A. Cuneyt Tas   Ph.D.        Photo 1    Photo 2    Photo 3    Photo 4    Photo 5    Photo 6

 

Old New Brunswick Road

Piscataway, New Jersey 08854

USA                                       

 

Contact: https://www.linkedin.com/in/a-cuneyt-tas-ph-d-8a971118/

           

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* Link Accomplishments and citations to published articles        * Google Scholar citations

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* Education

* Refereed Journal Articles                                              

* Peer-reviewed Book Chapters         

* International Symposium Talks & Presentations

* Patents         

* Supervised Graduate Theses

* Work Experience

* Teaching Experience                                                   

* Professional Memberships                                

* Standard Powder X-ray Diffraction Patterns

* Awards & Research Funds                     

* Phase Diagrams           

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* Production of micro- and macro-porous materials

* Monodisperse, Amorphous Calcium Phosphate Nanoparticles

* Why (and how) did researchers of the previous century use blood plasma-like synthetic biomineralization solutions, instead of distilled or deionized water, to synthesize biomimetic calcium phosphates?

* Aragonite coating solutions (ACS)

* Manufacture of porous granules from a biocement

* Monetite (Dicalcium phosphate anhydrous = DCPA = CaHPO4) bioceramic cement for orthopedic and dental applications (developed in 2005-2006)

* The use of “calcium metal:” How to synthesize calcium phosphates in biomimetic saline solutions, over the pH range of 9 to 12.5, without adding any strong base such as NH4OH, NaOH or KOH?

* Biocompatible calcium phosphates with a BET surface area of 900 m2/g

* Partial Regeneration of Collagen from Water-Soluble Gelatin upon Cooling

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* Recent research accomplishments noted in the March 2014 issue of the Bulletin of The American Ceramic Society

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in the Fourth Quarter 2014 issue of Biomaterials Forum (of the Society for Biomaterials)

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* Journal and Book Cover Images  (download photos: 1 & 2)

1. February 2005 / Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine

2. December 2004 / Journal of The American Ceramic Society

3. “Dielectric Ceramic Materials,” Ceramic Transactions, Vol. 100, The American Ceramic Society, 1999

* Award Certificates:   links:  1  2  3  @ Clemson University (South Carolina, USA)

* Faculty Awards:   links: 1  2  3  @ METU (Middle East Technical University, Turkey)

* became a university Professor in 2006 (certificate)

* became a university Docent (Associate Professor) in 1997 (certificate)

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Fields of Research

*  Novel aqueous biomineralization media development to synthesize biomimetic biomaterials for bone tissue engineering

*  In vitro - in vivo testing; evaluation of biomaterials according to ISO-10993 standards

*  Bioactive calcium phosphate cement development for skeletal repair, such as the first “monetite (CaHPO4) dental/orthopedic cement” (in 2006) only using Ca(OH)2 powder

*  Biomimetic synthesis of calcium phosphate-based biomaterials for hard tissue regeneration

*  Calcium phosphate-biopolymer (Collagen, Gelatin, Polyvinyl alcohol, Cellulose, etc.) nanocomposites as bone grafts and maxillofacial implants

*  Large surface area inorganic powder and nanorod synthesis

*  Synthesis of macro- and/or micro-porous biomaterials

*  Novel CaCO3 synthesis methods, such as the world’s first (2009) “biconvex micropills” of vaterite; use of CaCO3 in bone graft materials

*  Materials chemistry / Aqueous phase equilibria

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Biomineralization and biomimetic synthesis studies:

+ Developed 8 different biomineralization/calcification media (click the below names of media to reach their peer-reviewed publications):

1.) 27 mM HCO3-Tris-SBF

2.) Lac-SBF

3.) 10xSBF

4.) Brushite-solution

5.) BM-3

6.) BM-7

7.) ACS

8.) SIEM

+ Na-lactate and lactic acid-buffered (i.e., Tris or Hepes-free) “new physiological solution” for in vitro biomineralization experiments or in biomimetic materials synthesis

+ How to prepare and use a Tris-buffered SBF solution (a biomineralization medium) which perfectly mimic the bicarbonate ion concentration (i.e., 27 mM) of human blood plasma?

