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Université du Québec
Institut national de la recherche scientifique
Énergie, Matériaux et Télécommunications
1650, boulevard Lionel-Boulet
Varennes, Québec, Canada
J3X 1S2
Telephone: +1 (450) 929-8237
Fax: +1 (450) 929-8102
variola@emt.inrs.ca
www.emt.inrs.ca
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The specific goal of my proposed research is to develop and apply strategies
based on nanotechnology to create a new generation of surfaces that have
tailor–made chemical–physical properties for applications
in various sectors, and particularly in health, including for example
biosensors, drug delivery, orthopaedic and dental implants. Major opportunities
for improving human health will be created by learning how to make surfaces
with controlled nanoscale features. Nanostructured surfaces are substrates
with imprinted or patterned features with dimensions 100 nm or less. Such
systems are widely studied because they exhibit novel, unexpected properties
by virtue of their reduced dimensionality. We propose to discover new
methods for nanostructuring and nanopatterning suitable substrates as
Titanium and other biocompatible materials for dental and orthopaedic
applications, in ways that add new functionalities to the surfaces and
optimize integration in vivo. In fact, such “intelligent”
surfaces may be used to influence, lead and accelerate various biological
processes such as bone cell adhesion and growth, typically referred to
as tissue repair or regeneration.
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