Scientific Advisory Committee
Linda C. Lucas, Ph. D.
| University of Alabama, Birmingham
Education/Training
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- M.S., Mathematics, Education, and Materials Engineering, University of Alabama
- Ph.D., Engineering (biomaterials), University of Alabama
- Post-doctoral training at the Nordisk Institutt for Odontologisk Materials Proving in Oslo, Norway
Research Interests
- Characterization and development of bioactive coatings for dental and orthopaedic devices
- Biocompatibility evaluations of biomaterials
- Biocorrosion mechanisms of dental and orthopaedic materials
- Bone cement development
Representative Publications (out of 42)
- Haman JD, Scripa RN, Rigsbee JM, Lucas LC. Production of thin calcium phosphate coatings from glass source materials. J Mater Sci Mater Med. 2002 Feb;13(2):175-84.
- Lucas LC, Buchanan RA, Lemons JE. Investigations on the galvanic corrosion of multialloy total hip prostheses. J Biomed Mater Res. 1981
Sep;15(5):731-47. - Messer RL, Lucas LC. Localization of metallic ions with gingival fibroblast subcellular fractions. J Biomed Mater Res. 2002 Mar 5;59(3):466-72.
- Burke EM, Haman JD, Weimer JJ, et al. Influence of coating strain on calcium phosphate thin-film dissolution. J Biomed Mater Res. 2001
Oct;57(1):41-7. - Venugopalan R, Weimer JJ, George MA, Lucas LC. The effect of nitrogen diffusion hardening on the surface chemistry and scratch resistance of Ti-6A1-4V alloy. Biomaterials. 2000 Aug;21(16):1669-77.