Professor Dr.-Ing. Aldo Boccaccini

Address Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Department Werkstoffwissenschaften
Lehrstuhl Biomaterialien
Cauerstraße 6
91058 Erlangen

Projects

As Applicant
- Current projects
  - Osteogenic and angiogenic potential of mesoporous bioactive glass nanoparticles doped with molybdenum and boron (Research Grants)
  - P3 - Fishbone: Bones without cells as blueprints for durable, cyclically loaded nanocomposites: how does anosteocytic fishbone cope with fatigue? (Research Units)
- Completed projects
  - Bio-adaptive Coatings on Mg alloys (Research Grants)
  - Development of a cardiac patch based on a bilayer, conductive, biomimetic, polymeric scaffold (Research Grants)
  - Novel Si-O-M-C (M= Sr, Zn, and B) bioactive glasses with outstanding high temperature crystallization resistance (Research Grants)
  - Visualising the evolution of crystallisation and mineralisation of bioactive glasses (Research Grants)
  - Development of endothelialised small diameter tissue-engineered grafts for cardiovascular surgery (Research Grants)
  - Controllable dissolution of sol-gel derived borate glasses for accelerating wound healing (Research Grants)
  - Development of electrophoretic co-deposition of bioactive and antibacterial ceramics with biodegradable polymers to produce novel composite coatings for biomedical applications (Research Grants)
  - Ion-supplemented bioactive glass for the stimulation of bone formation in-vitro and in-vivo (Research Grants)
  - Additive manufacturing of bone replacement implants from crystallising bioactive glasses (Research Grants)
As Leader
- Completed projects
  - Rasterelektronenmikroskop mit energiedispersivem Spektrometer (Major Research Instrumentation)
  - Upright confocal laser scanning microscope with incubator (Major Research Instrumentation)
As Project Head
- Current projects
  - Alginate-based bioinks with tailored microstructural properties for controlled cell behavior (CRC/Transregios)
  - Printing of biofabricate and customized bioreactors for skeletal muscle tissue. (CRC/Transregios)
  - Engineering brain- tissue-like matrices (Collaborative Research Centres)
  - Electrically conductive and piezoactive materials for multifunctional implants for bone and cartilage regeneration (Collaborative Research Centres)
As Co-Investigator
- Current projects
  - Chemically and structurally directed shape morphosis in hybrid aerogels for bone tissue engineering - Toward designing smart biomimetic 3D scaffold for bone cancer therapy and bone repair (Research Grants)