Materiales cerámicos funcionales: aplicaciones en salud y energía
Functionality in ceramic materials: biomedical and energy applications
Correo Electrónico: aserquis@cab.cnea.gov.ar
Summary: Research and development of new ceramic materials with different functionalities, for example for medical applications, solid oxide fuel cells, optoelectronics, among others is a prioritare scientific and technologic activity. The scientific activities of the International Commission on Glass and of the International Materials Institute demonstrate the interest in ceramics with specific functionalities which allow new technologic developments. As a consequence of this effort a better quality of life is accessible. Our country, however, depends upon developments made abroad, which generally are too expensive to be adopted. In this program we coordinate four projects in the area of cerarnic materials. Three of them are about biomedic applications 1) Functional and/or bioactive ceramic electrophoretic deposits, 2) Radioactive glass microspheres for liver cancer treatment, 3) Vitroceramics for dentistry. The other one has to be with applications to solid oxide fuel cells 4) Nanopowders synthesis and thin film chemical deposition of complex oxides. These projects link 3 academic units of the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo (Cátedra de Materiales Dentales de la Facultad de Odontología (Mendoza), Facultad de Ciencias Aplicadas a la Industria (San Rafael, Mendoza) e Instituto Balseiro (Bariloche) and even people from fue Comisión de Energía Atómica (Bariloche). This program involves research at least in ceramic electroforetic deposition, nucleation and growth of crystals in glasses, overall crystallizations, mechanical properties, corrosion resistance, neutron activation, nanopowders production and deposition, adaptation of dental restorations. A fundamental characteristic of the program is the participation of a researchers from a wide spectrum of scientific areas.This program has as scientific advisors, researchers internationally recognized as Dr. Aldo Boccaccini (Imperial College, Inglaterra), Dr. Edgar Dutra Zanotto (Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos- SPBrasil) and Dra. Alicia Durán (Instituto de Cerámica y Vidrios -CSIC- Madrid- Spain).
06/PC01 - Desarrollo de microesferas radioactivas vítreas para aplicaciones de terapia radiante interna selectiva a tumores malignos
Director: PRADO, Oscar- pradom@cab.cnea.edu.ar
06/PK02 - Vitrocerámicos de uso odontológico
Director: FERNÁNDEZ, Alejandro - fernandezalejandro@speedy.com.ar
06/PL01 - Síntesis y caracterización de nanoestructuras y depósitos electrolíticos sobre sustratos no conductores
Director: MEMBRIVES, Francisco - fmembriv@fcai.uncu.edu.ar
06/PC02 - Depósito de películas de óxidos nanométricos para aplicaciones en energía
Director: SERQUIS, Adriana - aserquis@cab.cnea.gov.ar