Author | : Larry L. Hench |
Publisher | : William Andrew |
Total Pages | : 179 |
Release | : 1998-12-31 |
Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
ISBN | : 0815519087 |
A unique perspective of twentieth century research and development in materials science. It summarizes the fifteen years of sol-gel silica processing research leading to the commercial development of bioactive gel-glasses for medical applications. It demonstrates the combined use of quantum mechanical molecular modeling and spectroscopy to solve environmental stability problems. A final chapter addresses the topic of Technology Transfer - how to transfer technology from the laboratory to a profitable commercial enterprise using examples from various chapters in the book.