hydroxyapatite-barium titanate ceramics using Saos-2 cells	Frances R. Baxter, Irene G. Turner, Christopher R. Bowen, Jonathan P. Gittings and Julian B. Chaudhuri
1709-1720	Human tissue allograft processing: impact on in vitro and in vivo biocompatibility	S. Fawzi-Grancher, R. M. Goebbels, E. Bigare, O. Cornu and P. Gianello, et al.
1721-1728	The early osseointegration of the laser-treated and acid-etched dental implants surface: an experimental study in rabbits	Mingdeng Rong, Lei Zhou, Zehong Gou, Andi Zhu and Dongfeng Zhou
1729-1741	Microporous biodegradable polyurethane membranes for tissue engineering	Yuen Kee Tsui and Sylwester Gogolewski
1743-1751	Enhanced cell affinity of the silk fibroin- modified PHBHHx material	Min Sun, Ping Zhou, Luan-Feng Pan, Shui Liu and Hua-Xiao Yang
1753-1762	Development of in situ-forming hydrogels for hemorrhage control	Henry T. Peng and Pang N. Shek
1763-1770	Mechanical examinations on dental implants with porous titanium coating	H. Schiefer, M. Bram, H. P. Buchkremer and D. Stöver
1771-1779	Effect of filler level and particle size on dental caries-inhibiting Ca–PO₄ composite	Hockin H. K. Xu, Michael D. Weir, Limin Sun, Scott Ngai and Shozo Takagi, et al.

Volume 20, Number 9 / September 2009

1781-1785	Preparation and evaluation of an experimental luting glass ionomer cement to be used in dentistry	M. J. Bertolini, M. A. Zaghete, R. Gimenes, G. C. Padovani and C. A. S. Cruz
1787-1794	Effects of carbonate on hydroxyapatite formed from CaHPO₄ and Ca₄(PO₄)₂O	Jacqueline Lee Sturgeon and Paul Wencil Brown
1795-1801	Mechanical properties of organically modified silicates for bone regeneration	Miguel Manzano, Antonio J. Salinas, Francisco J. Gil and María Vallet-Regí
1803-1814	Synthesis and characterisation of enhanced barrier polyurethane for encapsulation of implantable medical devices	Nima Roohpour, Jaroslaw M. Wasikiewicz, Deepen Paul, Pankaj Vadgama and Ihtesham U. Rehman
1815-1824	Amorphous phase-segregated copoly(ether)esterurethane thermoset networks with oligo(propylene glycol) and oligo[(rac-lactide)-co-glycolide] segments: synthesis and characterization	Jörg Zotzmann, Armin Alteheld, Marc Behl and Andreas Lendlein
1825-1830	Electrolytic deposition of hydroxyapatite coating on thermal treated Ti-40Zr	Hsueh-Chuan Hsu, Shih-Ching Wu, Chih-Hung Lin and Wen-Fu Ho
1831-1838	Effect of grooves on adsorption of RGD tripeptide onto rutile TiO₂ (110) surface	Mingjun Chen, Chunya Wu, Daiping Song, Wenman Dong and Kai Li
1839-1848	The development of a scanning strategy for the manufacture of porous biomaterials by selective laser melting	R. Stamp, P. Fox, W. O’Neill, E. Jones and C. Sutcliffe
1849-1857	Synthesis, characterization and transfection of a novel folate-targeted multipolymeric nanoparticles for gene delivery	Yu Nie, Zhirong Zhang, Li Li, Kui Luo and Hong Ding, et al.
1859-1867	Multifunctional implant coatings providing possibilities for fast antibiotics loading with subsequent slow release	Ulrika Brohede, Johan Forsgren, Stefan Roos, Albert Mihranyan and Håkan Engqvist, et al.
1869-1879	Nucleation and growth of calcium phosphates in the presence of fibrinogen on titanium implants with four potentially bioactive surface preparations. An in vitro study	Anna Arvidsson, Fredrik Currie, Per Kjellin, Young-Taeg Sul and Victoria Stenport
1881-1891	In vitro macrophage uptake and in vivo biodistribution of PLA–PEG nanoparticles loaded with hemoglobin as blood substitutes: effect of PEG content	Yan Sheng, Yuan Yuan, Changsheng Liu, Xinyi Tao and Xiaoqian Shan, et al.
1893-1900	A histomorphometric study on collagen-apatite composite as a graft material: the influence of gap size at the titanium–bone interface in animal model	Sung-Soo Shin, Jun Woo Park, Hyun-Man Kim, Jea Seung Ko and Pil-Young Yun
1901-1907	Histopathologic study of rat connective tissue responses to maxillofacial silicone elastomers	Bilge Turhan Bal, Handan Yılmaz, Cemal Aydın, Seçil Karakoca and Benay Tokman
1909-1915	Porous polymer/hydroxyapatite scaffolds: characterization and biocompatibility investigations	Timothy Douglas, Elzbieta Pamula, Dominik Hauk, Jörg Wiltfang and Sureshan Sivananthan, et al.
1917-1926	A gel-forming poly-l-guluronic acid produced from no guluronate-rich marine algae using new hydrolysis method: test for endovascular embolization	Hyun Mee Lee, Yeon-Hee Yoon, Woo-Back Lee and Jong-Ki Kim
1927-1935	Nanofibrous membrane of collagen–polycaprolactone for cell growth and tissue regeneration	Jae-Jun Lee, Hye-Sun Yu, Seok-Jung Hong, Ishik Jeong and Jun-Hyeog Jang, et al.
1937-1944	Growth of outgrowth endothelial cells on aligned PLLA nanofibrous scaffolds	Huijun Lu, Zhangqi Feng, Zhongze Gu and Changjian Liu
1945-1953	Immobilization of lactobionic acid on the surface of cadmium sulfide nanoparticles and their interaction with hepatocytes	K. M. Kamruzzaman Selim, Zhi-Cai Xing, Haiqing Guo and Inn-Kyu Kang
1955-1962	Robotic dispensing of composite scaffolds and in vitro responses of bone marrow stromal cells	Seok-Jung Hong, Ishik Jeong, Kyung-Tae Noh, Hye-Sun Yu and Gil-Su Lee, et al.
1963-1969	Bioabsorbable poly-l/d-lactide (PLDLA) 96/4 triple-stranded bound suture in the modified Kessler repair: an ex vivo static and cyclic tensile testing study in a porcine extensor tendon model	Anna-Kaarina Viinikainen, Harry Göransson, Katja Huovinen, Minna Kellomäki and Pertti Törmälä, et al.

Volume 20, Number 10 / October 2009

1971-1978	Preparation and characterization of biodegradable poly(d,l-lactide) and surface-modified bioactive glass composites as bone repair materials	Du Juan Zhang, Li Fang Zhang, Zuo Chun Xiong, Wei Bai and Cheng Dong Xiong
1979-1989	Collagen- and gelatine-based films sealing vascular prostheses: evaluation of the degree of crosslinking for optimal blood impermeability	M. Madaghiele, A. Piccinno, M. Saponaro, A. Maffezzoli and A. Sannino
1991-1999	The effect of glass synthesis route on mechanical and physical properties of resultant glass ionomer cements	A. Wren, O. M. Clarkin, F. R. Laffir, C. Ohtsuki and I. Y. Kim, et al.
2001-2009	Characterisation of a new bioadhesive system based on polysaccharides with the potential to be used as bone glue	Bettina Hoffmann, Elias Volkmer, Andreas Kokott, Peter Augat and Michael Ohnmacht, et al.
2011-2017	Composite bone substitute materials based on β-tricalcium phosphate and magnesium-containing sol–gel derived bioactive glass	Saeed Hesaraki, Mojgan Safari and Mohammad Ali Shokrgozar
2019-2023	Blood compatibility improvement of titanium oxide film modified by doping La₂O₃	Lin Zhang, Dihu Chen, Keqiang Wang, Fengmei Yu and Zhanyun Huang, et al.
2025-2034	Low temperature fabrication of high strength porous calcium phosphate and the evaluation of the osteoconductivity	Xianzhu Yu, Shu Cai, Guohua Xu, Wei Zhou and Dongmei Wang
2035-2042	Preparation and characterization of protein-loaded polyanhydride microspheres	Lin Sun, Shaobing Zhou, Weijia Wang, Qiuxiang Su and Xiaohong Li, et al.
2043-2051	Design of porous polymeric scaffolds by gas foaming of heterogeneous blends	A. Salerno, M. Oliviero, E. Di Maio, S. Iannace and P. A. Netti
2053-2061	Bisphosphonate incorporation in surgical implant coatings by fast loading and co-precipitation at low drug concentrations	Jonas Åberg, Ulrika Brohede, Albert Mihranyan, Maria Strømme and Håkan Engqvist
2063-2074	Designing of macroporous biocompatible cryogels of PVA–haemoglobin and their water sorption study	A. K. Bajpai and Rajesh Saini
2075-2084	Preparation and pharmaceutical/pharmacodynamic evaluation of topical brucine-loaded liposomal hydrogel	Junling Wang, Yuan Yuan, Changsheng Liu, Di Zhu and Xi Shen, et al.
2085-2089	Feasibility of xanthan gum–sodium alginate as a transdermal drug delivery system for domperidone	N. Rajesh and Siddaramaiah
2091-2103	Interfacial properties and in vitro cytotoxic effects of surface-modified near infrared absorbing Au-Au₂S nanoparticles	Mei Chee Tan, Jackie Y. Ying and Gan Moog Chow
2105-2116	Human aortic endothelial cell response to 316L stainless steel material microstructure	Animesh Choubey, Denes Marton and Eugene A. Sprague
2117-2128	Bioactivated collagen-based scaffolds embedding protein-releasing biodegradable microspheres: tuning of protein release kinetics	Marco Biondi, Laura Indolfi, Francesca Ungaro, Fabiana Quaglia and Maria Immacolata La Rotonda, et al.
2129-2137	Electrospinning of novel biodegradable poly(ester urethane)s and poly(ester urethane urea)s for soft tissue-engineering applications	Pablo C. Caracciolo, Vinoy Thomas, Yogesh K. Vohra, Fabián Buffa and Gustavo A. Abraham
2139-2144	Bioglass^®-based scaffolds with carbon nanotube coating for bone tissue engineering	Decheng Meng, John Ioannou and Aldo R. Boccaccini
2145-2154	Cartilage replacement by use of hybrid systems of autologous cells and polyethylene: an experimental study	Ilona Schoen, Torsten Rahne, Annekatrin Markwart, Kerstin Neumann and Alexander Berghaus, et al.
2155-2166	Wound healing and the immune response in swine treated with a hemostatic bandage composed of salmon thrombin and fibrinogen	Stephen W. Rothwell, Evelyn Sawyer, Jennifer Dorsey, William S. Flournoy and Timothy Settle, et al.
2167-2179	The effects of urease immobilization on the transport characteristics and protein adsorption capacity of cellulose acetate based hemodialysis membranes	Filiz Yasar Mahlicli and Sacide Alsoy Altinkaya

Volume 20, Number 11 / November 2009

2181-2187	Hyaline cartilage surface study with an environmental scanning electron microscope. An experimental study	S. Sastre, S. Suso, J. M. Segur, G. Bori and J. A. Carbonell, et al.
2189-2195	Feasibility, tailoring and properties of polyurethane/bioactive glass composite scaffolds for tissue engineering	Francesco Baino, Enrica Verné and Chiara Vitale-Brovarone
2197-2205	Foam-like scaffolds for bone tissue engineering based on a novel couple of silicate-phosphate specular glasses: synthesis and properties	Chiara Vitale-Brovarone, Francesco Baino, Oana Bretcanu and Enrica Verné
2207-2214	The effect of composition on ion release from Ca–Sr–Na–Zn–Si glass bone grafts	S. Murphy, D. Boyd, S. Moane and M. Bennett
2215-2222	Calcification capacity of porous pHEMA–TiO₂ composite hydrogels	Chao Li, Yu-Feng Zheng and Xia Lou
2223-2233	Effect of the oxygen content in solution on the static and cyclic deformation of titanium foams	L. P. Lefebvre, E. Baril and M. N. Bureau
2235-2241	Characterisation and mechanical testing of hydrothermally treated HA/ZrO₂ composites	D. J. Curran, T. J. Fleming, G. Kawachi, C. Ohtsuki and M. R. Towler
2243-2247	Effect of wear on stress distributions and potential fracture in teeth	Chris Ford, Mark B. Bush and Brian Lawn
2249-2257	Effect of Ca/P ratio and milling material on the mechanochemical preparation of hydroxyapaptite	Janeth Salas, Zully Benzo, Gema Gonzalez, Eunice Marcano and Clara Gómez
2259-2265	Preparation and mechanical properties of carbon fiber reinforced hydroxyapatite/polylactide biocomposites	Lie Shen, Hui Yang, Jia Ying, Fei Qiao and Mao Peng
2267-2273	Fabrication of spherical CaO–SrO–ZnO–SiO₂ particles by sol–gel processing	Ill Yong Kim, Mark R. Towler, Anthony Wren and Chikara Ohtsuki
2275-2284	Fabrication and characterization of chitosan coated braided PLLA wire using aligned electrospun fibers	Wen Hu, Zheng-Ming Huang, Shu-Yan Meng and Chuang-long He
2285-2294	Fabrication and characterization of biodegradable nanofibrous mats by mix and coaxial electrospinning	Yan Su, Xiaoqiang Li, Hongsheng Wang, Chuanglong He and Xiumei Mo
2295-2303	Effect of CaCl₂ hydrothermal treatment on the bone bond strength and osteoconductivity of Ti–0.5Pt and Ti–6Al–4V–0.5Pt alloy implants	Masaharu Nakagawa and Jyunichi Yamazoe
2305-2316	Specific biofunctional performances of the hydroxyapatite–sodium maleate copolymer hybrid coating nanostructures evaluated by in vitro studies	L. E. Sima, A. Filimon, R. M. Piticescu, G. C. Chitanu and D. M. Suflet, et al.
2317-2326	Immobilization of poly (ethylene imine) on poly (l-lactide) promotes MG63 cell proliferation and function	Zhen-Mei Liu, Soo-Yeon Lee, Sukhéna Sarun, Dieter Peschel and Thomas Groth
2327-2336	RGD-modified acellular bovine pericardium as a bioprosthetic scaffold for tissue engineering	Xiaochao Dong, Xufeng Wei, Wei Yi, Chunhu Gu and Xiaojun Kang, et al.
2337-2347	Improved adherence and spreading of Saos-2 cells on polypropylene surfaces achieved by surface texturing and carbon nitride coating	Katja Myllymaa, Sami Myllymaa, Hannu Korhonen, Mikko J. Lammi and Hanna Saarenpää, et al.
2349-2352	Immobilization of RGD peptide on HA coating through a chemical bonding approach	Chunli Yang, Kui Cheng, Wenjian Weng and Chunyu Yang
2353-2360	Characterization of pHEMA-based hydrogels that exhibit light-induced bactericidal effect via release of NO	Genevieve M. Halpenny, Rachel C. Steinhardt, Krystle A. Okialda and Pradip K. Mascharak
2361-2366	Characterization of antibacterial silver coated yarns	M. Pollini, M. Russo, A. Licciulli, A. Sannino and A. Maffezzoli

Volume 20, Number 12 / December 2009

2367-2374	Mechanical properties of three different compositions of calcium phosphate bioceramic following immersion in Ringer’s solution and distilled water	Y. H. Hsu, I. G. Turner and A. W. Miles
2375-2383	Preparation and characterization of hydroxyapatite/polycaprolactone–chitosan composites	Xiufeng Xiao, Rongfang Liu, Qiongyu Huang and Xiaohong Ding
2385-2394	Formulation and characterization of glass–ceramics based on Na₂Ca₂Si₃O₉–Ca₅(PO₄)₃F–Mg₂SiO₄-system in relation to their biological activity	H. A. Abo-Mosallam, S. N. Salama and S. M. Salman
2395-2400	Synthesis and characterization of biocomposites with different hydroxyapatite–collagen ratios	Lidia A. Sena, Mirta M. Caraballo, Alexandre M. Rossi and Gloria A. Soares
2401-2411	Effect of HCl concentrations on apatite-forming ability of NaOH–HCl- and heat-treated titanium metal	Deepak K. Pattanayak, Takahiro Kawai, Tomiharu Matsushita, Hiroaki Takadama and Takashi Nakamura, et al.
2413-2418	Heat denatured/aggregated albumin-based biomaterial: effects of preparation parameters on biodegradability and mechanical properties	Ramin Rohanizadeh and Nima Kokabi
2419-2426	Effect of preparation conditions on the properties of bioactive glasses for testing SBF	Masanobu Kamitakahara, Tasuku Yagi and Chikara Ohtsuki
2427-2431	Real time monitoring of the polymerisation of PMMA bone cement using Raman spectroscopy	Christopher P. Hagan, John F. Orr, Christina A. Mitchell and Nicholas J. Dunne
2433-2440	A new strategy for assembling multifunctional nanocomposites with iron oxide and amino-terminated PAMAM dendrimers	Ying Zhang, Jing-Ying Liu, Fang Yang, Ya-Jing Zhang and Qi Yao, et al.
2441-2453	A new method for the preparation of bioactive calcium phosphate films hybridized with 1α,25-dihydroxyvitamin D₃	Jae-Young Jung, Yun-Jung Hong, Yong Seok Choi, Sunjoo Jeong and Woo-Kul Lee
2455-2463	In vitro behavior of layer-by-layer deposited molecular oligoelectrolyte films on Ti–6Al–4V surfaces	Sabine Ponader, Karin Rosenlehner, Eleftherios Vairaktaris, Cornelius von Wilmowsky and Karl A. Schlegel, et al.
2465-2475	pH- and temperature-sensitive polymeric microspheres for drug delivery: the dissolution of copolymers modulates drug release	Gheorghe Fundueanu, Marieta Constantin, Cristina Stanciu, Georgios Theodoridis and Paolo Ascenzi
2477-2486	Drug sorption onto and release from soy protein fibers	Weijie Xu and Yiqi Yang
2487-2492	Biological properties of carbon/carbon implant composites with unique manufacturing processes	Guo-Hui Wang, Shu Yu, Shai-Hong Zhu, Chang-Qing Gao and Yong Liu, et al.
2493-2500	Physical and cytocompatibility properties of bioactive glass–polyvinyl alcohol–sodium alginate biocomposite foams prepared via sol–gel processing for trabecular bone regeneration	Ruchi Mishra, Bikramjit Basu and Ashok Kumar
2501-2510	Degradable poly(amino ester) based on poly(ethylene glycol) dimethacrylate and polyethylenimine as a gene carrier: molecular weight of PEI affects transfection efficiency	Jia-Hui Yu, Ji-Shan Quan, Jin Huang, Jae-Woon Nah and Chong-Su Cho
2511-2520	In vitro evaluation of the PEtU-PDMS material immunocompatibility: the influence of surface topography and PDMS content	D. Spiller, C. Mirtelli, P. Losi, E. Briganti and S. Sbrana, et al.
2521-2526	Effects of biosilicate and bioglass 45S5 on tibial bone consolidation on rats: a biomechanical and a histological study	Renata N. Granito, Daniel Araki Ribeiro, Ana Claudia M. Rennó, Christian Ravagnani and Paulo S. Bossini, et al.
2527-2540	Preparation, characterization and in vitro biological study of biomimetic three-dimensional gelatin–montmorillonite/cellulose scaffold for tissue engineering	Ahmed A. Haroun, Amira Gamal-Eldeen and David R. K. Harding
2541-2548	Enhanced cell adhesion to silicone implant material through plasma surface modification	J. Hauser, J. Zietlow, M. Köller, S. A. Esenwein and H. Halfmann, et al.

