Current Research

Current Area of Research

For those not familiar with biomaterials research see My Introduction to Biomaterials page for a brief overiview and for an explanation of the relevant terminology

For the last 3 years I have been working in the Biomaterials (Now "Polymers and Biomaterials") research group in the Department of Materials at the University of Oxford. The group researches (amongst other things) bone related biomaterials - more in-depth information is on the groups home page.
I am focussing on Hydroxyapatite coated materials and the response of human osteoblast cells to the materials and coatings. We coat the hydroxyapatite onto materials using a low temperature electrophoretic technique, this technique allows tight control over the phases deposited, and is a flexible technique allowing the deposition of macroassemblies - for more information see my Part II project on macroassemblies. I am currently studying the response of human osteoblast cells to a variety of material - for more information on this see my current DPhil project.

A less vague description of what I am currently working on will appear here soon!!

Past Areas of Research

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