The final meeting of project TOPbiomat, funded by the Emerging Fields Initiative of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg (FAU), was held on 2nd March at the Institute of Biomaterials, chaired by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini. The successful completion of the project was highlighted as well as the achieve...
Our paper: Fabrication of alginate–gelatin crosslinked hydrogel microcapsules and evaluation of the microstructure and physico-chemical properties by Bapi Sarker, Dimitrios G. Papageorgiou, Raquel Silva, Tobias Zehnder, Farhana Gul-E-Noor, Marko Bertmer, Joachim Kaschta, Konstantinos Chrissafis, Rai...
Professor Showan N. Nazhat, Associate Professor in the Department of Mining and Materials Engineering, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, visited our Institute and presented the seminar: "Anisotropic injectable tissue equivalents". He gave an overview on the latest research results in his group in...
Our recent review paper, in collaboration with Prof. Larry Hench:
V. Miguez-Pacheco, L. L. Hench, A. R. Boccaccini, Bioactive glasses beyond bone and teeth: Emerging applications in contact with soft tissues, Acta Biomaterialia 13 (2015) 1–15 has been listed as one of the most downloaded articles p...
Our paper: "Fabrication of alginate–gelatin crosslinked hydrogel microcapsules and evaluation of the microstructure and physico-chemical properties", Authors: Bapi Sarker, Dimitrios G. Papageorgiou, Raquel Silva, Tobias Zehnder, Farhana Gul-E-Noor, Marko Bertmer, Joachim Kaschta, Konstantinos Chriss...
Following an invitation of Prof. S. Schmauder, chair at the Institute for Materials Testing, Materials Science and Strength of Materials (IMWF), University of Stuttgart, Prof. Boccaccini visited IMWF on 29th Jan. 2015 and presented the seminar: "Composite Scaffolds for Tissue Engineering: Progress a...
Two papers co-authored by Prof. A. R. Boccaccini are included in the list of 50 Most-Cited Articles in the Journal of Biomaterials Applications
The papers report the development and characterisation of Ag-doped bioactive glass coated surgical sutures. The two papers cited are:
J. Pratten, et a...
Four papers co-authored by Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini while he was professor in the Department of Materials, Imperial College London (UK), have been listed in the "Top 100 downloaded articles by UK-based authors" in the field of Physical Sciences, published by Elsevier. The 4 top downloaded papers co-...
Several papers co-authored by members of our Institute appear in the lists of "Top 25 Hottest Articles" released by Elsevier in which the 25 most downloaded articles in each journal on ScienceDirect are published. For the period April-June 2014, the following papers of our group are listed:
Act...
Prof. Boccaccini has been invited to serve in the Editorial Board of the Journal of Ceramic Science and Technology (JCST). The journal publishes original papers on all topics of ceramic science and technology and from all ceramic areas. A high quality of publications is guaranteed by a thorough doub...