Volume 21, Number 1 / January 2010

1-10	The effects of hydroxyl groups on Ca adsorption on rutile surfaces: a first-principles study	Xiong Lu, Hong-ping Zhang, Yang Leng, Liming Fang and Shuxin Qu, et al.
11-19	Effects of surface carboxylic acid groups of cerasomes, morphologically stable vesicles having a silica surface, on biomimetic deposition of hydroxyapatite in body fluid conditions	Mineo Hashizume, Hiroyuki Horii, Jun-ichi Kikuchi, Masanobu Kamitakahara and Chikara Ohtsuki, et al.
21-32	Surface modification of starch based biomaterials by oxygen plasma or UV-irradiation	Iva Pashkuleva, Alexandra P. Marques, Filipe Vaz and Rui L. Reis
33-44	Hybrid structure in PCL-HAp scaffold resulting from biomimetic apatite growth	M. Lebourg, J. Suay Antón and J. L. Gomez Ribelles
45-51	Age-related changes in ac-impedance spectroscopy studies of normal human dentine: further investigations	A. H. Eldarrat, A. S. High and G. M. Kale
53-58	Evaluation of a novel radiopacifiying agent on the physical properties of surgical spineplex^®	D. O’Brien, D. Boyd, S. Madigan and S. Murphy
59-66	Evaluation of two novel aluminum-free, zinc-based glass polyalkenoate cements as alternatives to PMMA bone cement for use in vertebroplasty and balloon kyphoplasty	Gladius Lewis, Mark R. Towler, Daniel Boyd, Matthew J. German and Anthony W. Wren, et al.
67-72	Water sorption and diffusion coefficient through an experimental dental resin	A. M. Costella, J. L. Trochmann and W. S. Oliveira
73-80	Structural investigation of PEG-fibrinogen conjugates	Ilya Frisman, Ron Orbach, Dror Seliktar and Havazelet Bianco-Peled
81-88	Calcium and titanium release in simulated body fluid from plasma electrolytically oxidized titanium	Y. Zhang, E. Matykina, P. Skeldon and G. E. Thompson
89-97	Time-dependent failure of amorphous polylactides in static loading conditions	Tom A. P. Engels, Serge H. M. Söntjens, Theo H. Smit and Leon E. Govaert
99-108	Si complexes in calcium phosphate biomaterials	P. Gillespie, Gang Wu, M. Sayer and M. J. Stott
109-122	Hardness properties and microscopic investigation of crack–crystal interaction in SiO₂–MgO–Al₂O₃–K₂O–B₂O₃–F glass ceramic system	Shibayan Roy and Bikramjit Basu
123-130	Structural and compositional features of amorphous calcium phosphate at the early stage of precipitation	Z. Z. Zyman, D. V. Rokhmistrov and V. I. Glushko
131-137	Biomorphous porous hydroxyapatite-ceramics from rattan (Calamus Rotang)	Christiane Eichenseer, Julia Will, Markus Rampf, Süsen Wend and Peter Greil
139-146	Bonding ability evaluation of bone cement on the cortical surface of rabbit’s tibia	K. Goto, K. Kawanabe, R. Kowalski, D. Baker and T. Nakamura
147-154	Influence of dynamic load on friction behavior of human articular cartilage, stainless steel and polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel as artificial cartilage	Feng Li, Yonglin Su, Jianping Wang, Gang Wu and Chengtao Wang
155-159	Synthesis of mesoporous structured hydroxyapatite particles using yeast cells as the template	Wen He, Zhengmao Li, Yingjun Wang, Xiaofeng Chen and Xudong Zhang, et al.
161-171	Effect of changes in tropocollagen residue sequence and hydroxyapatite mineral texture on the strength of ideal nanoscale tropocollagen-hydroxyapatite biomaterials	Devendra K. Dubey and Vikas Tomar
173-181	Production and characterization of HA and SiHA coatings	Qian Tang, Roger Brooks, Neil Rushton and Serena Best
183-188	Fabrication and characterization of nano composite scaffold of poly(l-lactic acid)/hydroxyapatite	Xuejun Wang, Guojun Song and Tao Lou
189-206	The mesoporosity of microparticles spray dried from trehalose and nanoparticle hydroxyapatite depends on the ratio of nanoparticles to sugar and nanoparticle surface charge	David M. Wright, Zlatko S. Saracevic, Nigel H. Kyle, Michael Motskin and Jeremy N. Skepper
207-214	Silica xerogel-chitosan nano-hybrids for use as drug eluting bone replacement	Eun-Jung Lee, Shin-Hee Jun, Hyoun-Ee Kim, Hae-Won Kim and Young-Hag Koh, et al.
215-221	Release of PLGA–encapsulated dexamethasone from microsphere loaded porous surfaces	G. J. S. Dawes, L. E. Fratila-Apachitei, B. S. Necula, I. Apachitei and G. J. Witkamp, et al.
223-229	Hydrophilic/lipophilic N-methylene phosphonic chitosan as a promising non-viral vector for gene delivery	Dunwan Zhu, Kangde Yao, Jingen Bo, Hailing Zhang and Lanxia Liu, et al.
231-239	A novel nano drug delivery system based on tigecycline-loaded calciumphosphate coated with poly-dl-lactide-co-glycolide	Nenad L. Ignjatović, Petar Ninkov, Roya Sabetrasekh and Dragan P. Uskoković
241-249	Quantitative analysis of hemoglobin content in polymeric nanoparticles as blood substitutes using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy	Xiaoqian Shan, Ligen Chen, Yuan Yuan, Changsheng Liu and Xiaolan Zhang, et al.
251-258	In vivo evaluation of composites of PLGA and apatite with two different levels of crystallinity	Tohru Hayakawa, Chihiro Mochizuki, Hiroki Hara, Fei Yang and Hong Shen, et al.
259-266	Structure, morphology and fibroblasts adhesion of surface-porous titanium via anodic oxidation	Li Xie, Guangfu Yin, Danhong Yan, Xiaoming Liao and Zhongbing Huang, et al.
267-275	Microscopic observations and inflammatory cytokine productions of human macrophage phagocytising submicron titanium particles	Masayuki Taira, Tadayoshi Kagiya, Hidemitsu Harada, Minoru Sasaki and Shigenobu Kimura, et al.
277-282	Nanomechanical characterization of tissue engineered bone grown on titanium alloy in vitro	Jinju Chen, M. A. Birch and S. J. Bull
283-294	Nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite for bone repair: an animal study	J. Brandt, S. Henning, G. Michler, W. Hein and A. Bernstein, et al.
295-308	In vitro and in vivo evaluation of the effects of demineralized bone matrix or calcium sulfate addition to polycaprolactone–bioglass composites	O. Erdemli, O. Çaptug, H. Bilgili, D. Orhan and A. Tezcaner, et al.
309-317	Loading of VEGF to the heparin cross-linked demineralized bone matrix improves vascularization of the scaffold	Lei Chen, Zhengquan He, Bing Chen, Maojin Yang and Yannan Zhao, et al.
319-327	Preparation and characterization of chitosan/galactosylated hyaluronic acid scaffolds for primary hepatocytes culture	Jinyong Fan, Yi Shang, Yingjin Yuan and Jun Yang
329-341	Adhesion, spreading and osteogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells cultured on micropatterned amorphous diamond, titanium, tantalum and chromium coatings on silicon	Sami Myllymaa, Emilia Kaivosoja, Katja Myllymaa, Tarvo Sillat and Hannu Korhonen, et al.
343-351	Porous scaffolds of polycaprolactone reinforced with in situ generated hydroxyapatite for bone tissue engineering	Paola Fabbri, Federica Bondioli, Massimo Messori, Cristina Bartoli and Dinuccio Dinucci, et al.
353-363	β-Tricalcium phosphate 3D scaffold promote alone osteogenic differentiation of human adipose stem cells: in vitro study	Gerardo Marino, Francesco Rosso, Gennaro Cafiero, Carla Tortora and Marco Moraci, et al.
365-375	Structural properties of polysaccharide-based microcapsules for soft tissue regeneration	F. Munarin, P. Petrini, S. Farè and M. C. Tanzi
377-384	Effect of strontium-containing hydroxyapatite bone cement on bone remodeling following hip replacement	Guo X. Ni, Jian H. Lin, Peter K. Y. Chiu, Zhao Y. Li and William W. Lu

Volume 21, Number 2 / February 2010

385-392	In vitro apatite formation on organic–inorganic hybrids in the CaO–SiO₂–PO_5/2–poly(tetramethylene oxide) system	Mi-Young Koh, Masanobu Kamitakahara, Ill Yong Kim, Koichi Kikuta and Chikara Ohtsuki
393-398	Rapid biomineralization of chitosan microparticles to apply in bone regeneration	A. Champa Jayasuriya and Shane Kibbe
399-405	Effect of the Ca/P ratio on the dielectric properties of nanoscaled substoichiometric hydroxyapatite	Mario Quilitz, Klaus Steingröver and Michael Veith
407-418	Glucuronic acid and phosphoserine act as mineralization mediators of collagen I based biomimetic substrates	Ricardo Tejero, Susanne Bierbaum, Timothy Douglas, Antje Reinstorf and Hartmut Worch, et al.
419-429	Low temperature preparation of calcium phosphate structure via phosphorization of 3D-printed calcium sulfate hemihydrate based material	J. Suwanprateeb, W. Suvannapruk and K. Wasoontararat
431-438	Injectability of brushite-forming Mg-substituted and Sr-substituted α-TCP bone cements	S. Pina, P. M. C. Torres and J. M. F. Ferreira
439-444	Apatite-forming ability of Ti–15Zr–4Nb–4Ta alloy induced by calcium solution treatment	Seiji Yamaguchi, Hiroaki Takadama, Tomiharu Matsushita, Takashi Nakamura and Tadashi Kokubo
445-450	Crystallization process of carbonate substituted hydroxyapatite nanoparticles in toothpastes upon physiological conditions: an in situ time-resolved X-ray diffraction study	A. Generosi, J. V. Rau, V. Rossi Albertini and B. Paci
451-461	Influence of telopeptides, fibrils and crosslinking on physicochemical properties of Type I collagen films	Robin S. Walton, David D. Brand and Jan T. Czernuszka
463-472	Modelling Young’s modulus for porous bones with microstructural variation and anisotropy	Jianfeng F. Wang
473-480	Crosslinking effect of Nordihydroguaiaretic acid (NDGA) on decellularized heart valve scaffold for tissue engineering	Xiqin Lü, Wanyin Zhai, Yanling Zhou, Yue Zhou and Hongfeng Zhang, et al.
481-488	Corrosion behaviour of titanium after short-term exposure to an acidic environment containing fluoride ions	Ludek Joska and Jaroslav Fojt
489-496	A novel bioactive three-dimensional β-tricalcium phosphate/chitosan scaffold for periodontal tissue engineering	Feng Liao, Yangyang Chen, Zubing Li, Yining Wang and Bin Shi, et al.
497-506	Spray-spinning: a novel method for making alginate/chitosan fibrous scaffold	Jian-Zheng Wang, Xiao-Bo Huang, Jing Xiao, Nan Li and Wei-Ting Yu, et al.
507-514	Application of prepared waterborne polyurethane extended with chitosan to impart antibacterial properties to acrylic fabrics	A. Atef El-Sayed, L. K. El Gabry and O. G. Allam
515-523	Biomimetic calcium phosphate coating on Ti wires versus flat substrates: structure and mechanism of formation	Tal Reiner and Irena Gotman
525-532	How is wettability of titanium surfaces influenced by their preparation and storage conditions?	D. Scharnweber, F. Schlottig, S. Oswald, K. Becker and H. Worch
533-540	Supercritical phase inversion of starch-poly(ε-caprolactone) for tissue engineering applications	Ana Rita C. Duarte, João F. Mano and Rui L. Reis
541-549	Two ply tubular scaffolds comprised of proteins/poliglecaprone/polycaprolactone fibers	Xing Zhang, Vinoy Thomas and Yogesh K. Vohra
551-556	Preparation of EGFR monoclonal antibody conjugated nanoparticles and targeting to hepatocellular carcinoma	Peifeng Liu, Zonghai Li, Mingjie Zhu, Ying Sun and Yaogang Li, et al.
557-565	Self-assembled particles of N-phthaloylchitosan-g-polycaprolactone molecular bottle brushes as carriers for controlled release of indometacin	Youju Huang, Liangbin Li and Yue’e Fang
567-574	Micellar carrier based on methoxy poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(ε-caprolactone) block copolymers bearing ketone groups on the polyester block for doxorubicin delivery	He Yueying, Zhang Yan, Gu Chunhua, Dai Weifeng and Lang Meidong
575-582	Bioactive borate glass scaffolds: in vitro and in vivo evaluation for use as a drug delivery system in the treatment of bone infection	Xin Liu, Zongping Xie, Changqing Zhang, Haobo Pan and Mohamed N. Rahaman, et al.
583-588	In vitro drug release study of methacrylate polymer blend system: effect of polymer blend composition, drug loading and solubilizing surfactants on drug release	Jun Li, David Barrow, Holly Howell and Sid Kalachandra
589-595	Kinetics of fluoride ion release from dental restorative glass ionomer cements: the influence of ultrasound, radiant heat and glass composition	N. K. Thanjal, R. W. Billington, S. Shahid, J. Luo and R. G. Hill, et al.
597-607	Stability of poly(ethylene glycol)-graft-polyethylenimine copolymer/DNA complexes: influences of PEG molecular weight and PEGylation degree	Xin Luo, Shirong Pan, Min Feng, Yuting Wen and Wei Zhang
609-614	A controlled release system of superoxide dismutase by electrospun fiber and its antioxidant activity in vitro	Ping Chen, Yu-jun Sun, Zi-chun Zhu, Rui-xia Wang and Xiu-dong Shi, et al.
615-626	Bone regeneration potential of a soybean-based filler: experimental study in a rabbit cancellous bone defects	Gianluca Giavaresi, Milena Fini, Jonathan Salvage, Nicolò Nicoli Aldini and Roberto Giardino, et al.
627-634	Study on injectable and degradable cement of calcium sulphate and calcium phosphate for bone repair	Gangfeng Hu, Luwei Xiao, Hong Fu, Dawei Bi and Haitao Ma, et al.
635-646	The biocompatibility of sulfobetaine engineered polymethylmethacrylate by surface entrapment technique	Anand P. Khandwekar, Deepak P. Patil, Yogesh S. Shouche and Mukesh Doble
647-653	Immobilized-OPG-Fc on a titanium surface inhibits RANKL-dependent osteoclast differentiation in vitro	Seicho Makihira, Yuichi Mine, Hiroki Nikawa, Takahiro Shuto and Eduardo Kosaka, et al.
655-663	A bioactive polymer grafted on titanium oxide layer obtained by electrochemical oxidation. Improvement of cell response	Gérard Hélary, Flavie Noirclère, Josselin Mayingi, Brigitte Bacroix and Véronique Migonney
665-674	In vitro photothermal study of gold nanoshells functionalized with small targeting peptides to liver cancer cells	Shun-Ying Liu, Zhong-Shi Liang, Feng Gao, Shu-Fang Luo and Guo-Quan Lu
675-683	In vitro evaluation of surface topographic changes and nickel release of lingual orthodontic archwires	Carlos Suárez, Teresa Vilar, Javier Gil and Pablo Sevilla
685-694	In vitro bioactivity of sol–gel-derived hydroxyapatite particulate nanofiber modified titanium	Madhab Prasad Bajgai, Daman Chandra Parajuli, Soo-Jin Park, Kong Hee Chu and Hyung-Sub Kang, et al.
695-705	Physico-chemical and in vitro biological evaluation of strontium/calcium silicophosphate glass	Saeed Hesaraki, Masoud Alizadeh, Hamid Nazarian and Davood Sharifi
707-715	Bone tissue response to titanium implant surfaces modified with carboxylate and sulfonate groups	S. Kerner, V. Migonney, G. Pavon-Djavid, G. Helary and L. Sedel, et al.
717-724	Tuning anti-microbial activity of poly(4-vinyl 2-hydroxyethyl pyridinium) chloride by anion exchange reactions	Sunil K. Sharma, Ghanshyam S. Chauhan, Reena Gupta and J.-H. Ahn
725-729	Effects of exogenous glycosaminoglycans on human chondrocytes cultivated on type II collagen scaffolds	Chun-Hsien Wu, Chih-Sheng Ko, Jia-Wen Huang, Hsin-Jie Huang and I-Ming Chu
731-739	Osteogenic activity of human periosteal sheets cultured on salmon collagen-coated ePTFE meshes	Tomoyuki Kawase, Kazuhiro Okuda, Hiroyuki Kogami, Hitoshi Nakayama and Masaki Nagata, et al.
741-751	Construction of collagen II/hyaluronate/chondroitin-6-sulfate tri-copolymer scaffold for nucleus pulposus tissue engineering and preliminary analysis of its physico-chemical properties and biocompatibility	Chang-qing Li, Bo Huang, Gang Luo, Chuan-zhi Zhang and Ying Zhuang, et al.
753-760	Fabrication and biocompatibility of nano non-stoichiometric apatite and poly(ε-caprolactone) composite scaffold by using prototyping controlled process	Liang Ye, Xinchen Zeng, Haojiang Li and Yi Ai
761-775	Preparation of collagen modified photopolymers: a new type of biodegradable gel for cell growth	Gülay Bayramoğlu, Nilhan Kayaman-Apohan, Handan Akçakaya, Memet Vezir Kahraman and Serap Erdem Kuruca, et al.
777-785	In vitro study in the endothelial cell compatibility and endothelialization of genipin-crosslinked biological tissues for tissue-engineered vascular scaffolds	Yu Xi-xun, Liu Fei, Xu Yuan-ting and Wan Chang-xiu
787-795	Using small angle X-ray scattering to investigate the variation in composition across a graduated region within an intervertebral disc prosthesis	J. H. Gwynne and R. E. Cameron
797-805	Selected physicochemical properties of the experimental endodontic sealer	J. I. Johns, J. N. R. O’Donnell and D. Skrtic
807-813	Development of novel chitin/nanosilver composite scaffolds for wound dressing applications	K. Madhumathi, P. T. Sudheesh Kumar, S. Abhilash, V. Sreeja and H. Tamura, et al.
815-821	Frictional properties of light-activated antimicrobial polymers in blood vessels	Polina Prokopovich, Stefano Perni, Clara Piccirillo, Jonathan Pratten and Ivan P. Parkin, et al.
823-833	Influence of artificial ageing on surface properties and Streptococcus mutans adhesion to dental composite materials	Sebastian Hahnel, Anne Henrich, Martin Rosentritt, Gerhard Handel and Ralf Bürgers
835-841	Self-dissolving micropile array tips for percutaneous administration of insulin	Yukako Ito, Takenao Yamazaki, Nobuyuki Sugioka and Kanji Takada

