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The Department of Biomaterials has a great focus on research involving bone growth around various biomaterials, including metals, ceramics, and polymers. Research on bone, calcium phosphates and other bioceramics, osseointegration, and cell biology are the focus areas of this department.
Recently, much attention has been put on sample preparation and method development to explore the structure-function relationships in bone – i.e., bone quality, and to correlate compositional and mechanical information with data obtained using histology, electron microscopy, and X-ray micro- computed tomography.
The Department for Biomaterials is looking to purchase an atomic force microscope (AFM) to support their research activities. The requested atomic force microscope will be used for nanomechanical characterisation and topography analysis of biological tissues (including hard/mineralised tissues such as bone) and implant biomaterials including metals, polymers, and various bioceramics.