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Contents
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| Week 1: |
History of glass-ceramics, market shares, classification and introduction to medical glass-ceramic materials |
| Week 2: |
Required properties of glass-ceramic materials for medical applications |
| Week 3: |
Formulation of medical glass-ceramics_I |
| Week 4: |
Formulation of medical glass-ceramics_II |
| Week 5: |
Theoretical approaches for controlling the properties of glass-ceramic materials |
| Week 6: |
Composition designs of medical glass-ceramic materials and raw materials_I |
| Week 7: |
Composition designs of medical glass-ceramic materials and raw materials_II |
| Week 8: |
Production methods of medical glass-ceramic materials |
| Week 9: |
Post-production processes on medical glass-ceramic materials (Midterm) |
| Week 10: |
Microstructural optimization of glass-ceramic materials |
| Week 11: |
Determination of color and fluorescence properties of medical glass-ceramics |
| Week 12: |
Dental glass-ceramics and applications |
| Week 13: |
Machinable medical glass-ceramic materials |
| Week 14: |
Bio-active glass-ceramics and characterization methods & Student presentations |
| Week 15*: |
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| Week 16*: |
Final exam |
| Textbooks and materials: |
1. Wolfram Höland, George H. Beall, “Glass-ceramic technology”, Wiley Publication, USA, 2012.
2. Emad El-Meliegy, Richard Van Noort, “Glasses and Glass-Ceramics for Medical Applications”, Springer, USA, 2012
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| Recommended readings: |
1. Tadashi Kokubo, “Bioceramics and their clinical applications”, Woodhead Publishing, 2008.
2. Francesco Baino, Carla Migneco, Elisa Fiume, Marta Miola, Sara Ferraris, Silvia Spriano, Monica Ferraris, Enrica Verné, “Glasses and Glass–Ceramics for Biomedical Applications”, Springer International Publishing, 2021.
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* Between 15th and 16th weeks is there a free week for students to prepare for final exam.
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