Elena P. Ivanova

TL;DR: In this paper, the fundamental properties that make inert ceramics the materials of choice for the production of numerous loadbearing implants are discussed and the shortcomings of these materials, namely their relative brittleness and limited ability to be integrated with soft and hard tissues in vivo, are also discussed as a limiting factor for their clinical application.

TL;DR: In this paper, the current understanding of mechanisms underlying the causes of soil nonwettability is reviewed together with the interrelationships between the physical surface topology and the chemical interactions occurring at the soil particle surface.

TL;DR: An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.

TL;DR: In this article , the potential of using nanostructured surfaces for the physical inactivation of virus particles is discussed, however, there remains a limited number of suitable nanofabrication approaches and a lack of understanding of the nature of efficient virucidal surfaces.