3Bs: bioceramics, bioglasses and biocomposites

Our mission is to develop new synthetic materials for soft and hard tissue regeneration. The main focus is on bioactive and bioresorbable glasses and polymer/bioceramics composites. Materials are processed into, frits, bulks, fibers or scaffolds depending on the intended application: i.e. bone, cartilage or nerve regeneration.

Our research focuses on

• Processing and characterization of new bioactive materials with controlled therapeutic ions release
• Better understand the biomaterials/cells and biomaterials/protein interactions
• Develop scaffolds with load bearing properties
• Combine the optical and bioactive properties of glass to develop new biosensors and/or materials imaging techniques (biophotonics)

On a daily basis we study the chemical, structural, mechanical and physicochemical properties of a wide variety of materials, i.e. from polymer to ceramics for application in the medical field.