Volume 21, Number 3 / March 2010

843-845	The 22nd European Conference on Biomaterials: retrospective view, facts and figures	Christine Wandrey, Marc Bohner and Geoff Richards
847-853	Synchrotron X-ray microtomography for assessment of bone tissue scaffolds	Sheng Yue, Peter D. Lee, Gowsihan Poologasundarampillai, Zhengzhong Yao and Peter Rockett, et al.
855-861	Developments in injectable multiphasic biomaterials. The performance of microporous biphasic calcium phosphate granules and hydrogels	G. Daculsi, A. P. Uzel, P. Weiss, E. Goyenvalle and E. Aguado
863-869	Self-hardening calcium deficient hydroxyapatite/gelatine foams for bone regeneration	Edgar B. Montufar, Tania Traykova, Etienne Schacht, Luigi Ambrosio and Matteo Santin, et al.
871-878	Time-dependent failure in load-bearing polymers: a potential hazard in structural applications of polylactides	T. H. Smit, T. A. P. Engels, S. H. M. Söntjens and L. E. Govaert
879-886	Synthesis and bioimmunological efficiency of poly(2-oxazolines) containing a free amino group	J. Kronek, J. Lustoň, Z. Kroneková, E. Paulovičová and P. Farkaš, et al.
887-892	Positively charged calcium phosphate/polymer nanoparticles for photodynamic therapy	J. Klesing, A. Wiehe, B. Gitter, S. Gräfe and M. Epple
893-905	A porous scaffold for bone tissue engineering/45S5 Bioglass^® derived porous scaffolds for co-culturing osteoblasts and endothelial cells	Sanjukta Deb, Ramin Mandegaran and Lucy Di Silvio
907-914	Preparation and characterization of porous alginate scaffolds containing various amounts of octacalcium phosphate (OCP) crystals	Naru Shiraishi, Takahisa Anada, Yoshitomo Honda, Taisuke Masuda and Keiichi Sasaki, et al.
915-923	Analytical approaches to uptake and release of hydrogel-associated FGF-2	A. Zieris, S. Prokoph, P. B. Welzel, M. Grimmer and K. R. Levental, et al.
925-930	Dexamethasone electrically controlled release from polypyrrole-coated nanostructured electrodes	Lucas Leprince, Audrey Dogimont, Delphine Magnin and Sophie Demoustier-Champagne
931-937	Synergistic effect of hydrophobic and anionic surface groups triggers blood coagulation in vitro	Marion Fischer, Claudia Sperling and Carsten Werner
939-946	Topographically induced self-deformation of the nuclei of cells: dependence on cell type and proposed mechanisms	Patricia M. Davidson, Olivia Fromigué, Pierre J. Marie, Vasif Hasirci and Günter Reiter, et al.
947-954	Amelogenin is phagocytized and induces changes in integrin configuration, gene expression and proliferation of cultured normal human dermal fibroblasts	Sofia Almqvist, Maria Werthén, Anna Johansson, Magnus S. Ågren and Peter Thomsen, et al.
955-961	Surface spectroscopy of adsorbed proteins: input of data treatment by principal component analysis	Christine C. Dupont-Gillain, Kevin M. Mc Evoy, Marie Henry and Patrick Bertrand
963-968	Bacterial adhesion onto materials with specific surface chemistries under flow conditions	M. G. Katsikogianni and Y. F. Missirlis
969-980	Integrin and chemokine receptor gene expression in implant-adherent cells during early osseointegration	Omar Omar, Maria Lennerås, Sara Svensson, Felicia Suska and Lena Emanuelsson, et al.
981-987	3D environment on human mesenchymal stem cells differentiation for bone tissue engineering	T. Cordonnier, P. Layrolle, Julien Gaillard, Alain Langonné and L. Sensebé, et al.
989-997	Design of a 3D aligned myocardial tissue construct from biodegradable polyesters	H. Kenar, G. T. Kose and V. Hasirci
999-1004	Stem cell plasticity, osteogenic differentiation and the third dimension	Markus Rottmar, Maria Håkanson, Michael Smith and Katharina Maniura-Weber
1005-1011	Ability of polyurethane foams to support placenta-derived cell adhesion and osteogenic differentiation: preliminary results	S. Bertoldi, S. Farè, M. Denegri, D. Rossi and H. J. Haugen, et al.
1013-1020	Design of novel 3D gene activated PEG scaffolds with ordered pore structure	Silvia Orsi, Daniela Guarnieri and Paolo A. Netti
1021-1029	Nanoscale definition of substrate materials to direct human adult stem cells towards tissue specific populations	Judith M. Curran, Rui Chen, Robert Stokes, Eleanor Irvine and Duncan Graham, et al.
1031-1035	Infection in fracture fixation: Can we influence infection rates through implant design?	T. Fintan Moriarty, U. Schlegel, S. Perren and R. Geoff Richards

Volume 21, Number 4 / April 2010

1037-1045	Microscale wear behavior and crosslinking of PEG-like coatings for total hip replacements	Sheryl R. Kane, Paul D. Ashby and Lisa A. Pruitt
1047-1055	Biomineralization capability of adherent bio-glass films prepared by magnetron sputtering	G. E. Stan, S. Pina, D. U. Tulyaganov, J. M. F. Ferreira and I. Pasuk, et al.
1057-1068	Properties of anti-washout-type calcium silicate bone cements containing gelatin	Chun-Cheng Chen, Meng-Heng Lai, Wei-Chung Wang and Shinn-Jyh Ding
1069-1079	Correlation of hydrolytic degradation with structure for copolyesters produced from glycolic and adipic acids	J. Simitzis, D. Triantou, S. Soulis, K. Triantou and Ch. Simitzis, et al.
1081-1089	Evaluation of in situ curable biodegradable polyurethanes containing zwitterion components	Raju Adhikari, Stephen J. Danon, Penny Bean, Tam Le and Pathiraja Gunatillake, et al.
1091-1098	Bio-corrosion characterization of Mg–Zn–X (X = Ca, Mn, Si) alloys for biomedical applications	F. Rosalbino, S. De Negri, A. Saccone, E. Angelini and S. Delfino
1099-1102	Non-destructive evaluation of mechanical properties of poly (vinyl) alcohol-hydroxyapatite nanocomposites	Suprabha Nayar, Sharmistha P. Sagar and Avijit Guha
1103-1107	Peptide aptamers against titanium-based implants identified through phage display	Yan Liu, Jing Mao, Bin Zhou, Wei Wei and Shiqiang Gong
1109-1120	Mechanical properties of hydroxyapatite–zirconia compacts sintered by two different sintering methods	Declan J. Curran, Thomas J. Fleming, Mark R. Towler and Stuart Hampshire
1121-1133	Anionic linear-globular dendrimers: biocompatible hybrid materials with potential uses in nanomedicine	Mohammad Shafiee Alavidjeh, Ismaeil Haririan, Mohammad Reza Khorramizadeh, Zohre Zarei Ghane and Mehdi Shafiee Ardestani, et al.
1135-1142	Synthesis and characterization of a new dimethacrylate monomer based on 5,5′-bis(4-hydroxylphenyl)-hexahydro-4,7-methanoindan for root canal sealer application	Jingwei He, Lingling Liao, Fang Liu, Yuanfang Luo and Demin Jia
1143-1149	Synthesis of nano-sized biphasic calcium phosphate ceramics with spherical shape by flame spray pyrolysis	Jung Sang Cho, You Na Ko, Hye Young Koo and Yun Chan Kang
1151-1161	Fretting wear behavior of calcium phosphate-mullite composites in dry and albumin-containing simulated body fluid conditions	Shekhar Nath, Raghunandan Ummethala and Bikramjit Basu
1163-1168	Kinetic studies of a composite carbon nanotube-hydrogel for tissue engineering by rheological methods	Fan Xie, Pierre Weiss, Olivier Chauvet, Jean Le Bideau and Jean François Tassin
1169-1173	Preparation and characterization of a novel willemite bioceramic	Meili Zhang, Wanyin Zhai and Jiang Chang
1175-1181	Kinetic characterization and comparison of various protein crosslinking reagents for matrix modification	Paul Slusarewicz, Keng Zhu and Tom Hedman
1183-1193	Ultrastructural evaluation of in vitro mineralized calcium phosphate phase on surface phosphorylated poly(hydroxy ethyl methacrylate-co-methyl methacrylate)	G. S. Sailaja, P. Ramesh and H. K. Varma
1195-1203	Nano-scale sliding contact deformation behaviour of enamel under wet and dry conditions	Griselda Guidoni, Michael Swain and Ingomar Jäger
1205-1210	Synthesis of PVP-coated ultra-small Fe₃O₄ nanoparticles as a MRI contrast agent	Ying Zhang, Jing-Ying Liu, Song Ma, Ya-Jing Zhang and Xiang Zhao, et al.
1211-1223	Nanostructured chitosan–surfactant matrices as polyphenols nanocapsules template with zero order release kinetics	Ana Gârlea, V. Melnig and M. I. Popa
1225-1232	Sensing of protein adsorption with a porous bulk composite comprising silver nanoparticles deposited on hydroxyapatite	Chikara Ohtsuki, Yuji Ichikawa, Hiroyuki Shibata, Giichiro Kawachi and Tsukasa Torimoto, et al.
1233-1239	The release of nickel from nickel–titanium (NiTi) is strongly reduced by a sub-micrometer thin layer of calcium phosphate deposited by rf-magnetron sputtering	R. A. Surmenev, M. A. Ryabtseva, E. V. Shesterikov, V. F. Pichugin and T. Peitsch, et al.
1241-1248	Hydrogels based on chitosan–xanthan for controlled release of theophylline	Niculina Popa, Ovidiu Novac, Lenuta Profire, Catalina Elena Lupusoru and Marcel Ionel Popa
1249-1253	Zinc polycarboxylate dental cement for the controlled release of an active organic substance: proof of concept	Mohammad Naseem Ali, Mark Edwards and John W. Nicholson
1255-1262	Biocompatibility of individually designed scaffolds with human periosteum for use in tissue engineering	Stephan T. Becker, Timothy Douglas, Yahya Acil, Hermann Seitz and Sureshan Sivananthan, et al.
1263-1272	Osteogenic activity of MG63 cells on bone-like hydroxyapatite/collagen nanocomposite sponges	Teruaki Yoshida, Masanori Kikuchi, Yoshihisa Koyama and Kazuo Takakuda
1273-1287	Densification, phase stability and in vitro biocompatibility property of hydroxyapatite-10 wt% silver composites	Shekhar Nath, Sushma Kalmodia and Bikramjit Basu
1289-1295	Titanates deliver metal ions to human monocytes	John C. Wataha, David T. Hobbs, Jacqueline J. Wong, Sami Dogan and Hai Zhang, et al.
1297-1309	In vitro cellular adhesion and antimicrobial property of SiO₂–MgO–Al₂O₃–K₂O–B₂O₃–F glass ceramic	Sushma Kalmodia, Atiar Rahaman Molla and Bikramjit Basu
1311-1319	The effect of gamma irradiation on physical–mechanical properties and cytotoxicity of polyurethane–polydimethylsiloxane microfibrillar vascular grafts	Enrica Briganti, Tamer Al Kayal, Silvia Kull, Paola Losi and Dario Spiller, et al.
1321-1328	In vitro corrosion resistance and cytocompatibility of nano-hydroxyapatite reinforced Mg–Zn–Zr composites	Xinyu Ye, Minfang Chen, Meng Yang, Jun Wei and Debao Liu
1329-1334	The antimicrobial effect of open-cell silver foams	S. Asavavisithchai, A. Oonpraderm and U. Rungsardthong Ruktanonchai
1335-1342	FGF2-adsorbed macroporous hydroxyapatite bone granules stimulate in vitro osteoblastic gene expression and differentiation	Ishik Jeong, Hye-Sun Yu, Mi-Kyung Kim, Jun-Hyeog Jang and Hae-Won Kim
1343-1351	Silk fibroin/chitosan–hyaluronic acid versus silk fibroin scaffolds for tissue engineering: promoting cell proliferations in vitro	Tze-Wen Chung and Yu-Lin Chang
1353-1362	In vitro astrocyte and cerebral endothelial cell response to electrospun poly(ε-caprolactone) mats of different architecture	Silvia Baiguera, Costantino Del Gaudio, Lara Fioravanzo, Alessandra Bianco and Mauro Grigioni, et al.
1363-1369	RGD-functionalisation of PLLA nanofibers by surface coupling using plasma treatment: influence on stem cell differentiation	Jürgen Rudolf Josef Paletta, Sarah Bockelmann, Andreas Walz, Christina Theisen and Joachim Heinz Wendorff, et al.
1371-1378	Polysialic acid immobilized on silanized glass surfaces: a test case for its use as a biomaterial for nerve regeneration	Stephanie Steinhaus, Yvonne Stark, Stephanie Bruns, Yohannes Haile and Thomas Scheper, et al.
1379-1384	Low level laser therapy does not modulate the outcomes of a highly bioactive glass–ceramic (Biosilicate^®) on bone consolidation in rats	Poliani Oliveira, Daniel Araki Ribeiro, Elaine Favaro Pipi, Patricia Driusso and Nivaldo A. Parizotto, et al.
1385-1392	Random damage and characteristics of debris particles are two important and yet ignored factors in the mechanical integrity of the stem-cement interface of a total hip replacement: influence of the surface finish of the metal stem	Gang Qi, Steven F. Wayne, Kenneth A. Mann, Bin Zhang and Gladius Lewis
1393-1402	Doxorubicin and irinotecan drug-eluting beads for treatment of glioma: a pilot study in a rat model	Steffen Baltes, Ina Freund, Andrew L. Lewis, Ingo Nolte and Thomas Brinker

Volume 21, Number 5 / May 2010

1403-1411	The effect of accelerated ageing on performance properties of addition type silicone biomaterials	K. Stathi, P. A. Tarantili and G. Polyzois
1413-1420	Effect of povidone–iodine addition on the corrosion behavior of cp–Ti in normal saline	Rahul Bhola, Shaily M. Bhola, Brajendra Mishra and David L. Olson
1421-1426	Electrochemical behaviour of Ti–Ni SMA and Co–Cr alloys in dynamic Tyrode’s simulated body fluid	Chenghao Liang, Runfen Zheng, Naibao Huang and Bo Wu
1427-1434	Nano iron oxide–hydroxyapatite composite ceramics with enhanced radiopacity	M. Ajeesh, B. F. Francis, John Annie and P. R. Harikrishna Varma
1435-1443	The inhibition of collagenase induced degradation of collagen by the galloyl-containing polyphenols tannic acid, epigallocatechin gallate and epicatechin gallate	John K. Jackson, Jinying Zhao, Wesley Wong and Helen M. Burt
1445-1451	Zirconia-MWCNT nanocomposites for biomedical applications obtained by colloidal processing	N. Garmendia, I. Santacruz, R. Moreno and I. Obieta
1453-1461	Characterization of commercial rigid polyurethane foams used as bone analogs for implant testing	Kayla L. Calvert, Kevin P. Trumble, Thomas J. Webster and Lynn A. Kirkpatrick
1463-1471	Effect of MgO contents on the mechanical properties and biological performances of bioceramics in the MgO–CaO–SiO₂ system	Xianchun Chen, Jun Ou, Yan Wei, Zhongbing Huang and Yunqing Kang, et al.
1473-1478	Slanted orientations of dentine tubules on remineralized dentine surfaces	Yan Liu, Shiqiang Gong, Liyun Yao, Wei Wei and Jing Mao, et al.
1479-1488	Surface modification of a Ti–7.5Mo alloy using NaOH treatment and Bioglass^® coating	Wen-Fu Ho, Chien-Hung Lai, Hsueh-Chuan Hsu and Shih-Ching Wu
1489-1494	Biomimetic whisker-shaped apatite coating of titanium powder	Young Uk Sim, Jong Hee Kim, Tae Young Yang, Seog Young Yoon and Hong Chae Park
1495-1502	Hydroxyapatite scaffolds processed using a TBA-based freeze-gel casting/polymer sponge technique	Tae Young Yang, Jung Min Lee, Seog Young Yoon and Hong Chae Park
1503-1510	Mechanical strength of extrusion freeformed calcium phosphate filaments	H. Y. Yang, X. P. Chi, S. Yang and J. R. G. Evans
1511-1519	Preparation and properties of gold nanoparticle-electrodeposited titanium substrates with Arg-Gly-Asp-Cys peptides	Hui-An Weng, Ching-Chou Wu, Chun-Cheng Chen, Chia-Che Ho and Shinn-Jyh Ding
1521-1530	Preparation and characterization of amphiphilic poly-N-vinylpyrrolidone nanoparticles containing indomethacin	Andrey N. Kuskov, Anna A. Voskresenskaya, Anastasiya V. Goryachaya, Alexander A. Artyukhov and Mikhail I. Shtilman, et al.
1531-1542	Crystallographically engineered, hydrothermally crystallized hydroxyapatite films: an in vitro study of bioactivity	Daniel J. Haders, Christian C. Kazanecki, David T. Denhardt and Richard E. Riman
1543-1551	The characteristics and transfection efficiency of PEI modified by biodegradable poly(β-amino ester)	Jong-Yuh Cherng, Yuan-Po Lee, Chao-Hsien Lin, Kui-Hsiang Chang and Wei-Yang Chang, et al.
1553-1561	Transfection efficiency of depolymerized chitosan and epidermal growth factor conjugated to chitosan–DNA polyplexes	Sasamon Supaprutsakul, Wilaiwan Chotigeat, Supreya Wanichpakorn and Ureporn Kedjarune-Leggat
1563-1571	Control of drug loading efficiency and drug release behavior in preparation of hydrophilic-drug-containing monodisperse PLGA microspheres	Fuminori Ito, Hiroyuki Fujimori, Hiroyuki Honnami, Hiroyoshi Kawakami and Kiyoshi Kanamura, et al.
1573-1586	Investigation on magnetically controlled delivery of doxorubicin from superparamagnetic nanocarriers of gelatin crosslinked with genipin	Jyoti Choubey and A. K. Bajpai
1587-1597	In vitro evaluation of folic acid modified carboxymethyl chitosan nanoparticles loaded with doxorubicin for targeted delivery	Sumanta K. Sahu, Sanjay K. Mallick, Susmita Santra, Tapas K. Maiti and Sudip K. Ghosh, et al.
1599-1604	Development of bisphosphonates controlled delivery systems for bone implantation: influence of the formulation and process used on in vitro release	A. Billon-Chabaud, A. Gouyette, C. Merle and J. M. Bouler
1605-1609	A novel method for local administration of strontium from implant surfaces	Johan Forsgren and Håkan Engqvist
1611-1620	Alginate-crosslinked chitosan scaffolds as pentoxifylline delivery carriers	Hsin-Yi Lin and Chih-Tsung Yeh
1621-1630	Encapsulation and characterization of controlled release flurbiprofen loaded microspheres using beeswax as an encapsulating agent	Nazar M. Ranjha, Hafeezullah Khan and Shahzad Naseem
1631-1639	In vitro cytocompatibility evaluation of a thermoresponsive NIPAAm-MMA copolymeric surface using L929 cells	Viji Mary Varghese, Vidya Raj, K. Sreenivasan and T. V. Kumary
1641-1648	Adsorptive properties of albumin, fibrinogen, and γ-globulin on fluorinated diamond-like carbon films coated on PTFE	K. Ozeki, I. Nagashima, K. K. Hirakuri and T. Masuzawa
1649-1654	Effects of HA released calcium ion on osteoblast differentiation	Gil-Yong Jung, Yoon-Jeong Park and Jung-Suk Han
1655-1663	Influence of Fe(II) and Fe(III) on the expression of genes related to cholesterol- and fatty acid metabolism in human vascular smooth muscle cells	Andreas Drynda, René Hoehn and Matthias Peuster
1665-1676	Role of immune cells and inflammatory cytokines in regulation of fibrosis around silicone expander implants	Josna Joseph, Mira Mohanty and P. V. Mohanan
1677-1684	Bioglass as a carrier for reindeer bone protein extract in the healing of rat femur defect	Hanna Tölli, Sauli Kujala, Katri Levonen, Timo Jämsä and Pekka Jalovaara
1685-1692	Osteoblast response to polymethyl methacrylate bioactive glass composite	M. Hautamäki, V. V. Meretoja, R. H. Mattila, A. J. Aho and P. K. Vallittu
1693-1702	Influence of unsaturated carbonic acids on hemocompatibility and cytotoxicity of poly-vinylacetate based co-polymers	N. B. Tavakalyan, A. G. Karapetyan, A. S. Pogosyan, A. K. Abrahamyan and A. Corti, et al.
1703-1712	Lens epithelial cell response to atmospheric pressure plasma modified poly(methylmethacrylate) surfaces	Raechelle A. D’Sa, George A. Burke and Brian J. Meenan
1713-1720	Use of chitosan conduit combined with bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells for promoting peripheral nerve regeneration	Lei Zheng and Hui-Fei Cui
1721-1730	Tissue engineering approach to repair abdominal wall defects using cell-seeded bovine tunica vaginalis in a rabbit model	T. Ayele, A. B. Z. Zuki, B. M. A. Noorjahan and M. M. Noordin
1731-1738	Maintaining cell depth viability: on the efficacy of a trimodal scaffold pore architecture and dynamic rotational culturing	Conor Timothy Buckley and Kevin Unai O’Kelly
1739-1750	In vitro evaluation of human osteoblast adhesion to a thermally oxidized γ-TiAl intermetallic alloy of composition Ti–48Al–2Cr–2Nb (at.%)	Samir A. Bello, Idaris de Jesús-Maldonado, Esteban Rosim-Fachini, Paul A. Sundaram and Nanette Diffoot-Carlo
1751-1759	Chitosan and alginate polyelectrolyte complex membranes and their properties for wound dressing application	Xin Meng, Feng Tian, Jian Yang, Chun-Nian He and Nan Xing, et al.
1761-1769	Novel electrospun polyurethane/gelatin composite meshes for vascular grafts	Nicola Detta, Cesare Errico, Dinuccio Dinucci, Dario Puppi and David A. Clarke, et al.

