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The oxidation behavior of dense TiB 2 specimens was investigated. Hot‐pressed TiB 2 with 2.5 wt% Si 3 N 4 as a sintering aid was exposed to air at temperatures between 800° and 1200°C for up to 10 h. The TiB 2 exhibited two distinct oxidation behaviors depending on the temperature. At temperatures below 1000°C, parabolic weight gains were observed as a result of the formation of TiO 2 ( s ) and B 2 O 3 ( l ) on the surface. The oxidation layer comprised two layers: an inner layer of crystalline

Magnesium and its alloys are candidate materials for biodegradable implants; however, excessively rapid corrosion behavior restricts their practical uses in biological systems. For such applications, surface modification is essential, and the use of anticorrosion coatings is considered as a promising avenue. In this study, we coated Mg with hydroxyapatite (HA) in an aqueous solution containing calcium and phosphate sources to improve its in vitro and in vivo biocorrosion resistance, biocompatibi

We herein propose a novel way of producing nanofibrous gelatin–silica hybrid scaffolds through thermally induced phase-separation (TIPS) particularly using mixtures of gelatin solution and silica sol, which can mimic the physical structure, chemical composition, and eventually functions of the native bone extracellular matrix (ECM). The gelatin solutions were homogeneously hybridized with various contents of a silica sol using simple magnetic stirring, which enabled the construction of a nanofib

We investigated the effect of polystyrene (PS) addition on the freezing behavior of a very dilute alumina/camphene slurry with an initial solid loading of 5 vol% for the fabrication of ultra‐high porosity ceramics with aligned pore channels. To accomplish this, slurries with various PS contents (10, 20, and 30 vol% in relation to the alumina powders) were prepared by ball milling at 60°C and then cast into molds at a constant temperature of 20°C. After removing the frozen camphene, the samples w

Highly porous alumina ceramics with completely interconnected pore channels were fabricated by freezing dilute alumina/camphene slurries with solid loadings ranging from 5 to 20 vol%. This method fundamentally made full use of the three‐dimensional camphene dendritic network for producing interconnected pore channels and the concentrated alumina powder network for achieving dense alumina walls. Firstly, alumina/camphene slurries were prepared at 60°C using ball milling and then cast into molds a

Porous lead zirconate titanate–lead zinc niobate (PZT–PZN) piezoelectric ceramics with interconnected pore channels were fabricated using the camphene‐based freeze‐casting method. In this method, warm PZT–PZN/camphene slurries with various solid loadings (10, 15, 20, and 25 vol%) were prepared by ball milling at 60°C and then cast into molds at 20°C, resulting in the formation of solidified green bodies comprised of three‐dimensionally interconnected camphene dendrite networks and concentrated c

We produced poro-us poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL)/hydroxyapatite (HA) composite scaffolds for bone regeneration, which can have a tailored macro/micro-porous structure with high mechanical properties and excellent in vitro bioactivity using non-solvent-induced phase separation (NIPS)-based 3D plotting. This innovative 3D plotting technique can create highly microporous PCL/HA composite filaments by inducing unique phase separation in PCL/HA solutions through the non-solvent-solvent exchange phenome

The room‐temperature freeze‐casting method was used to fabricate porous bioactive glass–ceramics. In this method, a glass/camphene slurry prepared at 60°C was cast into a mold at 20°C, resulting in the production of a rigid green body that was comprised of three‐dimensional dendritic camphene networks surrounded by highly concentrated glass powder walls. After the sublimation of camphene, the samples were sintered for 3 h at elevated temperatures ranging from 700° to 1100°C. As the sintering tem