Visitors from Japan
Currently Dr H. Maeda (Assistant Professor at the Center for Fostering Young and Innovative Researchers, Nagoya Institute of Technology, NITECH, Japan) and Mr Hideki Mizuno (post-graduate student at the Department of Frontier Materials, Graduate School of Engineering Nagoya Institute of Technology) are visiting our Institute (in the photo with Prof. A. R. Boccaccini). They are working on the electrophoretic deposition of bioactive silicate materials for developing coatings suitable for bone implants. These visits are part of our on-going collaboration with NITECH in the framework of the JSPS International Training Program led by NITECH “Institute of Ceramics Research and Education”.