We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Silicon Nitride Ceramics: Structure, Synthesis, Properties, and Biomedical Applications.
- Authors
Heimann, Robert B.
- Abstract
Silicon nitride ceramics excel by superior mechanical, thermal, and chemical properties that render the material suitable for applications in several technologically challenging fields. In addition to high temperature, high stress applications have been implemented in aerospace gas turbines and internal combustion engines as well as in tools for metal manufacturing, forming, and machining. During the past few decades, extensive research has been performed to make silicon nitride suitable for use in a variety of biomedical applications. This contribution discusses the structure–property–application relations of silicon nitride. A comparison with traditional oxide-based ceramics confirms that the advantageous mechanical and biomedical properties of silicon nitride are based on a high proportion of covalent bonds. The present biomedical applications are reviewed here, which include intervertebral spacers, orthopedic and dental implants, antibacterial and antiviral applications, and photonic parts for medical diagnostics.
- Subjects
SILICON nitride; GAS turbine combustion; INTERNAL combustion engines; CERAMICS; ORTHOPEDIC implants; DENTAL implants
- Publication
Materials (1996-1944), 2023, Vol 16, Issue 14, p5142
- ISSN
1996-1944
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ma16145142