+ What is biomimetic synthesis? ®High surface area, ionically doped (substituted) Bone-like Calcium Phosphate nano-materials in (Tas-SBF) Synthetic Body Fluids at 36.5°C and pH 7.4

+ Biomimetic synthesis of amorphous calcium phosphate nanoparticles

+ Biomimetic synthesis of poorly crystalline (cryptocrystalline) apatitic calcium phosphate nanoparticles

+ Apatite-like calcium phosphate nanopowders having a BET surface area of 900 m2/g were synthesized at +4°C

+ Simple biomimetic synthesis of monodisperse amorphous calcium phosphate nanospheres (in our BM-7 solution)

+ Enzyme Urease-containing Urea-SBF media for biomaterials synthesis (pH stabilized at 7.4, 36.5°C)

+ A biomimetic procedure for transforming brushite into octacalcium phosphate (OCP, Ca8(HPO4)2(PO4)4×5H2O) in DMEM cell culture solutions at 36.5°C

+ Grade-1, pure titanium immersed in DMEM (Hepes-buffered and phenol red-free) cell culture solution at 36.5°C forms amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) on its surface

+ Brushite (CaHPO4×2H2O) maturation

+ Comparison of SBF (synthetic body fluid) solutions and bone cell response on coatings obtained from different SBF solutions

+ Na- and K-doped brushite bioceramic and its biomimetic mineralization to nanoapatite

+ 10xSBF solution (another biomineralization medium) for the rapid coating of metals, ceramics or polymers at room temperature

+ DMEM, (Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium; “HEPES-buffered, phenol red-free”) solutions can be used in place of SBF (Synthetic/Simulated Body Fluid) solutions to test the “so-called” in vitro bioactivity of synthetic biomaterials

+ How to use DMEM instead of SBF solutions to test the aqueous calcification potential of synthetic materials (i.e., ceramics, glasses, metals and polymers)?

+ Octacalcium phosphate (OCP, Ca8(HPO4)2(PO4)4×5H2O) bioceramic synthesis in “new biomineralization solutions

+ How to synthesize high thermal stability hydroxyapatite bioceramic powders which will not decompose into b-TCP upon heating above 1400°C?

+ Combustion synthesis: A robust method to incorporate ppm-level biologically relevant ions into synthetic bone graft/bone substitute materials

+ In vitro cell culture studies (see link 1, link 2, link 3, link 4, link 5, link 6, link 7)

+ Developed porous and carbonated calcium phosphate granules; which are already in clinical use

 

Biological cement development for orthopaedic / oral surgery:

+ Self-setting, injectable orthopaedic cement development (see link 1,  link 2,  link 3, link 4, link 5, link 6)

+ the first monetite (Dicalcium phosphate anhydrous = DCPA = CaHPO4) bioceramic cement for orthopedic and dental applications (developed in 2005-2006)

+ Synthesis of tetracalcium phosphate TTCP (Ca4(PO4)2O) bioceramics at 1230°C

+ Synthesis of alpha-tricalcium phosphate (a-Ca3(PO4)2) bioceramics

+ CaHPO4 (monetite)-CaSO4 composite cements for bone tissue engineering

 

Coating of titanium or collagen with biocompatible calcium phosphates:

+ Contact angle measurements and in vitro cell culture on alkali-treated titanium bone implant materials

+ Biomimetic coating of titanium foams for clinical applications and osteoblast proliferation

+ A practical remedy to the problem of “crack formation” in biomimetic coatings (i.e., via synthetic body fluid, SBF) of implants

+ Coating of porous collagen membranes with synthetic bone mineral (i.e., carbonated, Ca-deficient hydroxyapatite)

+ How to coat implant materials with brushite, via aqueous solutions, instead of apatite, at room temperature instead of 37°C?

+ Sol-gel dip coating of Ti-6Al-4V with bioactive apatitic calcium phosphate

 

Novel methods of calcium phosphate biomaterial synthesis:

+ Synthesis of large (6 to 7 microns) particles of carbonated, Na- and Mg-doped apatitic calcium phosphate bioceramic

+ Elemental, metallic calcium (= Ca = calcium metal) (which causes in situ deprotonation in the solutions) used in synthesizing calcium phosphate bioceramics at room temperature

+ Synthesis of macrogranules of brushite (DCPD, CaHPO4×2H2O) and octacalcium phosphate (OCP, Ca8(HPO4)2(PO4)4×5H2O)

+ Produced granules of micro- and macro-porous, carbonated, apatitic calcium phosphate: Calcibon® Granules for hard tissue repair  ® Its Patent &  Its Article

+ Synthesis of microgranules of brushite

+ Completely monodisperse, non-agglomerated and optically transparent single crystals of hydroxyapatite by using the molten salt/flux synthesis (MSS) method

+ Novel technique to synthesize nanowhiskers of apatitic calcium phosphates (Ap-CaP) from CaP powders: “H2O2 solutions at 90°C”

+ How to produce single-phase, well-crystallized b-TCP nanoparticles/nanowhiskers at temperatures less than 250°C by using NaNO3?

