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Recent Events in the Gilbert Research Group Recent Grant awards "Electrochemical Control of Orthopedic Implant Surfaces for Enhanced Biological Interaction", Depuy Orthopedics, Inc. Recent Patent submissions An electrochemical method to prepare Ti-alloy surfaces for medic device applications - Patent submitted, July 2007 Novel Two Solution Bone Cement Formulations - Provisional Patent, May 2006, Patent submitted, October, 2007 Electrochemical Control of Biological Interactions at Metallic Biomaterial Surfaces (Dec. 2006) Papers Gettens, RTT, Gilbert, JL, "Quantification of Fibrinogen Adsorption onto 316L Stainless Steel", J. Biomed. Mater. Res., 2007: 81A (2): 465-473. Robert T.T. Gettens, Jeremy L. Gilbert, "Fibrinogen adsorption onto 316L stainless steel under polarized conditions". Journal of Biomedical Materials Research Part A. Gettens, RT, Gilbert, JL, "The Electrochemical Impedance of Polarized 316L Stainless Steel: Structure-Property-Adsorption Correlation", J. Biomed. Mat. Res. Part A, in press, Oct. 2007 Book Chapters 1. Gilbert, JL, "Mechanically Assisted Corrosion of Metallic Biomaterials", ASM International Handbook, Volume 13C: Corrosion, 826-836, 2006. 2. Bai, Z, Gilbert, JL, "Corrosion Performance of Stainless Steels, Cobalt, and Titanium Alloys in Biomedical Applications", ASM International, Vol. 13C Corrosion: Materials, Environments, and Industries, pp 837-852, 2006. 3. Gilbert, JL, "Basic Science: Metals", The Adult Hip, 2nd Edition, Raven Press, Ed. Callaghan, Rubash and Rosenberg, Lippencott-Raven Press, Vol., Chapt. 8, 2006. Recent professional efforts Conference Chair: ASM International Conference on Materials and Processes for Medical Devices (MPMD), Desert Springs, CA, September 2007 Member of the Council of the Society for Biomaterials, Chair of the Devices and Materials Committee of the Society for Biomaterials Recent PhD Theses Jaebum Shim, Complexity in Non-Isothermal Polymerization of PMMA Based Bone Cement: Thermal, chemical and mechanical effects on polymerization fronts, March 26, 2007. Director of Research at Kyungwon Medical Company, Seoul Korea. Robert Gettens, Protein Adsorption onto Medical Alloys: Voltage Effects, June 2007, Assistant Professor, Western New England College. Recent Master's Theses Matt Lyaski, "Molecular Springs-Based Modeling of Bone Cement Polymerization and Porosity Induction", December 22, 2006 Viswanathan Swaminathan, "Electrochemical Characterization of Novell Coatings for Total Joint Replacement Wear Surfaces", April 2007 Danieli Rodrigues, "Severe Corrosion and Hydrogen Embrittlement in Ti-Alloy/Ti-Alloy Modular Body Stem Hip Prostheses In Vivo", August, 2007. Recent Invited Talks "Electrochemical Control of Orthopedic Implant Surfaces", Depuy Orthopedics, July, 2007 "Electrochemistry at the Metallic Biomaterials Interface: Faradaic Reactions and Their Effect on Surface Oxide Dynamics, Protein Adsorption and Cell-Surface Interactions", Biointerface, Surfaces in Biomaterials Foundation Annuall Meeting, San Mateo, CA, October, 29, 2007 Return to News and Announcements |
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