Volume 21, Number 6 / June 2010

1771-1779	In situ synthesis of calcium phosphate-polycaprolactone nanocomposites with high ceramic volume fractions	C. Makarov, I. Gotman, X. Jiang, S. Fuchs and C. J. Kirkpatrick, et al.
1781-1787	From crabshell to chitosan-hydroxyapatite composite material via a biomorphic mineralization synthesis method	Haoran Ge, Bingyuan Zhao, Yijian Lai, Xiaobin Hu and Di Zhang, et al.
1789-1797	Effects of sterilisation by high-energy radiation on biomedical poly-(ε-caprolactone)/hydroxyapatite composites	Michele Di Foggia, Ugo Corda, Elena Plescia, Paola Taddei and Armida Torreggiani
1799-1809	The stability mechanisms of an injectable calcium phosphate ceramic suspension	Ahmed Fatimi, Jean-François Tassin, Monique A. V. Axelos and Pierre Weiss
1811-1816	The mechanical anisotropy on a longitudinal section of human enamel studied by nanoindentation	Zhen-jiang Cheng, Xiu-mei Wang, Jun Ge, Jian-xin Yan and Ning Ji, et al.
1817-1828	In vitro dissolution of calcium phosphate-mullite composite in simulated body fluid	Ashok Priya, Shekhar Nath, Krishanu Biswas and Bikramjit Basu
1829-1835	A study on mineralization behavior of amino-terminated hyperbranched polybenzimidazole membranes	Xiayun Huang, Hongcui Cao, Zixing Shi, Hongjie Xu and Jianhua Fang, et al.
1837-1843	Preparation of porous yttrium oxide microparticles by gelation of ammonium alginate in aqueous solution containing yttrium ions	Masakazu Kawashita, Naoko Matsui, Zhixia Li and Toshiki Miyazaki
1845-1854	Fabrication and mechanical properties of PLLA/PCL/HA composites via a biomimetic, dip coating, and hot compression procedure	L. F. Charles, M. T. Shaw, J. R. Olson and M. Wei
1855-1865	Processing and characterization of chitosan microspheres to be used as templates for layer-by-layer assembly	Jessica M. R. Grech, João F. Mano and Rui L. Reis
1867-1874	Fabrication of calcium phosphate–calcium sulfate injectable bone substitute using hydroxy-propyl-methyl-cellulose and citric acid	Van Viet Thai and Byong-Taek Lee
1875-1880	Hydroxyapatite nanoparticles as a controlled-release carrier of BMP-2: absorption and release kinetics in vitro	Guangping Xie, Jiao Sun, Gaoren Zhong, Changsheng Liu and Jie Wei
1881-1890	The pH-induced thermosensitive poly (NIPAAm-co-AAc-co-HEMA)-g-PCL micelles used as a drug carrier	Weifeng Dai, Yan Zhang, Zhengzhen Du, Minliang Ru and Meidong Lang
1891-1898	Preparation and characterization of collagen microspheres for sustained release of VEGF	Nobuhiro Nagai, Norihiro Kumasaka, Takeaki Kawashima, Hirokazu Kaji and Matsuhiko Nishizawa, et al.
1899-1911	Biocompatibility of chemically cross-linked gelatin hydrogels for ophthalmic use	Jui-Yang Lai
1913-1920	Interface processes between iron containing aluminosilicate systems and simulated body fluid enriched with protein	K. Magyari, O. Popescu and V. Simon
1921-1926	Hydroxyapatite formation on porous ceramics of alpha-tricalcium phosphate in a simulated body fluid	Tomohiro Uchino, Kohei Yamaguchi, Ichiro Suzuki, Masanobu Kamitakahara and Makoto Otsuka, et al.
1927-1936	Physicochemical properties and cytotoxicities of Sr-containing biphasic calcium phosphate bone scaffolds	Guo Dagang, Xu Kewei and Liu Yaxiong
1937-1947	Initial biocompatibility and enhanced osteoblast response of Si doping in a porous BCP bone graft substitute	In-Seon Byun, Swapan Kumar Sarkar, M. Anirban Jyoti, Young-Ki Min and Hyung-Seok Seo, et al.
1949-1958	Biofunctionality of MBCP ceramic granules (TricOs™) plus fibrin sealant (Tisseel^®) versus MBCP ceramic granules as a filler of large periprosthetic bone defects: an investigative ovine study	E. Goyenvalle, E. Aguado, P. Pilet and G. Daculsi
1959-1968	In vitro biocompatibility and corrosion resistance of a new implant titanium base alloy	E. Vasilescu, P. Drob, D. Raducanu, V. D. Cojocaru and I. Cinca, et al.
1969-1978	Electro-spinning of PLGA/PCL blends for tissue engineering and their biocompatibility	Nguyen Thi Hiep and Byong-Taek Lee
1979-1987	In vivo study of ethyl-2-cyanoacrylate applied in direct contact with nerves regenerating in a novel nerve-guide	A. Merolli, S. Marceddu, L. Rocchi and F. Catalano
1989-1995	Effect of biomaterial design criteria on the performance of surgical meshes for abdominal hernia repair: a pre-clinical evaluation in a chronic rat model	Gabriela Voskerician, Judy Jin, Michael F. White, Christina P. Williams and Michael J. Rosen
1997-2000	Release of sodium fusidate from glass-ionomer dental cement	Zoheb Mulla, Mark Edwards and John W. Nicholson

Volume 21, Number 7 / July 2010

2001-2008	Microstructure and corrosion properties of as sub-rapid solidification Mg–Zn–Y–Nd alloy in dynamic simulated body fluid for vascular stent application	Jun Wang, Liguo Wang, Shaokang Guan, Shijie Zhu and Chenxing Ren, et al.
2009-2020	Surfactant-modified β-TCP: structure, properties, and in vitro remineralization of subsurface enamel lesions	Robert L. Karlinsey, Allen C. Mackey, Emily R. Walker and Katherine E. Frederick
2021-2026	Mechanical alloying of biocompatible Co–28Cr–6Mo alloy	F. Sánchez-De Jesús, A. M. Bolarín-Miró, G. Torres-Villaseñor, C. A. Cortés-Escobedo and J. A. Betancourt-Cantera
2027-2034	Novel mucoadhesive system based on sulfhydryl-acrylate interactions	Maya Davidovich-Pinhas and Havazelet Bianco-Peled
2035-2047	Nucleation and growth of octacalcium phosphate on treated titanium by immersion in a simplified simulated body fluid	Enori Gemelli, Cristiane Xavier Resende and Gloria Dulce de Almeida Soares
2049-2056	Injectable and fast resorbable calcium phosphate cement for body-setting bone grafts	I. Rajzer, O. Castaño, E. Engel and J. A. Planell
2057-2066	Synthesis, extrusion and rheological behaviour of PU/HA composites for biomedical applications	H. B. Machado, Rui N. Correia and J. A. Covas
2067-2078	Chemico-physical modifications induced by plasma and ozone sterilizations on shape memory polyurethane foams	Luigi De Nardo, Monica Moscatelli, Federica Silvi, Maria Cristina Tanzi and L’Hocine Yahia, et al.
2079-2085	Evaluation of the stress distribution in CFR-PEEK dental implants by the three-dimensional finite element method	João Rodrigo Sarot, Cintia Mussi Milani Contar, Ariadne Cristiane Cabral da Cruz and Ricardo de Souza Magini
2087-2094	Effect of processing parameters on the microstructure and mechanical behavior of silica-calcium phosphate nanocomposite	Xueran Liu and Ahmed EI-Ghannam
2095-2101	A nanoencapsulated hypocrellin A prepared by an improved microemulsion method for photodynamic treatment	Lin Zhou, Yu-Wei Ning, Shao-Hua Wei, Yu-Ying Feng and Jia-Hong Zhou, et al.
2103-2114	Developing an engineered antimicrobial/prophylactic system using electrically activated bactericidal metals	Thomas A. Fuller, Richard A. Wysk, Charumani Charumani, Mary Kennett and Wayne J. Sebastiennelli, et al.
2115-2124	Fiber scaffolds of polysialic acid via electrospinning for peripheral nerve regeneration	Ulrike Assmann, Andreas Szentivanyi, Yvonne Stark, Thomas Scheper and Silke Berski, et al.
2125-2132	Preparation of a novel biodegradable nanocomposite scaffold based on poly (3-hydroxybutyrate)/bioglass nanoparticles for bone tissue engineering	Hadi Hajiali, Saeed Karbasi, Mohammad Hosseinalipour and Hamid Reza Rezaie
2133-2140	Acyl modified chitosan derivatives for oral delivery of insulin and curcumin	R. Shelma and Chandra P. Sharma
2141-2149	Nanosilicon carbide/hydroxyapatite nanocomposites: structural, mechanical and in vitro cellular properties	Saeed Hesaraki, Touraj Ebadzadeh and Shaghayegh Ahmadzadeh-Asl
2151-2163	Biocorrosion properties and blood and cell compatibility of pure iron as a biodegradable biomaterial	Erlin Zhang, Haiyan Chen and Feng Shen
2165-2173	Enhanced osteointegration of orthopaedic implant gradient coating composed of bioactive glass and nanohydroxyapatite	Xin-Hui Xie, Xiao-Wei Yu, Shao-Xian Zeng, Rui-Lin Du and Yu-Huai Hu, et al.
2175-2185	The bio-functional role of calcium in mesoporous silica xerogels on the responses of osteoblasts in vitro	Huanjun Zhou, Jie Wei, Xiaohui Wu, Jianlin Shi and Changsheng Liu, et al.
2187-2200	Laser pulse dependent micro textured calcium phosphate coatings for improved wettability and cell compatibility	Sameer R. Paital, Wei He and Narendra B. Dahotre
2201-2211	Novel composites materials from functionalized polymers and silver coated titanium oxide capable for calcium phosphate induction, control of orthopedic biofilm infections: an “in vitro” study	M. Tyllianakis, E. Dalas, M. Christofidou, J. K. Kallitsis and A. Chrissanthopoulos, et al.
2213-2226	Friction transfer of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) to produce nanoscale features and influence cellular response in vitro	V. R. Kearns, P. J. Doherty, G. Beamson, N. Martin and R. L. Williams
2227-2236	Physical, antibacterial and antioxidant properties of chitosan films incorporated with thyme oil for potential wound healing applications	Duygu Altiok, Evren Altiok and Funda Tihminlioglu
2237-2242	Synthesis and characterization of collagen/hydroxyapatite: magnetite composite material for bone cancer treatment	Ecaterina Andronescu, Maria Ficai, Georgeta Voicu, Denisa Ficai and Maria Maganu, et al.
2243-2251	Characterisation of physico-mechanical properties and degradation potential of calcium alginate beads for use in embolisation	Richard E. J. Forster, Frank Thürmer, Christine Wallrapp, Andrew W. Lloyd and Wendy Macfarlane, et al.

Volume 21, Number 8 / August 2010

2253-2254	Special issue: select papers from the 29th Northern Ireland Biomedical Engineering Conference, Belfast, UK, April 2009	Nicholas J. Dunne, Fraser J. Buchanan, Adrian R. Boyd and George A. Burke
2255-2261	Hydroxyapatite bone substitutes developed via replication of natural marine sponges	Eoin Cunningham, Nicholas Dunne, Gavin Walker, Christine Maggs and Ruth Wilcox, et al.
2263-2270	Performance of calcium deficient hydroxyapatite–polyglycolic acid composites: an in vitro study	Nicholas Dunne, Valerie Jack, Rochelle O’Hara, David Farrar and Fraser Buchanan
2271-2279	Sintering of biphasic calcium phosphates	O. Brown, M. McAfee, S. Clarke and F. Buchanan
2281-2286	Thermal preparation of highly porous calcium phosphate bone filler derived from marine algae	P. J. Walsh, G. M. Walker, C. A. Maggs and F. J. Buchanan
2287-2292	Influence of multiwall carbon nanotube functionality and loading on mechanical properties of PMMA/MWCNT bone cements	Ross Ormsby, Tony McNally, Christina Mitchell and Nicholas Dunne
2293-2298	Development and characterisation of a collagen nano-hydroxyapatite composite scaffold for bone tissue engineering	Gráinne M. Cunniffe, Glenn R. Dickson, Sonia Partap, Kenneth T. Stanton and Fergal J. O’Brien
2299-2305	Optimisation of the mechanical and handling properties of an injectable calcium phosphate cement	R. M. O’Hara, N. J. Dunne, J. F. Orr, F. J. Buchanan and R. K. Wilcox, et al.
2307-2316	Ibuprofen-loaded poly(ε-caprolactone) layered silicate nanocomposites prepared by hot melt extrusion	Kayleen T. Campbell, Duncan Q. M. Craig and Tony McNally
2317-2324	Monitoring cellular behaviour using Raman spectroscopy for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine applications	A. R. Boyd, G. A. Burke and B. J. Meenan
2325-2330	Stimulation of osteoblasts using rest periods during bioreactor culture on collagen-glycosaminoglycan scaffolds	Sonia Partap, Niamh A. Plunkett, Daniel J. Kelly and Fergal J. O’Brien
2331-2336	Tissue differentiation in an in vivo bioreactor: in silico investigations of scaffold stiffness	Hanifeh Khayyeri, Sara Checa, Magnus Tägil, Fergal J. O’Brien and Patrick J. Prendergast
2337-2343	Wear testing of a DJOA finger prosthesis in vitro	Thomas J. Joyce
2345-2354	Effects of heat treatment of wood on hydroxylapatite type mineral precipitation and biomechanical properties in vitro	J. Rekola, L. V. J. Lassila, J. Hirvonen, M. Lahdenperä and R. Grenman, et al.
2355-2364	A spectroscopic investigation into the setting and mechanical properties of titanium containing glass polyalkenoate cements	A. W. Wren, A. Kidari, N. M. Cummins and M. R. Towler
2365-2369	Aqueous ferrofluids as templates for magnetic hydroxyapatite nanocomposites	Aparna Mir, Dhriti Mallik, Soumya Bhattacharyya, Dipankar Mahata and Arvind Sinha, et al.
2371-2383	Experimental and computational characterization of designed and fabricated 50:50 PLGA porous scaffolds for human trabecular bone applications	Eiji Saito, Heesuk Kang, Juan M. Taboas, Alisha Diggs and Colleen L. Flanagan, et al.
2385-2392	Heparinized hydroxyapatite/collagen three-dimensional scaffolds for tissue engineering	S. Teixeira, L. Yang, P. J. Dijkstra, M. P. Ferraz and F. J. Monteiro
2393-2401	Mg²⁺ substituted calcium phosphate nano particles synthesis for non viral gene delivery application	A. Hanifi, M. H. Fathi, H. Mir Mohammad Sadeghi and J. Varshosaz
2403-2411	Ester prodrug-loaded electrospun cellulose acetate fiber mats as transdermal drug delivery systems	Xiao-mei Wu, Christopher J. Branford-White, Li-min Zhu, Nichoals P. Chatterton and Deng-guang Yu
2413-2423	An in vitro and in vivo investigation of the biological behavior of a ferrimagnetic cement for highly focalized thermotherapy	Ana Portela, Mário Vasconcelos, Rogério Branco, Fátima Gartner and Miguel Faria, et al.
2425-2433	Immobilization of type-I collagen and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) onto poly (HEMA-co-MMA) hydrogel surface and its cytotoxicity study	Tuo Yan, Rong Sun, Chun Li, Baihua Tan and Xuan Mao, et al.
2435-2442	A novel injectable chlorhexidine thermosensitive hydrogel for periodontal application: preparation, antibacterial activity and toxicity evaluation	Qiu Xia Ji, Qing Sheng Zhao, Jing Deng and Rui Lü
2443-2452	Effect of emulsion polymerization and magnetic field on the adsorption of albumin on poly(methyl methacrylate)-based biomaterial surfaces	Loredana E. Nita and Aurica P. Chiriac
2453-2462	Determination of antibacterial properties and cytocompatibility of silver-loaded coral hydroxyapatite	Yu Zhang, Qing-Shui Yin, Yu Zhang, Hong Xia and Fu-Zhi Ai, et al.
2463-2477	Methodologies for assessing local surface texture features that are relevant to cell attachment	Alistair Forbes, Paul Tomlins, Elzbieta Gurdak, Matthew Illsely and Stuart James, et al.
2479-2490	Effect of collagen II coating on mesenchymal stem cell adhesion on chitosan and on reacetylated chitosan fibrous scaffolds	Guillaume R. Ragetly, Dominique J. Griffon, Hae-Beom Lee and Yong Sik Chung
2491-2500	PVA/STMP based hydrogels as potential substitutes of human vitreous	Gemma Leone, Marco Consumi, Marianna Aggravi, Alessandro Donati and Stefania Lamponi, et al.