+ Porous Bioceramics and Scaffolds

+ Synthesis of struvite (MgNH4PO4×6H2O)

+ The first Rhenanite-apatitic calcium phosphate (NaCaPO4 - Ap-CaP) nano-biphasics

+ Zn-doped apatitic calcium phosphates and Zn-doped TCP for skeletal repair and in vitro cell culture tests

+ Nanowhiskers of non-toxic calcium phosphates by using NaNO3 ® Osteoblast Proliferation

+ Gelatin processing of calcium phosphate bioceramics

 

CaCO3 research:

+ Aragonite coating solutions (=ACS): innovating simple aqueous solutions inspired by the seawater

+ Synthesis of CaCO3 (Vaterite) biconvex micropills or microtablets               Biconvex Micropills of CaCO3 (←missing photo of this link)     CaCO3 micropills  

US Patent 8,470,280 for the first biconvex micropills for any material system known on earth

+ Calcite (CaCO3)-based Macroporous Calcium Phosphate Cements for bone repair

+ Use of Vaterite and Calcite in Forming Calcium Phosphate Cement Scaffolds

+ Vaterite and Aragonite bioceramic synthesis

 

Novel methods of synthesizing electronic and structural ceramics:

+ Mn-doped ZnGa2O4 (zinc gallate) phosphor Nanopowders

+ Synthesis of lanthanum gallate-based solid electrolyte / Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) ceramics (see link 1,  link 2, link 3)

+ Use of wet-chemical methods to synthesize nanomaterials: CaZrO3, PbZrO3, LaAlO3, (Y, Ca)(Cr, Co)O3 and Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3

+ GaO(OH) submicron zeppelins

+ Hydrothermal synthesis of Dysprosium-doped BaTiO3 to circumvent the excessive grain growth phenomena

+ Synthesis of SiO2 spheres, single-phase Enstatite (MgSiO3) and single-phase Cordierite (Mg2Al4Si5O18) using wet chemistry, followed by calcination

+ Developed a low-temperature and upscalable method to synthesize all five calcium aluminate binary compounds of the CaO-Al2O3 system

+ Crystal structure determination by Rietveld Analysis: 1.) Lanthanide pyrosilicates,  2.) Ca-hydroxyapatite,  3.) Ca12Al14O33,  4.) LaAlO3,  5.) Sr- and Zn-doped LaGaO3

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* Older Research Webpages (1993-1998)

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* Sydney Ringer’s historical paper (dated 1882) which led to the development of the “Ringer’s Solution

* Earle’s balanced salt solution (EBSS) paper (dated 1943) and the commercial EBSS recipe containing 27 mM HCO3

* Hanks’ balanced salt solution (HBSS) paper (dated 1949) and the commercial HBSS recipe containing 4.2 mM HCO3

* A milestone paper by E. Hayek and H. Newesely: Synthesis of Hydroxyapatite Powders (1963)

* What is hydroxyapatite? (1968, by E. C. Moreno, T. M. Gregory, and W. E. Brown)

* FTIR and XRD data of NIST-SRM 2910 hydroxyapatite (2004, by M. Markovic, B. O. Fowler, and M. S. Tung)

* Heinrich Vater article on vaterite (1897)

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* How can one evaluate the blood compatibility of synthetic biomaterial surfaces?

* How serious the corrosion of metallic implants could be?

* Could wear particles from metallic implants end up in internal organs?

* Metal particles in liver and spleen from metallic implants

* In vivo degradation of Ti-6Al-4V hip joints with polymer liners

* What should one need to know about silver (Ag) nanoparticles?

* Apollo missions: amino acids found in lunar soil

* Amino acid (glycine) detected in the returned Stardust capsule

* In vitro production of amino acids – Stanley Miller experiment of 1952-1953

* Select Biomedical Engineering or Bioengineering Departments in USA

 

 

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