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4 Biomedical Applications of Nanoceramics
Nanoceramic materials find a great deal of applications in various fields like electronics, energy storage devices, biomedical fields, catalysts, etc. It is widely used in
the biomedical field owing to their mechanical properties, greater strength to weight
ratio, biocompatibility and bioactivity. Their widespread application can be credited
to its ability of being available in various forms such as powders, granules, dense
and porous blocks, coatings, porous scaffolds, etc. [68]. Nano ceramics can function
along with the physiological system without eliciting negative host response and get
integrated with the host. Hence, nanoceramics are used to develop new biomedical
systems to meet the increasing need for medical devices with increased functionality and extended lifetime. The various biomedical applications of nanoceramics
are depicted in Fig. 1.
Fig. 1 Biomedical applications of nanoceramics