Volume 21, Number 9 / September 2010

2501-2509	Biomimetic transformations of amorphous calcium phosphate: kinetic and thermodynamic studies	D. Rabadjieva, R. Gergulova, R. Titorenkova, S. Tepavitcharova and E. Dyulgerova, et al.
2511-2521	Effects of SiO₂ substitution on wettability of laser deposited Ca-P biocoating on Ti-6Al-4V	Yuling Yang, Sameer R. Paital and Narendra B. Dahotre
2523-2531	Effect of ceramic filler content on the mechanical and thermal behaviour of poly-l-lactic acid and poly-l-lactic-co-glycolic acid composites for medical applications	Behzad Damadzadeh, Hamideh Jabari, Mikael Skrifvars, Karri Airola and Niko Moritz, et al.
2533-2541	Formation of calcium deficient HAp/collagen composites by hydrolysis of α-TCP	Ahmed H. Touny, Sarit Bhaduri and Paul W. Brown
2543-2549	Synthesis and characterization of HAp nanorods from a cationic surfactant template method	J. M. Coelho, J. Agostinho Moreira, A. Almeida and F. J. Monteiro
2551-2559	Electrospun titanium dioxide nanofibers containing hydroxyapatite and silver nanoparticles as future implant materials	Faheem A. Sheikh, Nasser A. M. Barakat, Muzafar A. Kanjwal, R. Nirmala and John Hwa Lee, et al.
2561-2568	Bone-like nanocomposites based on self-assembled protein-based matrices with Ca²⁺ capturing capability	Lin Sang, Jie Huang, Dongmei Luo, Zhenhua Chen and Xudong Li
2569-2581	Design of novel three-phase PCL/TZ–HA biomaterials for use in bone regeneration applications	Aurelio Salerno, Maria Oliviero, Ernesto Di Maio, Paolo A. Netti and Cristina Rofani, et al.
2583-2592	Acrylic acid–methyl methacrylate copolymer for oral prolonged drug release	Saurabh Vijay, O. P. Sati and Dipak K. Majumdar
2593-2600	Dual growth factor-releasing nanoparticle/hydrogel system for cartilage tissue engineering	Sung Mook Lim, Se Heang Oh, Hee Hoon Lee, Soon Hong Yuk and Gun Il Im, et al.
2601-2609	Effect of strontium ions substitution on gene delivery related properties of calcium phosphate nanoparticles	A. Hanifi, M. H. Fathi and H. Mir Mohammad Sadeghi
2611-2622	In vitro and in vivo studies on biocompatibility of carbon fibres	Izabella Rajzer, Elzbieta Menaszek, Lucie Bacakova, Monika Rom and Marta Blazewicz
2623-2635	In vitro degradation behavior and cytocompatibility of Mg–Zn–Zr alloys	Z. G. Huan, M. A. Leeflang, J. Zhou, L. E. Fratila-Apachitei and J. Duszczyk
2637-2651	Functionalization of electrospun fibers of poly(ε-caprolactone) with star shaped NCO-poly(ethylene glycol)-stat-poly(propylene glycol) for neuronal cell guidance	Kristina Klinkhammer, Julia Bockelmann, Chariklia Simitzis, Gary A. Brook and Dirk Grafahrend, et al.
2653-2664	Effects of biomaterials for Lab-on-a-chip production on cell growth and expression of differentiated functions of leukemic cell lines	Federica Destro, Monica Borgatti, Bruno Iafelice, Riccardo Gavioli and Tanja Braun, et al.
2665-2671	Electrospun poly(d/l-lactide-co-l-lactide) hybrid matrix: a novel scaffold material for soft tissue engineering	Petra J. Kluger, Ralf Wyrwa, Jürgen Weisser, Julia Maierle and Miriam Votteler, et al.
2673-2681	Development of transferrin functionalized poly(ethylene glycol)/poly(lactic acid) amphiphilic block copolymeric micelles as a potential delivery system targeting brain glioma	Wei-hua Ren, Jiang Chang, Cheng-hu Yan, Xiao-min Qian and Li-xia Long, et al.
2683-2690	Comparison of DC Bead-irinotecan and DC Bead-topotecan drug eluting beads for use in locoregional drug delivery to treat pancreatic cancer	Richard E. J. Forster, Sharon A. Small, Yiqing Tang, Clare L. Heaysman and Andrew W. Lloyd, et al.
2691-2699	Eudragit S-100 entrapped chitosan microspheres of valdecoxib for colon cancer	Naveen K. Thakral, Alok R. Ray and Dipak K. Majumdar
2701-2710	A ceramic-based anticancer drug delivery system to treat breast cancer	Ahmed El-Ghannam, Krista Ricci, Ahmed Malkawi, Kiarash Jahed and Kumar Vedantham, et al.

Volume 21, Number 10 / October 2010

2711-2722	Hydroxyapatite formation from cuttlefish bones: kinetics	H. Ivankovic, E. Tkalcec, S. Orlic, G. Gallego Ferrer and Z. Schauperl
2723-2731	Study of Pd–Ag dental alloys: examination of effect of casting porosity on fatigue behavior and microstructural analysis	D. Li, N. Baba, W. A. Brantley, S. B. Alapati and R. H. Heshmati, et al.
2733-2741	Effect of pyrophosphate ions on the conversion of calcium–lithium–borate glass to hydroxyapatite in aqueous phosphate solution	Hailuo Fu, Mohamed N. Rahaman, Delbert E. Day and Wenhai Huang
2743-2749	Studies of early growth mechanisms of hydroxyapatite on single crystalline rutile: a model system for bioactive surfaces	Carl Lindahl, Per Borchardt, Jukka Lausmaa, Wei Xia and Håkan Engqvist
2751-2763	Preparation of superhydrophilic microrough titanium implant surfaces by alkali treatment	Stefano Tugulu, Konrad Löwe, Dieter Scharnweber and Falko Schlottig
2765-2774	Novel thin-walled nerve conduit with microgrooved surface patterns for enhanced peripheral nerve repair	Mingzhu Sun, Malachy McGowan, Paul J. Kingham, Giorgio Terenghi and Sandra Downes
2775-2782	Surface with antimicrobial activity obtained through silane coating with covalently bound polymyxin B	M. Mohorčič, I. Jerman, M. Zorko, L. Butinar and B. Orel, et al.
2783-2792	Ultra-porous titanium oxide scaffold with high compressive strength	Hanna Tiainen, S. Petter Lyngstadaas, Jan Eirik Ellingsen and Håvard J. Haugen
2793-2804	Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-dodecyl methacrylate-co-acrylic acid): synthesis, physico-chemical characterisation and nafcillin carrier	Teodora Zecheru, Traian Rotariu, Edina Rusen, Bogdan Mărculescu and Florin Miculescu, et al.
2805-2816	Preparation and characterization of hybrid pH-sensitive hydrogels of chitosan-co-acrylic acid for controlled release of verapamil	Nazar M. Ranjha, Gohar Ayub, Shahzad Naseem and Muhammad Tayyab Ansari
2817-2825	Self-assembled micellar aggregates based monomethoxyl poly(ethylene glycol)-b-poly(ε-caprolactone)-b-poly(aminoethyl methacrylate) triblock copolymers as efficient gene delivery vectors	Ming Ma, Feng Li, Xiu-hong Liu, Zhe-fan Yuan and Fu-jie Chen, et al.
2827-2834	The effect of ionic dissolution products of Ca–Sr–Na–Zn–Si bioactive glass on in vitro cytocompatibility	S. Murphy, A. W. Wren, M. R. Towler and D. Boyd
2835-2842	Preparation, fabrication and biocompatibility of novel injectable temperature-sensitive chitosan/glycerophosphate/collagen hydrogels	Kedong Song, Mo Qiao, Tianqing Liu, Bo Jiang and Hugo M. Macedo, et al.
2843-2851	In vivo biocompatibility assessment of (PTFE–PVDF–PP) terpolymer-based membrane with potential application for glaucoma treatment	Rafał Leszczynski, Ewa Stodolak, Jarosław Wieczorek, Jolanta Orlowska-Heitzman and Teresa Gumula, et al.
2853-2859	Bone regeneration with glass ceramic implants and calcium phosphate cements in a rabbit cranial defect model	Gerlind Schneider, Karin Blechschmidt, Dirk Linde, Peter Litschko and Thomas Körbs, et al.
2861-2868	Preparation of silver nanoparticles with antimicrobial activities and the researches of their biocompatibilities	X. L. Cao, C. Cheng, Y. L. Ma and C. S. Zhao
2869-2879	Evaluation of alginate hydrogels under in vivo–like bioreactor conditions for cartilage tissue engineering	Jasmina Stojkovska, Branko Bugarski and Bojana Obradovic
2881-2886	Application of shape memory polyurethane in orthodontic	Yong Chae Jung and Jae Whan Cho
2887-2895	Fabrication and evaluation of chitosan–gelatin based buckling implant for retinal detachment surgery	Hui Chen, Zhi Zhao, Yahong Zhao and Yumin Yang
2897	Erratum to: Effect of strontium-containing hydroxyapatite bone cement on bone remodeling following hip replacement	Guo X. Ni, Jian H. Lin, Peter K. Y. Chiu, Zhao Y. Li and William W. Lu
2899	Erratum to: Biomineralization capability of adherent bio-glass films prepared by magnetron sputtering	G. E. Stan, S. Pina, D. U. Tulyaganov, J. M. F. Ferreira and I. Pasuk, et al.

Volume 21, Number 11 / November 2010

2901-2905	The effect of ultrasound on the setting reaction of zinc polycarboxylate cements	S. Shahid, R. W. Billington, R. G. Hill and G. J. Pearson
2907-2913	Corrosion behaviour of β-Ti20Mo alloy in artificial saliva	Daniel Mareci, Romeu Chelariu, Ioan Dan, Doina-Margareta Gordin and Thierry Gloriant
2915-2922	Probabilistic characteristics of random damage events and their quantification in acrylic bone cement	Gang Qi, Steven F. Wayne, Oliver Penrose, Gladius Lewis and John I. Hochstein, et al.
2923-2936	Development and performance analysis of PCL/silica nanocomposites for bone regeneration	Luigi Calandrelli, Marco Annunziata, Fulvio Della Ragione, Paola Laurienzo and Mario Malinconico, et al.
2937-2945	Thermoresponsive poly(N-vinylcaprolactam) cryogels: synthesis and its biophysical evaluation for tissue engineering applications	Akshay Srivastava and Ashok Kumar
2947-2953	Low temperature fabrication of magnesium phosphate cement scaffolds by 3D powder printing	Uwe Klammert, Elke Vorndran, Tobias Reuther, Frank A. Müller and Katharina Zorn, et al.
2955-2969	Development of porous HAp and β-TCP scaffolds by starch consolidation with foaming method and drug-chitosan bilayered scaffold based drug delivery system	B. Kundu, A. Lemos, C. Soundrapandian, P. S. Sen and S. Datta, et al.
2971-2977	Antibacterial activity of a triclosan-containing resin composite matrix against three common oral bacteria	Andreas Rathke, Rainer Staude, Rainer Muche and Bernd Haller
2979-2988	Prediction of osteoconductive activity of modified potassium fluorrichterite glass-ceramics by immersion in simulated body fluid	Shashwat Bhakta, Deepak K. Pattanayak, Hiroaki Takadama, Tadashi Kokubo and Cheryl A. Miller, et al.
2989-2998	Scaffold percolative efficiency: in vitro evaluation of the structural criterion for electrospun mats	Ashkan Heidarkhan Tehrani, Ali Zadhoush, Saeed Karbasi and Hojjat Sadeghi-Aliabadi
2999-3008	Effect of scaffold architecture and BMP-2/BMP-7 delivery on in vitro bone regeneration	Pinar Yilgor, Rui A. Sousa, Rui L. Reis, Nesrin Hasirci and Vasif Hasirci
3009-3018	In vitro and in vivo behavior of ketoprofen intercalated into layered double hydroxides	Mihaela Silion, Doina Hritcu, Irina M. Jaba, Bogdan Tamba and Dunarea Ionescu, et al.
3019-3027	Osteoclastic cell behaviors affected by the α-tricalcium phosphate based bone cements	Sun-Ae Oh, Gil-Su Lee, Jeong-Hui Park and Hae-Won Kim
3029-3037	Surface immobilized zoledronate improves screw fixation in rat bone: A new method for the coating of metal implants	Therese Andersson, Fredrik Agholme, Per Aspenberg and Pentti Tengvall
3039-3048	Static and dynamic cultivation of bone marrow stromal cells on biphasic calcium phosphate scaffolds derived from an indirect rapid prototyping technique	M. Schumacher, F. Uhl, R. Detsch, U. Deisinger and G. Ziegler
3049-3057	Improved mechanical long-term reliability of hip resurfacing prostheses by using silicon nitride	Wen Zhang, M. Titze, B. Cappi, D. C. Wirtz and R. Telle, et al.

Volume 21, Number 12 / December 2010

3059-3064	Preparation and mechanical property of poly(ε-caprolactone)–matrix composites containing nano-apatite fillers modified by silane coupling agents	C. Deng, J. Weng, K. Duan, N. Yao and X. B. Yang, et al.
3065-3076	Anti-washout carboxymethyl chitosan modified tricalcium silicate bone cement: preparation, mechanical properties and in vitro bioactivity	Qing Lin, Xianghui Lan, Yanbao Li, Yinhui Yu and Yaru Ni, et al.
3077-3083	Nano-hydroxyapatite/poly(l-lactic acid) composite synthesized by a modified in situ precipitation: preparation and properties	C. Y. Zhang, H. Lu, Z. Zhuang, X. P. Wang and Q. F. Fang
3085-3093	A dynamic mechanical thermal analysis study of the viscoelastic properties and glass transition temperature behaviour of bioresorbable polymer matrix nanocomposites	Samuel I. J. Wilberforce, Serena M. Best and Ruth E. Cameron
3095-3101	Spherical N-carboxyethylchitosan/hydroxyapatite nanoparticles prepared by ionic diffusion process in a controlled manner	Aiping Zhu, Yan Lu, Yao Zhou and Sheng Dai
3103-3107	Processing of a porous titanium alloy from elemental powders using a solid state isothermal foaming technique	Aris W. Nugroho, Garry Leadbeater and Ian J. Davies
3109-3118	Image processing and fractal box counting: user-assisted method for multi-scale porous scaffold characterization	Vincenzo Guarino, Angela Guaccio, Paolo A. Netti and Luigi Ambrosio
3119-3127	Indirect rapid prototyping of biphasic calcium phosphate scaffolds as bone substitutes: influence of phase composition, macroporosity and pore geometry on mechanical properties	M. Schumacher, U. Deisinger, R. Detsch and G. Ziegler
3129-3140	An in vitro release study of indomethacin from nanoparticles based on methyl methacrylate/glycidyl methacrylate copolymers	L. E. Nita, A. P. Chiriac and M. Nistor
3141-3150	In vitro characterisation of calcium phosphate biomaterials loaded with lidocaine hydrochloride and morphine hydrochloride	H. Gautier, V. Chamblain, P. Weiss, C. Merle and J. M. Bouler
3151-3162	Tissue response and biodegradation of composite scaffolds prepared from Thai silk fibroin, gelatin and hydroxyapatite	Hathairat Tungtasana, Somruetai Shuangshoti, Shanop Shuangshoti, Sorada Kanokpanont and David L. Kaplan, et al.
3163-3169	Magnesium-based composites with improved in vitro surface biocompatibility	Zhiguang Huan, Jie Zhou and Jurek Duszczyk
3171-3181	Evaluation of colloidal silica suspension as efficient additive for improving physicochemical and in vitro biological properties of calcium sulfate-based nanocomposite bone cement	Shokoufeh Borhan, Saeed Hesaraki and Shaghayegh Ahmadzadeh-Asl
3183-3193	Simultaneous expansion and harvest of hematopoietic stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood	Song Kedong, Fan Xiubo, Liu Tianqing, Hugo M. Macedo and Jiang LiLi, et al.
3195-3205	Evaluating cell proliferation based on internal pore size and 3D scaffold architecture fabricated using solid freeform fabrication technology	Jin Woo Lee, Geunseon Ahn, Jong Young Kim and Dong-Woo Cho
3207-3215	Electrospinning of small diameter 3-D nanofibrous tubular scaffolds with controllable nanofiber orientations for vascular grafts	Huijun Wu, Jintu Fan, Chih-Chang Chu and Jun Wu

Volume 22, Number 1 / January 2011

1-9	Characterization of the chemically deposited hydroxyapatite coating on a titanium substrate	Alexander V. Zavgorodniy, Oscar Borrero-López, Mark Hoffman, Racquel Z. LeGeros and Ramin Rohanizadeh
11-18	Alkaline degradation study of linear and network poly(ε-caprolactone)	J. M. Meseguer-Dueñas, J. Más-Estellés, I. Castilla-Cortázar, J. L. Escobar Ivirico and A. Vidaurre
19-28	The bioactivity and ion release of titanium-containing glass polyalkenoate cements for medical applications	A. W. Wren, N. M. Cummins, F. R. Laffir, S. P. Hudson and M. R. Towler
29-40	Preparation and complex characterization of silica holmium sol–gel monoliths	D. Cacaina, S. Areva, H. Laaksonen, S. Simon and H. Ylänen
41-50	Corrosion characteristics of anodized Ti–(10–40wt%)Hf alloys for metallic biomaterials use	Yong-Hoon Jeong, Han-Cheol Choe and William A. Brantley
51-62	Effects of different cross-linking conditions on the properties of genipin-cross-linked chitosan/collagen scaffolds for cartilage tissue engineering	Long Bi, Zheng Cao, Yunyu Hu, Yang Song and Long Yu, et al.
63-69	Synthesis and characterization of gelatin nanoparticles using CDI/NHS as a non-toxic cross-linking system	Nader Taheri Qazvini and Sahar Zinatloo
71-84	Sputter deposited bioceramic coatings: surface characterisation and initial protein adsorption studies using surface-MALDI-MS	A. R. Boyd, G. A. Burke, H. Duffy, M. Holmberg and C. O’ Kane, et al.
85-96	Covalent attachment of a bioactive hyperbranched polymeric layer to titanium surface for the biomimetic growth of calcium phosphates	D. Tsiourvas, A. Tsetsekou, M. Arkas, S. Diplas and E. Mastrogianni
97-105	Scaffolds with a standardized macro-architecture fabricated from several calcium phosphate ceramics using an indirect rapid prototyping technique	C. E. Wilson, C. A. van Blitterswijk, A. J. Verbout, W. J. A. Dhert and J. D. de Bruijn
107-114	Heparin-functionalized collagen matrices with controlled release of basic fibroblast growth factor	J. M. Wu, Y. Y. Xu, Z. H. Li, X. Y. Yuan and P. F. Wang, et al.
115-123	Crosslinking of gelatin-based drug carriers by genipin induces changes in drug kinetic profiles in vitro	Goutam Thakur, Analava Mitra, Dérick Rousseau, Amit Basak and Siddik Sarkar, et al.
125-135	Acrylic acid–methyl methacrylate (2.5:7.5/2:8) enteric copolymer for colon targeted drug delivery	Saurabh Vijay, O. P. Sati and Dipak K. Majumdar
137-149	Evaluation of in situ albumin binding surfaces: a study of protein adsorption and platelet adhesion	Sanjukta Guha Thakurta and Anuradha Subramanian
151-158	Response of human alveolar bone-derived cells to a novel poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene)/barium titanate membrane	L. N. Teixeira, G. E. Crippa, R. Gimenes, M. A. Zaghete and P. T. de Oliveira, et al.
159-164	A novel sheep vertebral bone defect model for injectable bioactive vertebral augmentation materials	X. S. Zhu, Z. M. Zhang, H. Q. Mao, D. C. Geng and J. Zou, et al.
165-174	Enhanced osteogenic differentiation of cord blood-derived unrestricted somatic stem cells on electrospun nanofibers	Ehsan Seyedjafari, Masoud Soleimani, Nasser Ghaemi and Mohammad Nabi Sarbolouki
175-183	Fabrication and characters of a corneal endothelial cells scaffold based on chitosan	Ye Liang, Wanshun Liu, Baoqin Han, Chaozhong Yang and Qun Ma, et al.
185-191	Evaluation of an osteostimulative putty in the sheep spine	Zhen Wang, Bin Lu, Lei Chen and Jiang Chang
193-200	Electrochemical behaviour and surface characterisation of Zr exposed to an SBF solution containing glycine, in view of dental implant applications	Benedetto Bozzini, Paolo Carlino and Claudio Mele

