When it comes to materials for bio-medical implants, ceramics have something its materials brethren, metals and polymers, completely lack: bioactivity. Luckily for metal, however, the material is not totally out of the implant game - a glass coating and a ceramic processing technique can transform an otherwise bio-inert material, according to this article.
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Unknown
Journal Title
Am Ceram Soc Bull 97 5 2018 20
Sector
Special Glass
Class
S 4441