Free live broadcast available online in the conference website: http://www.cinn.es/symposium-grand-challenges-facing-materials-community
Programme:
9:30 – 10:15 Optomechanics of nano-objects. Challenges and perspectives in Physics and Biology. (Prof. Manuel Nieto-Vesperinas, ICMM-CSIC)
Abstract: In this talk, a flying view on the control of matter manipulation through light induced forces will be presented. This is of relevance both for nanostructure formation in material science and in observing ultrasmall interactions in biology and medicine.
10:15 – 11:00 Bioinspired Strategies for Novel Bone Scaffolds (Prof. Antony P. Tomsia, LBNL, Berkeley, CA)
Abstract: The repair and replacement of skeletal tissue by synthetic materials remains one of the greatest challenges in health care today. Although metallic orthopedic and dental implants enjoy widespread use and success in modern clinical practice, they remain poor substitutes for the tissues they are intended to replace. The idea of using synthetic composite materials as permanent replacements for bone has been largely unfulfilled because of significant challenges related to fabrication, performance, and cost. Practical solutions to this problem depend critically upon basic science, and the field demands a fresh, truly multidisciplinary approach. How can such major advances in implant materials be realized?.
Nature-inspired designs are part of the field called biomimetics, or biomimicry, which is devoted to producing synthetic materials that imitate the architecture of biological materials. We pioneered the use of the intricate microstructure of ice as a template for the fabrication of complex hierarchical inorganic/organic composites. This technique, known as freeze casting, allows the manipulation of the architecture of hybrid materials at multiple length scales with an unprecedented degree of control. The approach is based on replicating natural hierarchical structures in synthetic implant materials. As a proof of concept, we have demonstrated how nature’s design concepts can be applied to bulk hybrid materials comprised of two conventional, low-toughness compounds: Al2O3/PMMA. Using freeze casting, we have created ice-templated hybrid structures with exceptional toughness that are over 300 times higher (in energy terms) than their ceramic and polymer constituents. Our goal is to translate this approach to implant designs that would be significant improvements over existing devices.
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee
11: 30 – 12:15 Glass-ceramics for bone regeneration (Dr. Roberto López-Piriz, CINN)
Abstract: This lecture provides a brief overview of some of the animal experiments developed with novel tailored biomaterial strategies that have demonstrated a positive effect on decreasing peri-implantitis and have also shown excellent scaffolding properties for bone growing.
12:15 – 12:45 40 years of research in Materials Science. Some notes (Prof. José Serafín Moya, ICMM-CSIC)
Abstract: A review of the most important results obtained during his 40 years of research in the field of materials science will be presented.
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