Volume 22, Number 2 / February 2011

201-208	Synthesis of CaO–SiO₂–P₂O₅ mesoporous bioactive glasses with high P₂O₅ content by evaporation induced self assembly process	Shan Zhao, Yanbao Li and Dongxu Li
209-216	Effect of ammonium carbonate on formation of calcium-deficient hydroxyapatite through double-step hydrothermal processing	S. Prakash Parthiban, Ill Yong Kim, Koichi Kikuta and Chikara Ohtsuki
217-227	Synthesis, bioactivity and preliminary biocompatibility studies of glasses in the system CaO–MgO–SiO₂–Na₂O–P₂O₅–CaF₂	D. U. Tulyaganov, S. Agathopoulos, P. Valerio, A. Balamurugan and A. Saranti, et al.
229-236	Doped calcium–aluminium–phosphate cements for biomedical applications	V. Medri, M. Mazzocchi and A. Bellosi
237-245	Corrosion study of single crystal Ni–Mn–Ga alloy and Tb_0.27Dy_0.73Fe_1.95 alloy for the design of new medical microdevices	Pierre Pouponneau, Oumarou Savadogo, Teko Napporn, L’Hocine Yahia and Sylvain Martel
247-251	The effect of ultrasound on the uptake of fluoride by glass ionomer cements	S. Shahid, R. W. Billington and R. G. Hill
253-262	A combined experimental and modelling approach to aortic valve viscoelasticity in tensile deformation	Afshin Anssari-Benam, Dan L. Bader and Hazel R. C. Screen
263-271	Preparation and characterization of a new gellan gum and sulphated hyaluronic acid hydrogel designed for epidural scar prevention	Claudia Cencetti, Davide Bellini, Cristina Longinotti, Andrea Martinelli and Pietro Matricardi
273-278	Effect of heat treatments on apatite-forming ability of NaOH- and HCl-treated titanium metal	Deepak K. Pattanayak, Seiji Yamaguchi, Tomiharu Matsushita and Tadashi Kokubo
279-288	Fabrication of chitosan/poly(ε-caprolactone) composite hydrogels for tissue engineering applications	Xia Zhong, Chengdong Ji, Andrew K. L. Chan, Sergei G. Kazarian and Andrew Ruys, et al.
289-297	A homogenous CS/NaCMC/n-HA polyelectrolyte complex membrane prepared by gradual electrostatic assembling	Hong Jiang, Yi Zuo, Lin Cheng, Hongli Wang and Aiqun Gu, et al.
299-305	A novel method for the fabrication of homogeneous hydroxyapatite/collagen nanocomposite and nanocomposite scaffold with hierarchical porosity	Xinyu Shen, Li Chen, Xuan Cai, Tong Tong and Hua Tong, et al.
307-316	Improved adhesion of ultra-hard carbon films on cobalt–chromium orthopaedic implant alloy	Shane A. Catledge, Rishi Vaid, Patrick Diggins, Jeffrey J. Weimer and Mark Koopman, et al.
317-325	Effect of ZrN coating by magnetron sputtering and sol–gel processed silica coating on titanium/porcelain interface bond strength	Yang Xia, Shu Zhou, Feimin Zhang and Ning Gu
327-337	Evaluation of two polymeric blends (EVA/PLA and EVA/PEG) as coating film materials for paclitaxel-eluting stent application	Xi Liu, Lei Lei, Jing-Wen Hou, Mu-Fei Tang and Sheng-Rong Guo, et al.
339-347	Bio-inspired porous SiC ceramics loaded with vancomycin for preventing MRSA infections	P. Díaz-Rodríguez, M. Landin, A. Rey-Rico, J. Couceiro and T. Coenye, et al.
349-355	Drug-loaded porous spherical hydroxyapatite granules for bone regeneration	Min-Ho Hong, Jun-Sik Son, Kwang-Mahn Kim, Myungho Han and Daniel S. Oh, et al.
357-369	Magnetically mediated release of ciprofloxacin from polyvinyl alcohol based superparamagnetic nanocomposites	A. K. Bajpai and Rashmi Gupta
371-379	The effect of loading icariin on biocompatibility and bioactivity of porous β-TCP ceramic	X. Zhang, Y. Guo, D. X. Li, R. Wang and H. S. Fan, et al.
381-387	An extended spectrum bactericidal titanium dioxide (TiO₂) coating for metallic implants: in vitro effectiveness against MRSA and mechanical properties	Maximilian Haenle, Andreas Fritsche, Carmen Zietz, Rainer Bader and Frank Heidenau, et al.
389-396	Seeding density matters: extensive intercellular contact masks the surface dependence of endothelial cell–biomaterial interactions	Yun Xia, Melissa Prawirasatya, Boon Chin Heng, Freddy Boey and Subbu S. Venkatraman
397-404	In vivo effects of isolated implantation of salmon-derived crosslinked atelocollagen sponge into an osteochondral defect	Yasuyuki Kawaguchi, Eiji Kondo, Nobuto Kitamura, Kazunobu Arakaki and Yasuhito Tanaka, et al.
405-416	Immobilization and bioactivity evaluation of FGF-1 and FGF-2 on powdered silicon-doped hydroxyapatite and their scaffolds for bone tissue engineering	María José Feito, Rosa María Lozano, María Alcaide, Cecilia Ramírez-Santillán and Daniel Arcos, et al.
417-425	Joint immobilization inhibits spontaneous hyaline cartilage regeneration induced by a novel double-network gel implantation	Kazunobu Arakaki, Nobuto Kitamura, Takayuki Kurokawa, Shin Onodera and Fuminori Kanaya, et al.
427	Erratum to: Magnesium-based composites with improved in vitro surface biocompatibility	Zhiguang Huan, Sander Leeflang, Jie Zhou and Jurek Duszczyk

Volume 22, Number 3 / March 2011

429-436	Formation and properties of magnesium–ammonium–phosphate hexahydrate biocements in the Ca–Mg–PO₄ system	Elke Vorndran, Andrea Ewald, Frank A. Müller, Katharina Zorn and Andreas Kufner, et al.
437-450	Effect of the environment on wear ranking and corrosion of biomedical CoCrMo alloys	A. Igual Muñoz and S. Mischler
451-460	Porous calcium alginate–gelatin interpenetrated matrix and its biomineralization potential	Izabela-Cristina Stancu, Diana Maria Dragusin, Eugeniu Vasile, Roxana Trusca and Iulian Antoniac, et al.
461-467	Characterization of self-organized TiO₂ nanotubes on Ti–4Zr–22Nb–2Sn alloys and the application in drug delivery system	Y. Q. Liang, Z. D. Cui, S. L. Zhu and X. J. Yang
469-479	Synthesis and characterization of ionic charged water soluble arginine-based poly(ester amide)	Jun Wu, Martha A. Mutschler and Chih-Chang Chu
481-490	Development of nanocomposite based on hydroxyethylmethacrylate and functionalized fumed silica: mechanical, chemico–physical and biological characterization	Antonella D’Agostino, Maria Emanuela Errico, Mario Malinconico, Mario De Rosa and Maurizio Avella, et al.
491-496	Electrohydrodynamic deposition of nanotitanium doped hydroxyapatite coating for medical and dental applications	J. Huang, X. Li, G. P. Koller, L. Di Silvio and M. A. Vargas-Reus, et al.
497-505	Pulsed laser deposition of hydroxyapatite on titanium substrate with titania interlayer	P. Rajesh, C. V. Muraleedharan, Manoj Komath and Harikrishna Varma
507-514	Surface grafting of blood compatible zwitterionic poly(ethylene glycol) on diamond-like carbon-coated stent	Bong Soo Lee, Hong-Sub Shin, Kwideok Park and Dong Keun Han
515-523	Freeze extrusion fabrication of 13–93 bioactive glass scaffolds for bone repair	Nikhil D. Doiphode, Tieshu Huang, Ming C. Leu, Mohamed N. Rahaman and Delbert E. Day
525-532	Low-temperature ¹H-NMR spectroscopic study of doxorubicin influence on the hydrated properties of nanosilica modified by DNA	V. V. Turov, V. F. Chehun, V. N. Barvinchenko, T. V. Krupskaya and Yu. I. Prylutskyy, et al.
533-545	Surface modification of Ti–6Al–4V alloy for biomineralization and specific biological response: Part I, inorganic modification	S. Ferraris, S. Spriano, G. Pan, A. Venturello and C. L. Bianchi, et al.
547-555	Synthesis, characterization and osteoconductivity properties of bone fillers based on alendronate-loaded poly(ε-caprolactone)/hydroxyapatite microspheres	Jianhong Chen, Yun Luo, Liangqing Hong, You Ling and Jun Pang, et al.
557-569	Ag-doped 45S5 Bioglass^®-based bone scaffolds by molten salt ion exchange: processing and characterisation	P. J. Newby, R. El-Gendy, J. Kirkham, X. B. Yang and I. D. Thompson, et al.
571-577	Study of release speeds and bacteria inhibiting capabilities of drug delivery membranes fabricated via electrospinning by observing bacteria growth curves	Yao Nan Lin, Kai Ming Chang, Shiang Cheng Jeng, Ping Yu Lin and Ray Quen Hsu
579-591	Hollow hydroxyapatite microspheres as a device for controlled delivery of proteins	Hailuo Fu, Mohamed N. Rahaman, Delbert E. Day and Roger F. Brown
593-600	Na-doped β-tricalcium phosphate: physico-chemical and in vitro biological properties	Laëtitia Obadia, Marion Julien, Sophie Quillard, Thierry Rouillon and Paul Pilet, et al.
601-606	Magnetic resonance imaging probes for labeling of chondrocyte cells	Gang Liu, Chunchao Xia, Zhiyong Wang, Fei Lv and Fabao Gao, et al.
607-615	Preparation and preliminary cytocompatibility of magnesium doped apatite cement with degradability for bone regeneration	Jingxiong Lu, Jie Wei, Yonggang Yan, Hong Li and Junfeng Jia, et al.
617-627	Effect of blasting treatment and Fn coating on MG63 adhesion and differentiation on titanium: a gene expression study using real-time RT-PCR	M. Pegueroles, A. Aguirre, E. Engel, G. Pavon and F. J. Gil, et al.
629-636	In vitro adhesion of staphylococci to diamond-like carbon polymer hybrids under dynamic flow conditions	Antti Soininen, Jaakko Levon, Maria Katsikogianni, Katja Myllymaa and Reijo Lappalainen, et al.
637-646	Hydroxyapatite-collagen composites. Part I: can the decrease of the interactions between the two components be a physicochemical component of osteoporosis in aged bone?	Niccoletta Barbani, Elisabetta Rosellini, Caterina Cristallini, Giulio D. Guerra and Adriano Krajewski, et al.
647-656	In vivo performance of bilayer hydroxyapatite scaffolds for bone tissue regeneration in the rabbit radius	Teja Guda, John A. Walker, Beth E. Pollot, Mark R. Appleford and Sunho Oh, et al.
657-661	Detection of synthetic RGDS(PO₃H₂)PA peptide adsorption using a titanium surface plasmon resonance biosensor	Yasuhiko Abe, Kyou Hiasa, Isao Hirata, Yohei Okazaki and Keisuke Nogami, et al.
663-670	Corneal epithelialisation on surface-modified hydrogel implants
671-682	Surface properties and cell adhesion onto allylamine-plasma and amine-plasma coated glass coverslips	Marianne Crespin, Nicolas Moreau, Bernard Masereel, Olivier Feron and Bernard Gallez, et al.
683-692	In vitro study in stimulating the secretion of angiogenic growth factors of strontium-doped calcium polyphosphate for bone tissue engineering	Fei Liu, Xu Zhang, Xixun Yu, Yuanting Xu and Ting Feng, et al.
693-704	Fabrication and cell affinity of biomimetic structured PLGA/articular cartilage ECM composite scaffold	Xifu Zheng, Fei Yang, Shenguo Wang, Shibi Lu and Weiguo Zhang, et al.
705-720	Macro-to-micro porous special bioactive glass and ceftriaxone–sulbactam composite drug delivery system for treatment of chronic osteomyelitis: an investigation through in vitro and in vivo animal trial	Biswanath Kundu, Samit Kumar Nandi, Sudip Dasgupta, Someswar Datta and Prasenjit Mukherjee, et al.
721-729	Preparation of magnetic and bioactive calcium zinc iron silicon oxide composite for hyperthermia treatment of bone cancer and repair of bone defects	Yumin Jiang, Jun Ou, Zhanhe Zhang and Qing-Hua Qin
731-739	Stimulated osteoblastic proliferation by mesoporous silica xerogel with high specific surface area	Huanjun Zhou, Xiaohui Wu, Jie Wei, Xun Lu and Shuo Zhang, et al.
741-751	One and four layer acellular bladder matrix for fascial tissue reconstruction	Daniel Eberli, Anthony Atala and James J. Yoo

Volume 22, Number 4 / April 2011

753-761	In vitro dissolution and corrosion study of calcium phosphate coatings elaborated by pulsed electrodeposition current on Ti6Al4V substrate	R. Drevet, F. Velard, S. Potiron, D. Laurent-Maquin and H. Benhayoune
763-771	Synthesis of novel tricalcium phosphate-bioactive glass composite and functionalization with rhBMP-2	Karolina Schickle, Kristin Zurlinden, Christian Bergmann, Markus Lindner and Armin Kirsten, et al.
773-779	Povidone–iodine as a corrosion inhibitor towards a low modulus beta Ti-45Nb implant alloy in a simulated body fluid	S. M. Bhola, R. Bhola, B. Mishra and D. L. Olson
781-788	Enzymatic degradation of the hydrogels based on synthetic poly(α-amino acid)s	Tomáš Sedlačík, Hana Studenovská and František Rypáček
789-796	Enhanced antibacterial effect of silver nanoparticles obtained by electrochemical synthesis in poly(amide-hydroxyurethane) media	Stefan Marius, Hritcu Lucian, Mihasan Marius, Pricop Daniela and Gostin Irina, et al.
797-807	Corrosion behaviour of heat treated boron free and boron containing Ti–13Zr–13Nb (wt%) alloy in simulated body fluid	P. Majumdar, S. B. Singh, U. K. Chatterjee and M. Chakraborty
809-817	Alpha-tricalcium phosphate (α-TCP): solid state synthesis from different calcium precursors and the hydraulic reactivity	Gulcin Cicek, Eda Ayse Aksoy, Caner Durucan and Nesrin Hasirci
819-827	Quantitative grafting of peptide onto the nontoxic biodegradable waterborne polyurethanes to fabricate peptide modified scaffold for soft tissue engineering	Xia Jiang, Kunjie Wang, Mingming Ding, Jiehua Li and Hong Tan, et al.
829-838	Influence of calcinated and non calcinated nanobioglass particles on hardness and bioactivity of sol–gel-derived TiO₂–SiO₂ nano composite coatings on stainless steel substrates	Mohammad Saleh Dadash, Saeed Karbasi, Mojtaba Nasr Esfahani, Mohammad Reza Ebrahimi and Hojatollah Vali
839-844	Preparation and characterization of a novel porous titanium scaffold with 3D hierarchical porous structures	Yuejun Chen, Bo Feng, Yaping Zhu, Jie Weng and Jianxin Wang, et al.
845-851	Carbon nanotubes linked with pitavastatin: synthesis and characterisation	E. Borowiak-Palen, P. Skupin, M. Kruszynska, L. Sobotta and J. Mielcarek
853-863	Glycyrrhetinic acid-functionalized degradable micelles as liver-targeted drug carrier	Wei Huang, Wei Wang, Ping Wang, Chuang-Nian Zhang and Qin Tian, et al.
865-878	Sustained release optimized formulation of anastrozole-loaded chitosan microspheres: in vitro and in vivo evaluation	Gopal V. Shavi, Usha Y. Nayak, M. Sreenivasa Reddy, A. Karthik and Praful B. Deshpande, et al.
879-886	A new concept of gentamicin loaded HAP/TCP bone substitute for prophylactic action: in vivo pharmacokinetic study	E. Viguier, A. Bignon, F. Laurent, D. Goehrig and G. Boivin, et al.
887-897	Cell response to collagen-calcium phosphate cement scaffolds investigated for nonviral gene delivery	R. A. Perez, M. P. Ginebra and M. Spector
899-906	Free form fabricated features on CoCr implants with and without hydroxyapatite coating in vivo: a comparative study of bone contact and bone growth induction	Kathryn Grandfield, Anders Palmquist, Stéphane Gonçalves, Andy Taylor and Mark Taylor, et al.
907-915	Influence of thermal treatment on the “in vitro” bioactivity of wollastonite materials	Miguel A. de la Casa-Lillo, Pablo Velásquez and Piedad N. De Aza
917-925	Assessment of bone ingrowth potential of biomimetic hydroxyapatite and brushite coated porous E-beam structures	J. Elizabeth Biemond, Tatiane S. Eufrásio, Gerjon Hannink, Nico Verdonschot and Pieter Buma
927-933	On model of angiogenesis and the mechanism in porous silk fibroin films	Lun Bai, Dongping Wu, Janmei Xu, Huifeng Liu and Min Xie, et al.
935-943	Functionalized bridged silsesquioxane-based nanostructured microspheres: ultrasound-assisted synthesis and in vitro cytotoxicity characterization	Hernán E. Romeo, Mónica Cameo, María V. Choren and María A. Fanovich
945-959	Composition–property relationships for an experimental composite nerve guidance conduit: evaluating cytotoxicity and initial tensile strength	S. Kehoe, X. F. Zhang and D. Boyd
961-967	The effect of strontium incorporation in hydroxyapatite on osteoblasts in vitro	Guo-Xin Ni, Zhi-Peng Yao, Guo-Tao Huang, Wen-Ge Liu and William W. Lu
969-976	Biomechanical evaluation of regenerating long bone by nanoindentation	Takuya Ishimoto, Takayoshi Nakano, Masaya Yamamoto and Yasuhiko Tabata
977-987	Surface characterization and biological response of carbon-coated oxygen-diffused titanium having different topographical surfaces	Osamu Yamamoto, Kelly Alvarez, Yuki Kashiwaya and Masayuki Fukuda
989-995	Preparation, release profiles and antibacterial properties of vancomycin-loaded Ca–P coating titanium alloy plate	Jun Fei, Guo-dong Liu, Chang-jiang Pan, Ji-ying Chen and Yong-gang Zhou, et al.
997-1004	Biological monitoring of a xenomaterial for grafting: an evaluation in critical-size calvarial defects	Thais Accorsi-Mendonça, Willian Fernando Zambuzzi, Clóvis Monteiro Bramante, Tânia Mari Cestari and Rumio Taga, et al.
1005-1014	Corrosion behaviour and biocompatibility of a novel Ni-free intermetallic coating growth on austenitic steel by hot dipping in an Al–12.6%Si alloy	M. A. Arenas, E. Frutos, L. Saldaña, A. Conde and L. Labajos-Broncano, et al.
1015-1026	Examination of the inflammatory response following implantation of titanium plates coated with phospholipids in rats	Alexandra Kochanowski, Andreas Hoene, Maciej Patrzyk, Uwe Walschus and Birgit Finke, et al.
1027-1036	The effect of substrate topography on hFOB cell behavior and initial cell adhesion evaluated by a cytodetacher	Shih-Ping Yang and Tzer-Min Lee
1037-1043	Development of the novel biotube inserting technique for acceleration of thick-walled autologous tissue-engineered vascular grafts fabrication	Ning Ma, Zhenyu Wang, Hao Chen, Yanjun Sun and Haifa Hong, et al.
1045-1051	Adhesive interactions between cells and biotinylated phospholipid vesicles in alginate: towards new responsive biomaterials	Felicity de Cogan, Julie E. Gough and Simon J. Webb
1053-1062	Optimizing PANi doped electroactive substrates as patches for the regeneration of cardiac muscle	A. Borriello, V. Guarino, L. Schiavo, M. A. Alvarez-Perez and L. Ambrosio
1063-1071	Synthesis and biological evaluation of PMMA/MMT nanocomposite as denture base material	Junping Zheng, Qiang Su, Chen Wang, Gang Cheng and Ran Zhu, et al.
1073-1080	Bioactive glass granules: a suitable bone substitute material in the operative treatment of depressed lateral tibial plateau fractures: a prospective, randomized 1 year follow-up study	Jouni T. Heikkilä, Juha Kukkonen, Allan J. Aho, Susanna Moisander and Timo Kyyrönen, et al.
1081-1086	In vitro analysis of polyurethane foam as a topical hemostatic agent	Ferdinand I. Broekema, Wim van Oeveren, Johan Zuidema, Susan H. Visscher and Rudolf R. M. Bos

Volume 22, Number 5 / May 2011

1087-1099	Cell therapeutic options in liver diseases: cell types, medical devices and regulatory issues	Andreas K. Nussler, Katrin Zeilinger, Lilianna Schyschka, Sabrina Ehnert and Jörg C. Gerlach, et al.
1101-1109	Hydrolysis of monetite/chitosan composites in α-MEM and SBF solutions	Ahmed H. Touny, Herbert Dawkins, Huan Zhou and Sarit B. Bhaduri
1111-1118	Mechanical strength of ceramic scaffolds reinforced with biopolymers is comparable to that of human bone	S. S. Henriksen, M. Ding, M. Vinther Juhl, N. Theilgaard and S. Overgaard
1119-1125	Reduction of Ni release and improvement of the friction behaviour of NiTi orthodontic archwires by oxidation treatments	E. Espinar, J. M. Llamas, A. Michiardi, M. P. Ginebra and F. J. Gil
1127-1135	Contributions of microstructure and chemical composition to the mechanical properties of dentin	H. Ryou, N. Amin, A. Ross, N. Eidelman and D. H. Wang, et al.
1137-1146	A pictographic atlas for classifying damage modes on polyethylene bearings	Melinda Harman, Luca Cristofolini, Paolo Erani, Susanna Stea and Marco Viceconti
1147-1159	RETRACTED ARTICLE: Functionalization of titanium based metallic biomaterials for implant applications	Rahul Bhola, Fengyun Su and Catherine E. Krull
1161-1169	Two steps bulk-surface functionalization of nanoporous alumina by methyl and vinyl-silane adsorption. Evidence for oxide surface highly reactive sites creation	Christophe Azevedo, Pierre Cenedese and Pierre Dubot
1171-1182	Development and characterization of reinforced poly(l-lactide) scaffolds for bone tissue engineering	Joo-Eon Park and Mitsugu Todo
1183-1193	Fabrication of novel PLA/CDHA bionanocomposite fibers for tissue engineering applications via electrospinning	Huan Zhou, Ahmed H. Touny and Sarit B. Bhaduri
1195-1203	Evaluation of 3D nano–macro porous bioactive glass scaffold for hard tissue engineering	S. Wang, M. M. Falk, A. Rashad, M. M. Saad and A. C. Marques, et al.
1205-1211	Synthesized silicon-substituted hydroxyapatite coating on titanium substrate by electrochemical deposition	Deng-Hu Li, Jun Lin, Dong-Yang Lin and Xiao-Xiang Wang
1213-1220	Preparation and characterization of self-assemblied nanoparticles based on folic acid modified carboxymethyl chitosan	Yu-long Tan and Chen-Guang Liu
1221-1230	A fibrin gel loaded with chitosan nanoparticles for local delivery of rhEGF: preparation and in vitro release studies	Wenjun Zhou, Min Zhao, Yuan Zhao and Yan Mou
1231-1246	Physicochemical characterisation and biological evaluation of polyvinylpyrrolidone-iodine engineered polyurethane (Tecoflex^®)	Anand P. Khandwekar and Mukesh Doble
1247-1255	Improved bioabsorbability of synthetic hydroxyapatite through partial dissolution-precipitation of its surface	Xianjun Ding, Masahiko Takahata, Toshiyuki Akazawa, Norimasa Iwasaki and Yuichiro Abe, et al.
1257-1268	Alginate combined calcium phosphate cements: mechanical properties and in vitro rat bone marrow stromal cell responses	Gil-Su Lee, Jeong-Hui Park, Jong-Eun Won, Ueon Sang Shin and Hae-Won Kim
1269-1278	Evaluation of the biocompatibility of S-phase layers on medical grade austenitic stainless steels	Joseph Buhagiar, Thomas Bell, Rachel Sammons and Hanshan Dong
1279-1291	Hyaluronan-based heparin-incorporated hydrogels for generation of axially vascularized bioartificial bone tissues: in vitro and in vivo evaluation in a PLDLLA–TCP–PCL-composite system	Subha N. Rath, Galyna Pryymachuk, Oliver A. Bleiziffer, Christopher X. F. Lam and Andreas Arkudas, et al.
1293-1302	Study of the in vitro corrosion behavior and biocompatibility of Zr-2.5Nb and Zr-1.5Nb-1Ta (at%) crystalline alloys	F. Rosalbino, D. Macciò, P. Giannoni, R. Quarto and A. Saccone
1303-1319	Microstructure and in vitro behaviour of 45S5 bioglass coatings deposited by high velocity suspension flame spraying (HVSFS)	L. Altomare, D. Bellucci, G. Bolelli, B. Bonferroni and V. Cannillo, et al.
1321-1332	Direct visualization and quantification of bone growth into porous titanium implants using micro computed tomography	E. Baril, L. P. Lefebvre and S. A. Hacking
1333-1342	Initial in vitro biocompatibility of a bone cement composite containing a poly-ε-caprolactone microspheres	M. Anirban Jyoti and Ho-Yeon Song
1343-1356	Expansion and preservation of multipotentiality of rabbit bone-marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells in dextran-based microcarrier spin culture	Lily Boo, Lakshmi Selvaratnam, Cheh Chin Tai, Tunku Sara Ahmad and Tunku Kamarul
1357-1364	In vivo tests of a novel wound dressing based on biomaterials with tissue adhesion controlled through external stimuli	C. Ignacio, L. Barcellos, M. D. Ferreira, S. A. L. Moura and I. A. Soares, et al.

Volume 22, Number 6 / June 2011

1365-1374	Elasticity, thermal stability and bioactivity of polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes reinforced chitosan-based microfibres	S. L. Chew, K. Wang, S. P. Chai and K. L. Goh
1375-1381	Transverse mechanical properties of collagen fibers from nanoindentation	Katerina E. Aifantis, Sanjiv Shrivastava and Gregory M. Odegard
1383-1391	Characterization of surface modification on self-assembled monolayer-based piezoelectric crystal immunosensor for the quantification of serum α-fetoprotein	Yu-Chang Tyan, Ming-Hui Yang, Tze-Wen Chung, Wen-Cheng Chen and Ming-Chen Wang, et al.
1393-1406	Laser surface modification for synthesis of textured bioactive and biocompatible Ca–P coatings on Ti–6Al–4V	Sameer R. Paital, Nancy Bunce, Peeyush Nandwana, Chinmay Honrao and Soumya Nag, et al.
1407-1417	Preparation of decellularized and crosslinked artery patch for vascular tissue-engineering application	Yilin Zhao, Zhigang Zhang, Jinling Wang, Ping Yin and Yu Wang, et al.
1419-1429	Bonding interactions and stability assessment of biopolymer material prepared using type III collagen of avian intestine and anionic polysaccharides	G. Sailakshmi, Tapas Mitra, A. Gnanamani, S. Thirupathy Kumara Raja and T. Thiruselvi, et al.
1431-1438	Spectral study of interaction between poly(l-lysine)–poly(ethylene glycol)–poly(l-lysine) and nucleic acids	Yu He, Qiujun Yan, Gongwu Song and Juan Chen
1439-1446	Assessment of antimicrobial effect of Biosilicate^® against anaerobic, microaerophilic and facultative anaerobic microorganisms	Carlos Henrique Gomes Martins, Tatiane Cruz Carvalho, Maria Gorete Mendes Souza, Christian Ravagnani and Oscar Peitl, et al.
1447-1453	Antimicrobial activity of gentamicin palmitate against high concentrations of Staphylococcus aureus	Clemens Kittinger, Egon Marth, Reinhard Windhager, Annelie M. Weinberg and Gernot Zarfel, et al.
1455-1464	Effects of thermal treatments on protein adsorption of Co–Cr–Mo ASTM-F75 alloys	L. A. Duncan, F. H. Labeed, M.-L. Abel, A. Kamali and J. F. Watts
1465-1477	Characterization of and host response to tyramine substituted-hyaluronan enriched fascia extracellular matrix	LiKang Chin, Anthony Calabro, E. Rene Rodriguez, Carmela D. Tan and Esteban Walker, et al.
1479-1487	Translationally controlled tumor protein against apoptosis from 2-hydroxy-ethyl methacrylate in human dental pulp cells	Nattaporn Wanachottrakul, Wilaiwan Chotigeat and Ureporn Kedjarune-Leggat
1489-1499	Enhanced osteoblast and osteoclast responses to a thin film sputtered hydroxyapatite coating	J. Hao, S. Kuroda, K. Ohya, S. Bartakova and H. Aoki, et al.
1501-1510	Silicate and borate glasses as composite fillers: a bioactivity and biocompatibility study	P. P. Lopes, B. J. M. Leite Ferreira, P. S. Gomes, R. N. Correia and M. H. Fernandes, et al.
1511-1519	In vitro biological and tribological properties of transparent magnesium aluminate (Spinel) and aluminum oxynitride (ALON^®)	Subhadip Bodhak, Vamsi Krishna Balla, Susmita Bose, Amit Bandyopadhyay and Uday Kashalikar, et al.
1521-1528	A novel in vitro model for preclinical testing of the hemocompatibility of intravascular stents according to ISO 10993-4	Stefan Sinn, Torsten Scheuermann, Stephan Deichelbohrer, Gerhard Ziemer and Hans P. Wendel
1529-1540	Coupling of gelatin to inner surfaces of pore walls in spongy alginate-based scaffolds facilitates the adhesion, growth and differentiation of human bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells	Yu. A. Petrenko, R. V. Ivanov, A. Yu. Petrenko and V. I. Lozinsky
1541-1554	A smart bilayer scaffold of elastin-like recombinamer and collagen for soft tissue engineering	Beste Kinikoglu, José Carlos Rodríguez-Cabello, Odile Damour and Vasif Hasirci
1555-1567	Fabrication of nano-structured electrospun collagen scaffold intended for nerve tissue engineering	A. Timnak, F. Yousefi Gharebaghi, R. Pajoum Shariati, S. H. Bahrami and S. Javadian, et al.
1569-1578	Extruded collagen fibres for tissue engineering applications: effect of crosslinking method on mechanical and biological properties	Davide Enea, Frances Henson, Simon Kew, John Wardale and Alan Getgood, et al.
1579-1588	Effects of Ti2448 half-pin with low elastic modulus on pin loosening in unilateral external fixation	Kai Zheng, Xiaokang Li, Jun Fu, Xiangli Fan and Pan Wang, et al.
1589-1598	In vitro evaluation of stiffness graded artificial hip joint femur head in terms of joint stresses distributions and dimensions: finite element study	H. Fouad
1599-1606	Direct and interactive effects of three variables on properties of PMMA bone cement for vertebral body augmentation	Alejandro López, Erik Unosson, Håkan Engqvist and Cecilia Persson
1607-1614	Development of fluorapatite cement for dental enamel defects repair	Jie Wei, Jiecheng Wang, Wenpeng Shan, Xiaochen Liu and Jian Ma, et al.
1615-1623	In vivo evaluation of a novel dexamethasone-heparin-double-coated stent for inhibition of artery restenosis and thrombosis	Qing-Kui Guo, Zhi-Qian Lu, Jin-Ye Wang and Tao Li

Volume 22, Number 7 / July 2011

1625-1631	Microwave-assisted rapid discharge sintering of a bioactive glass–ceramic	Kevin P. O’Flynn, Barry Twomey, Aidan Breen, Denis P. Dowling and Kenneth T. Stanton
1633-1638	Effect of fluorine incorporation on long-term stability of magnesium-containing hydroxyapatite coatings	Yanli Cai, Sam Zhang, Xianting Zeng and Deen Sun
1639-1643	A novel polymer infiltrated ceramic for dental simulation	Li-Hong He, David Purton and Michael Swain
1645-1651	Influence of nanometer scale particulate fillers on some properties of microfilled composite resin	Sufyan Garoushi, Lippo V. J. Lassila and Pekka K. Vallittu
1653-1661	Determination of composition and structure of spongy bone tissue in human head of femur by Raman spectral mapping	M. Kozielski, T. Buchwald, M. Szybowicz, Z. Błaszczak and A. Piotrowski, et al.
1663-1670	Preparation and characterization of biomimetically and electrochemically deposited hydroxyapatite coatings on micro-arc oxidized Ti–13Nb–13Zr	Laís T. Duarte, Sonia R. Biaggio, Romeu C. Rocha-Filho and Nerilso Bocchi
1671-1679	Laser surface modification of titanium substrate for pulsed laser deposition of highly adherent hydroxyapatite	P. Rajesh, C. V. Muraleedharan, Manoj Komath and Harikrishna Varma
1681-1687	Fabrication and characterization of bioactive composite coatings on Mg–Zn–Ca alloy by MAO/sol–gel	J. H. Gao, X. Y. Shi, B. Yang, S. S. Hou and E. C. Meng, et al.
1689-1699	Elastomeric electrospun scaffolds of poly(l-lactide-co-trimethylene carbonate) for myocardial tissue engineering	Shayanti Mukherjee, Chiara Gualandi, Maria Letizia Focarete, Rajeswari Ravichandran and Jayarama Reddy Venugopal, et al.
1701-1706	Bacterial adherence on UHMWPE with vitamin E: an in vitro study	E. Gómez-Barrena, J. Esteban, D. Molina-Manso, H. Adames and M. J. Martínez-Morlanes, et al.
1707-1717	Treatment of periodontal defects in dogs using an injectable composite hydrogel/biphasic calcium phosphate	Xavier Struillou, Hervé Boutigny, Zahi Badran, Borhane H. Fellah and Olivier Gauthier, et al.
1719-1724	β-Tricalcium-phosphate stimulates the differentiation of dental follicle cells	Sandra Viale-Bouroncle, Brigitte Bey, Torsten E. Reichert, Gottfried Schmalz and Christian Morsczeck
1725-1734	In vitro bio-immunological and cytotoxicity studies of poly(2-oxazolines)	Juraj Kronek, Zuzana Kroneková, Jozef Lustoň, Ema Paulovičová and Lucia Paulovičová, et al.
1735-1740	Anticorrosion and cytocompatibility behavior of MAO/PLLA modified magnesium alloy WE42	Meiqing Guo, Lu Cao, Ping Lu, Yin Liu and Xinhua Xu
1741-1752	The effect of surface treatments on the adhesion of electrochemically deposited hydroxyapatite coating to titanium and on its interaction with cells and bacteria	Noam Eliaz, Oshrit Ritman-Hertz, Daniel Aronov, Evgeny Weinberg and Yotam Shenhar, et al.
1753-1762	Functionalisation of PLLA nanofiber scaffolds using a possible cooperative effect between collagen type I and BMP-2: impact on growth and osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells	Markus D. Schofer, Anne Veltum, Christina Theisen, Fei Chen and Seema Agarwal, et al.
1763-1772	Evolution of PVA gels prepared without crosslinking agents as a cell adhesive surface	Siddhi Gupta, Thomas J. Webster and Arvind Sinha
1773-1781	An approach to give prospective life-span of the copper/low-density-polyethylene nanocomposite intrauterine device	Xianping Xia, Ying Tang, Changsheng Xie, Yun Wang and Shuizhou Cai, et al.
1783	Erratum to: Enhanced antibacterial effect of silver nanoparticles obtained by electrochemical synthesis in poly(amide-hydroxyurethane) media	Marius Stefan, Lucian Hritcu, Marius Mihasan, Daniela Pricop and Irina Gostin, et al.
1785	Erratum to: Characterization of and host response to tyramine substituted-hyaluronan enriched fascia extracellular matrix	LiKang Chin, Anthony Calabro, E. Rene Rodriguez, Carmela D. Tan and Esteban Walker, et al.

Volume 22, Number 8 / August 2011

1787-1796	Electrochemical and mechanical behavior of laser processed Ti–6Al–4V surface in Ringer’s physiological solution	Raghuvir Singh, S. K. Tiwari, Suman K. Mishra and Narendra B. Dahotre
1797-1802	Characterization of an antimicrobial dental resin adhesive containing zinc methacrylate	Sandrina Henn, Fernanda Nedel, Rodrigo Varella de Carvalho, Rafael Guerra Lund and Maximiliano Sérgio Cenci, et al.
1803-1812	Nanostructured positively charged bioactive TiO₂ layer formed on Ti metal by NaOH, acid and heat treatments	Deepak K. Pattanayak, Seiji Yamaguchi, Tomiharu Matsushita and Tadashi Kokubo
1813-1824	Formation of OTS self-assembled monolayers at chemically treated titanium surfaces	Elnaz Ajami and Kondo-Francois Aguey-Zinsou
1825-1834	Composites for bone repair: phosphate glass fibre reinforced PLA with varying fibre architecture	I. Ahmed, I. A. Jones, A. J. Parsons, J. Bernard and J. Farmer, et al.
1835-1842	Surface modification of Ti-6Al-4 V alloy for biomineralization and specific biological response: part II, alkaline phosphatase grafting	S. Ferraris, S. Spriano, C. L. Bianchi, C. Cassinelli and E. Vernè
1843-1853	Fabrication and characterization of interconnected porous biodegradable poly(ε-caprolactone) load bearing scaffolds	Rula M. Allaf and Iris V. Rivero
1855-1862	Preparation of sulfonated porous carbon nanotubes/activated carbon composite beads and their adsorption of low density lipoprotein	Yuemei Lu, Qianming Gong, Fangping Lu, Ji Liang and Lijun Ji, et al.
1863-1872	Fabrication of silver nanocomposite films impregnated with curcumin for superior antibacterial applications	K. Varaprasad, K. Vimala, S. Ravindra, N. Narayana Reddy and G. Venkata Subba Reddy, et al.
1873-1884	Poly(lactide-co-glycolide)/hydroxyapatite nanofibrous scaffolds fabricated by electrospinning for bone tissue engineering	Lihong Lao, Yingjun Wang, Yang Zhu, Yuying Zhang and Changyou Gao
1885-1890	Study of the elution of fluconazole from a self-polymerizing acrylic resin and its activity against resistant Candida albicans	Rula M. Darwish, Wala M. Amin, Muna H. Al-Ali and Nesreen A. Salem
1891-1900	Improved interaction of osteoblast-like cells with apatite–nanodiamond coatings depends on fibronectin	K. Hristova, E. Pecheva, L. Pramatarova and G. Altankov
1901-1912	1,4-Dioxane enhances properties and biocompatibility of polyanionic collagen for tissue engineering applications	Fabio L. Forti, Marcos R. Bet, Gilberto Goissis and Ana M. G. Plepis
1913-1922	Streptococcus sanguinis adhesion on titanium rough surfaces: effect of shot-blasting particles	Ana G. Rodríguez-Hernández, A. Juárez, E. Engel and F. J. Gil
1923-1930	Raman spectroscopy of primary bovine aortic endothelial cells: a comparison of single cell and cell cluster analysis	A. R. Boyd, L. L. McManus, G. A. Burke and B. J. Meenan
1931	Erratum to: Raman spectroscopy of primary bovine aortic endothelial cells: a comparison of single cell and cell cluster analysis	L. L. McManus, A. R. Boyd, G. A. Burke and B. J. Meenan
1933-1945	Analysis of the cytotoxicity of differentially sized titanium dioxide nanoparticles in murine MC3T3-E1 preosteoblasts	Yilin Zhang, Weiqiang Yu, Xinquan Jiang, Kaige Lv and Shengjun Sun, et al.
1947-1964	Chitosan/silk fibroin-based tissue-engineered graft seeded with adipose-derived stem cells enhances nerve regeneration in a rat model	Yujun Wei, Kai Gong, Zhenghuan Zheng, Aijun Wang and Qiang Ao, et al.
1965-1973	LvBMP-2 gene-modified BMSCs combined with calcium phosphate cement scaffolds for the repair of calvarial defects in rats	Chao Zhu, Qing Chang, Duohong Zou, Wenjie Zhang and Shaoyi Wang, et al.
1975-1983	Particle size and shape effects in medical syringe needles: experiments and simulations for polymer microparticle injection	Mark A. Whitaker, Paul Langston, Andrew Naylor, Barry J. Azzopardi and Steven M. Howdle
1985-1992	Electrodeposition of chitosan-glucose oxidase biocomposite onto Pt–Pb nanoparticles modified stainless steel needle electrode for amperometric glucose biosensor	Meiqing Guo, Haidong Fang, Rui Wang, Zhiqiang Yang and Xinhua Xu

Volume 22, Number 9 / September 2011

1993-2004	Reactive calcium-phosphate-containing poly(ester-co-ether) methacrylate bone adhesives: setting, degradation and drug release considerations	Xin Zhao, Irwin Olsen, Jonathan Pratten, Jonathan C. Knowles and Anne M. Young
2005-2012	Antibacterial coatings on haemodialysis catheters by photochemical deposition of silver nanoparticles	M. Pollini, F. Paladini, M. Catalano, A. Taurino and A. Licciulli, et al.
2013-2018	A nitrogen doped TiO₂ layer on Ti metal for the enhanced formation of apatite	Masami Hashimoto, Kazumi Kashiwagi and Satoshi Kitaoka
2019-2028	Solvent and melting induced microspheres sintering techniques: a comparative study of morphology and mechanical properties	A. Luciani, V. Guarino, L. Ambrosio and P. A. Netti
2029-2034	Ultrasonically set novel NVC-containing glass-ionomer cements for applications in restorative dentistry	Alireza Moshaverinia, Sahar Ansari, Maryam Moshaverinia, Scott R. Schricker and Winston W. L. Chee
2035-2044	Optimisation of the enamelling of an apatite–mullite glass–ceramic coating on Ti₆Al₄V	Kevin P. O’Flynn and Kenneth T. Stanton
2045-2051	Quantification of vital adherent Streptococcus sanguinis cells on protein-coated titanium after disinfectant treatment	Monika Astasov-Frauenhoffer, Olivier Braissant, Irmgard Hauser-Gerspach, A. U. Daniels and Dieter Wirz, et al.
2053-2063	Platelet and leukocyte adhesion to albumin binding self-assembled monolayers	Inês C. Gonçalves, M. Cristina L. Martins, Judite N. Barbosa, Pedro Oliveira and Mário A. Barbosa, et al.
2065-2070	In vitro biocompatibility of modified potassium fluorrichterite and potassium fluorrichterite-fluorapatite glass–ceramics	Shashwat Bhakta, Kathryn Hurrell Gillingham, Mehdi Mirsaneh, Cheryl A. Miller and Ian M. Reaney, et al.
2071-2078	Morphological and functional behaviors of rat hepatocytes cultured on single-walled carbon nanotubes	Haruka Koga, Tsuyohiko Fujigaya, Naotoshi Nakashima and Kohji Nakazawa
2079-2088	Osteopenic bone cell response to strontium-substituted hydroxyapatite	E. Boanini, P. Torricelli, M. Fini and A. Bigi
2089-2095	Oxygen consumption, acidification and migration capacity of human primary osteoblasts within a three-dimensional tantalum scaffold	Anika Jonitz, Katrin Lochner, Tobias Lindner, Doris Hansmann and Annika Marrot, et al.
2097-2109	Delivery of chemotropic proteins and improvement of dopaminergic neuron outgrowth through a thixotropic hybrid nano-gel	Elisa Tamariz, Andrew C. A. Wan, Y. Shona Pek, Magda Giordano and Genoveva Hernández-Padrón, et al.
2111-2118	The osteogenic differentiation of dog bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in a thermo-sensitive injectable chitosan/collagen/β-glycerophosphate hydrogel: in vitro and in vivo	Bin Sun, Wei Ma, Fang Su, Yi Wang and Jiaqiang Liu, et al.
2119-2130	Precision microchannel scaffolds for central and peripheral nervous system repair	Daniel Lynam, Bridget Bednark, Chelsea Peterson, David Welker and Mingyong Gao, et al.
2131-2138	Long-term in vivo response to citric acid-based nanocomposites for orthopaedic tissue engineering	Eun Ji Chung, Pradeep Kodali, William Laskin, Jason L. Koh and Guillermo A. Ameer
2139-2146	Mechanical evaluation of fourth-generation composite femur hybrid locking plate constructs	Tarun Goswami, Vinit Patel, David J. Dalstrom and Michael J. Prayson

Volume 22, Number 10 / October 2011

2147-2154	Upscaling the synthesis of biodegradable multiblock copolymers capable of a shape-memory effect	J. Zotzmann, H.-J. Ziegler, M. Behl, M. Zierke and W. Radke, et al.
2155-2164	Effects of serum protein on ionic exchange between culture medium and microporous hydroxyapatite and silicate-substituted hydroxyapatite	Katharina Guth, Charlie Campion, Tom Buckland and Karin A. Hing
2165-2173	Characterization of a nanoparticle-filled resin for application in scan-LED-technology	Eva Kolb, Claudia Kummerlöwe and Martin Klare
2175-2185	The influence of silicon substitution on the properties of spherical- and whisker-like biphasic α-calcium-phosphate/hydroxyapatite particles	B. Jokic, M. Mitric, M. Popovic, L. Sima and S. M. Petrescu, et al.
2187-2196	Mg- and Zn-modified calcium phosphates prepared by biomimetic precipitation and subsequent treatment at high temperature	D. Rabadjieva, S. Tepavitcharova, R. Gergulova, K. Sezanova and R. Titorenkova, et al.
2197-2206	Magnetic bioactive glass ceramic in the system CaO–P₂O₅–SiO₂–MgO–CaF₂–MnO₂–Fe₂O₃ for hyperthermia treatment of bone tumor	Guangda Li, Shuying Feng and Dali Zhou
2207-2218	Preparation and characterization of electrospun PCL/PLGA membranes and chitosan/gelatin hydrogels for skin bioengineering applications	Rose Ann Franco, Thi Hiep Nguyen and Byong-Taek Lee
2219-2229	Tryptophan complexed hydroxyapatite nanoparticles for immunoglobulin adsorption	Sunita Prem Victor and Chandra P. Sharma
2231-2237	Deposition of TiN films on Co–Cr for improving mechanical properties and biocompatibility using reactive DC sputtering	Vuong-Hung Pham, Se-Won Yook, Eun-Jung Lee, Yuanlong Li and Gyuran Jeon, et al.
2239-2247	Preparation and characterization of temperature-responsive magnetic composite particles for multi-modal cancer therapy	Aihua Yao, Qi Chen, Fanrong Ai, Deping Wang and Wenhai Huang
2249-2259	Hydroxyapatite-anatase-carbon nanotube nanocomposite coatings fabricated by electrophoretic codeposition for biomedical applications	Bokai Zhang and Chi Tat Kwok
2261-2271	Electrophoretic deposition of porous CaO–MgO–SiO₂ glass–ceramic coatings with B₂O₃ as additive on Ti–6Al–4V alloy	Wei Zhang, Xianchun Chen, Xiaoming Liao, Zhongbing Huang and Xiuli Dan, et al.
2273-2281	Development and characterization of molecularly imprinted polymers for controlled release of citalopram	Majid Abdouss, Ebadullah Asadi, Saman Azodi-Deilami, Neda Beik-mohammadi and Saeed Amir Aslanzadeh
2283-2292	Mesoporous silica nanoparticle-functionalized poly(methyl methacrylate)-based bone cement for effective antibiotics delivery	Shou-Cang Shen, Wai Kiong Ng, Zhilong Shi, Leonard Chia and Koon Gee Neoh, et al.
2293-2300	Direct cytotoxicity evaluation of 63S bioactive glass and bone-derived hydroxyapatite particles using yeast model and human chondrocyte cells by microcalorimetry	A. Doostmohammadi, A. Monshi, M. H. Fathi, S. Karbasi and O. Braissant, et al.
2301-2309	Epitaxial growth of the zinc oxide nanorods, their characterization and in vitro biocompatibility studies	Ramya Gopikrishnan, Kai Zhang, Prabakaran Ravichandran, Santhoshkumar Biradar and Vani Ramesh, et al.
2311-2318	Hemocompatibility investigation of the NiTi alloy implanted with tantalum	Tingting Zhao, Yan Li, Yuzhi Gao, Yan Xiang and Hong Chen, et al.
2319-2327	Mechanical properties and in vivo performance of a novel sliding-lock bioabsorbable poly-p-dioxanone stent	Qimao Feng, Wenbo Jiang, Kun Sun, Kang Sun and Sun Chen, et al.
2329-2338	Influence of hyaluronic acid on bacterial and fungal species, including clinically relevant opportunistic pathogens	Andrea Ardizzoni, Rachele G. Neglia, Maria C. Baschieri, Claudio Cermelli and Manuela Caratozzolo, et al.
2339-2346	The effect of bone ingrowth depth on the tensile and shear strength of the implant–bone e-beam produced interface	M. Tarala, D. Waanders, J. E. Biemond, G. Hannink and D. Janssen, et al.
2347-2356	Bone marrow stromal cells-loaded chitosan conduits promote repair of complete transection injury in rat spinal cord	Xue Chen, Yang Yang, Jian Yao, Weiwei Lin and Yi Li, et al.
2357-2363	Induced albumin secretion from HepG2 spheroids prepared using poly(ethylene glycol) derivative with oleyl groups	Tetsushi Taguchi, Zhi Rao, Michiko Ito and Miyuki Matsuda
2365-2375	A hydrophobically-modified alginate gel system: utility in the repair of articular cartilage defects	Mohammad Kazem Ghahramanpoor, Sayed Alireza Hassani Najafabadi, Majid Abdouss, Fatemeh Bagheri and Mohamadreza Baghaban Eslaminejad
2377-2385	Poly(ε-caprolactone) and poly(d,l-lactic acid-co-glycolic acid) scaffolds used in bone tissue engineering prepared by melt compression–particulate leaching method	Samuel H. Barbanti, Arnaldo R. Santos, Cecília A. C. Zavaglia and Eliana A. R. Duek
2387-2395	A new cyclodextrin-grafted viscose loaded with aescin formulations for a cosmeto-textile approach to chronic venous insufficiency	G. Cravotto, L. Beltramo, S. Sapino, A. Binello and M. E. Carlotti

Volume 22, Number 11 / November 2011

2397-2401	In vitro degradation behaviour of a friction stir processed magnesium alloy	M. Bobby Kannan, W. Dietzel and R. Zettler
2403-2411	The effect of transient proanthocyanidins preconditioning on the cross-linking and mechanical properties of demineralized dentin	Ruirui Liu, Ming Fang, Yuhong Xiao, Fang Li and Lan Yu, et al.
2413-2427	Hydroxyapatite nanorod-reinforced biodegradable poly(l-lactic acid) composites for bone plate applications	Erkin Aydin, Josep A. Planell and Vasif Hasirci
2429-2435	Effects of sintering temperature and particle size on the translucency of zirconium dioxide dental ceramic	Li Jiang, Yunmao Liao, Qianbing Wan and Wei Li
2437-2447	Hydroxyapatite coating on magnesium with MgF₂ interlayer for enhanced corrosion resistance and biocompatibility	Ji-Hoon Jo, Bong-Gyu Kang, Kwang-Seon Shin, Hyoun-Ee Kim and Byung-Dong Hahn, et al.
2449-2455	Biphasic calcium phosphate coating on cobalt-base surgical alloy during investment casting	H. Minouei, M. Meratian, M. H. Fathi and H. Ghazvinizadeh
2457-2465	Biomimetic calcium phosphate coating on Ti-7.5Mo alloy for dental application	A. L. A. Escada, J. P. B. Machado, S. G. Schneider, M. C. R. Alves Rezende and A. P. R. Alves Claro
2467-2475	Superporous polyacrylate/chitosan IPN hydrogels for protein delivery	Menemşe Gümüşderelioğlu, Deniz Erce and T. Tolga Demirtaş
2477-2485	Novel hyperbranched polyamidoamine nanoparticles for transfecting skeletal myoblasts with vascular endothelial growth factor gene for cardiac repair	Kai Zhu, Changfa Guo, Hao Lai, Wuli Yang and Yu Xia, et al.
2487-2496	Preparation and properties of calcium phosphate cements incorporated gelatin microspheres and calcium sulfate dihydrate as controlled local drug delivery system	Shu Cai, Yujia Zhai, Guohua Xu, Shanshan Lu and Wei Zhou, et al.
2497-2504	Efficacy of chitin-PAA-GTMAC gel in promoting wound healing: animal study	Kajee Pilakasiri, Patamaporn Molee, Duangkamol Sringernyuang, Noppadon Sangjun and Somruethai Channasanon, et al.
2505-2512	Influence of some factors affecting antibacterial activity of PVA/Chitosan based hydrogels synthesized by gamma irradiation	Djamel Tahtat, Mohamed Mahlous, Samah Benamer, Assia Nacer Khodja and Souad Larbi Youcef, et al.
2513-2523	Crystallinity assessment and in vitro cytotoxicity of polylactide scaffolds for biomedical applications	J. R. Sarasua, N. López-Rodríguez, E. Zuza, S. Petisco and B. Castro, et al.
2525-2535	Antibacterial effect of 317L stainless steel contained copper in prevention of implant-related infection in vitro and in vivo	Hongwei Chai, Lei Guo, Xiantao Wang, Yuping Fu and Junlin Guan, et al.
2537-2543	An X-ray micro-fluorescence study to investigate the distribution of Al, Si, P and Ca ions in the surrounding soft tissue after implantation of a calcium phosphate-mullite ceramic composite in a rabbit animal model	Richard A. Martin, Zahira Jaffer, Garima Tripathi, Shekhar Nath and Mira Mohanty, et al.
2545-2553	Preparation and antimicrobial activity of poly (vinyl chloride)/gelatin/montmorillonite biocomposite films	Ahmed A. Haroun, Eman F. Ahmed and M. A. Abd El-Ghaffar
2555-2563	Bone substitute biomedical material of multi-(amino acid) copolymer: in vitro degradation and biocompatibility	Hong Li, Yonggang Yan, Jie Wei, Jian Ma and Min Gong, et al.
2565-2571	An approach to architecture 3D scaffold with interconnective microchannel networks inducing angiogenesis for tissue engineering	Jiaoxia Sun, Yuanliang Wang, Zhiyong Qian and Chenbo Hu
2573-2581	An Auxetic structure configured as oesophageal stent with potential to be used for palliative treatment of oesophageal cancer; development and in vitro mechanical analysis	Murtaza N. Ali and Ihtesham Ur Rehman
2583-2590	Superabsorbent polymer-containing wound dressings have a beneficial effect on wound healing by reducing PMN elastase concentration and inhibiting microbial growth	C. Wiegand, M. Abel, P. Ruth and U. C. Hipler

Volume 22, Number 12 / December 2011

2591-2598	Injectability and mechanical properties of magnesium phosphate cements	Claus Moseke, Vasileios Saratsis and Uwe Gbureck
2599-2605	Analysis of sintered polymer scaffolds using concomitant synchrotron computed tomography and in situ mechanical testing	A. Dhillon, P. Schneider, G. Kuhn, Y. Reinwald and L. J. White, et al.
2607-2615	DNA/protamine complex paste for an injectable dental material	Tadao Fukushima, Jun Ohno, Rieko Imayoshi, Nana Mori and Ryuji Sakagami, et al.
2617-2629	Automated quantitative characterization of alginate/hydroxyapatite bone tissue engineering scaffolds by means of micro-CT image analysis	Francesco Brun, Gianluca Turco, Agostino Accardo and Sergio Paoletti
2631-2640	The influence of Sr and H₃PO₄ concentration on the hydration of SrCaHA bone cement	Dagang Guo, Mengmeng Mao, Wenli Qi, Hongyuan Li and Pengfei Ni, et al.
2641-2650	Enzymatic cross-linking of human recombinant elastin (HELP) as biomimetic approach in vascular tissue engineering	Sabrina Bozzini, Liliana Giuliano, Lina Altomare, Paola Petrini and Antonella Bandiera, et al.
2651-2657	Photoinduced graft polymerization of 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine on silicone hydrogels for reducing protein adsorption	Jing Jing Wang and Fang Liu
2659-2672	Effect of phosphate-based glass fibre surface properties on thermally produced poly(lactic acid) matrix composites	Maziar Shah Mohammadi, Ifty Ahmed, Naser Muja, Christopher D. Rudd and Martin N. Bureau, et al.
2673-2684	Synthesis and characterization of hydrolytically degradable copolyester biomaterials based on glycolic acid, sebacic acid and ethylene glycol	J. Simitzis, S. Soulis, D. Triantou, L. Zoumpoulakis and P. Zotali
2685-2691	Phytic acid derived bioactive CaO–P₂O₅–SiO₂ gel-glasses	Ailing Li and Dong Qiu
2693-2710	Highly adherent bioactive glass thin films synthetized by magnetron sputtering at low temperature	G. E. Stan, I. Pasuk, M. A. Husanu, I. Enculescu and S. Pina, et al.
2711-2720	Hard implant coatings with antimicrobial properties	Claus Moseke, Uwe Gbureck, Patrick Elter, Peter Drechsler and Andreas Zoll, et al.
2721-2726	Fabrication of novel biofibers by coating silk fibroin with chitosan impregnated with silver nanoparticles	K. Karthikeyan, S. Sekar, M. Pandima Devi, S. Inbasekaran and C. H. Lakshminarasaiah, et al.
2727-2734	Influence of microstructure and chemical composition of sputter deposited TiO₂ thin films on in vitro bioactivity	Mirjam Lilja, Axel Genvad, Maria Åstrand, Maria Strømme and Håkan Enqvist
2735-2744	PLGA/Ag nanocomposites: in vitro degradation study and silver ion release	E. Fortunati, L. Latterini, S. Rinaldi, J. M. Kenny and I. Armentano
2745-2755	Preparation and properties of a drug release membrane of mitomycin C with N-succinyl-hydroxyethyl chitosan	Minyu Li, Baoqin Han and Wanshun Liu
2757-2764	Silica-chitosan hybrid coating on Ti for controlled release of growth factors	Shin-Hee Jun, Eun-Jung Lee, Hyoun-Ee Kim, Jun-Hyeog Jang and Young-Hag Koh
2765-2772	Evaluation of trabecular bone formation in a canine model surrounding a dental implant fixture immobilized with an antimicrobial peptide derived from histatin	Seicho Makihira, Hiroki Nikawa, Takahiro Shuto, Masahiro Nishimura and Yuichi Mine, et al.
2773-2780	Mechanical effects, antimicrobial efficacy and cytotoxicity of usnic acid as a biofilm prophylaxis in PMMA	Sunghwan Kim, Robert Greenleaf, Mark Carl Miller, Latha Satish and Sandeep Kathju, et al.
2781-2789	Chemical stability and antimicrobial activity of plasma sprayed bioactive Ca₂ZnSi₂O₇ coating	Kai Li, Jiangming Yu, Youtao Xie, Liping Huang and Xiaojian Ye, et al.
2791-2802	Preparation of chitosan films using different neutralizing solutions to improve endothelial cell compatibility	Qing He, Qiang Ao, Yandao Gong and Xiufang Zhang
2803-2812	Conjugation of gold nanoparticles to polypropylene mesh for enhanced biocompatibility	D. N. Grant, J. Benson, M. J. Cozad, O. E. Whelove and S. L. Bachman, et al.
2813-2821	Influence of topographical features on the fluoride corrosion of Ni–Ti orthodontic archwires	C. Abalos, A. Paúl, A. Mendoza, E. Solano and F. J. Gil
2823-2832	High speed insertion of bone fracture fixation pins: a finite element penetration model with experimental comparisons	Matthew P. Prygoski, Timotius Pasang, Steven R. Schmid and Antony J. Lozier
2833	Retraction Note to: Functionalization of titanium based metallic biomaterials for implant applications	Rahul Bhola, Fengyun Su and Catherine E. Krull