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Showan N. Nazhat

Showan N. Nazhat

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Materials Science

D-Index
55
Citations
9750
World Ranking
8672
National Ranking
154

Overview

Showan N. Nazhat is affiliated with McGill University in Canada and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine, Engineering, and Materials Science. Their work spans several subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Surgery, Biomaterials, Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, as well as Ceramics and Composites.

The main topics they explore in their research include Bone Tissue Engineering Materials, Glass Properties and Applications, Tendon Structure and Treatment, Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, 3D Printing in Biomedical Research, Dental Materials and Restorations, and Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Showan N. Nazhat include:

  • The anomaly in bioactive sol-gel borate glasses, 2020, Materials Advances
  • Rapidly formed stable and aligned dense collagen gels seeded with Schwann cells support peripheral nerve regeneration, 2020, Journal of Neural Engineering
  • Mechanical activation drives tenogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells in aligned dense collagen hydrogels, 2022, Biomaterials
  • A Review of Phosphate and Borate Sol-Gel Glasses for Biomedical Applications, 2020, Advanced NanoBiomed Research
  • Dense fibrillar collagen-based hydrogels as functional osteoid-mimicking scaffolds, 2020, International Materials Reviews

Showan N. Nazhat frequently publishes research in venues including the Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Advanced NanoBiomed Research, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, and Biomedical Materials & Devices.

Collaborative work is a significant aspect of their research, with frequent co-authors including Hyeree Park, Derek H. Rosenzweig, Gabriele Griffanti, William C. Lepry, and Tiantian Yin. These collaborations contribute to multidisciplinary advances across their areas of study.

Best Publications

  • Ultrarapid Engineering of Biomimetic Materials and Tissues: Fabrication of Nano‐ and Microstructures by Plastic Compression

    Robert A. Brown;Mike Wiseman;Cher-Bing Chuo;Umber Cheema

  • Development and characterisation of silver-doped bioactive glass-coated sutures for tissue engineering and wound healing applications.

    J J Blaker;S N Nazhat;A R Boccaccini

  • Effect of filler content on mechanical and dynamic mechanical properties of particulate biphasic calcium phosphate--polylactide composites.

    N.C. Bleach;S.N. Nazhat;K.E. Tanner;M. Kellomäki

  • Characterisation of antibacterial copper releasing degradable phosphate glass fibres.

    E.A. Abou Neel;I. Ahmed;J. Pratten;S.N. Nazhat

  • Mechanical properties of highly porous PDLLA/Bioglass® composite foams as scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

    Jonny J. Blaker;Véronique Maquet;Robert Jérôme;Aldo R. Boccaccini

  • Use of multiple unconfined compression for control of collagen gel scaffold density and mechanical properties.

    Ensanya A. Abou Neel;Umber Cheema;Jonathan C. Knowles;Robert A. Brown

  • Accelerated mineralization of dense collagen-nano bioactive glass hybrid gels increases scaffold stiffness and regulates osteoblastic function

    Benedetto Marelli;Chiara E. Ghezzi;Dirk Mohn;Wendelin J. Stark

  • Bioactive glasses in wound healing: hope or hype?

    Shiva Naseri;William C. Lepry;Showan N. Nazhat

  • Accelerated craniofacial bone regeneration through dense collagen gel scaffolds seeded with dental pulp stem cells

    Frédéric Chamieh;Frédéric Chamieh;Anne-Margaux Collignon;Benjamin R. Coyac;Benjamin R. Coyac;Julie Lesieur

  • In vitro reactivity of Cu doped 45S5 Bioglass® derived scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

    Alexander Hoppe;Robert Meszaros;Christoph Stähli;Stefan Romeis

  • Three-Dimensional Mineralization of Dense Nanofibrillar Collagen−Bioglass Hybrid Scaffolds

    Benedetto Marelli;Chiara E. Ghezzi;Jake E. Barralet;Aldo R. Boccaccini

  • Effect of iron on the surface, degradation and ion release properties of phosphate-based glass fibres.

    E.A. Abou Neel;I. Ahmed;J.J. Blaker;A. Bismarck

  • Aging Time and Temperature Effects on the Structure and Bioactivity of Gel‐Derived 45S5 Glass‐Ceramics

    Kai Zheng;Anastasiia Solodovnyk;Wei Li;Ourania-Menti Goudouri

  • Silk fibroin derived polypeptide-induced biomineralization of collagen

    Benedetto Marelli;Chiara E. Ghezzi;Antonio Alessandrino;Jake E. Barralet

  • Combining collagen and bioactive glasses for bone tissue engineering: a review.

    Bapi Sarker;Jasmin Hum;Showan N. Nazhat;Aldo R. Boccaccini

  • Dynamic mechanical characterization of biodegradable composites of hydroxyapatite and polylactides.

    S. N. Nazhat;M. Kellomäki;P. Törmälä;K. E. Tanner

  • Effect of cell density on osteoblastic differentiation and matrix degradation of biomimetic dense collagen scaffolds.

    Malak Bitar;Robert A. Brown;Vehid Salih;Asmeret G. Kidane

  • Mechanical properties and bioactivity of porous PLGA/TiO2 nanoparticle-filled composites for tissue engineering scaffolds

    F.G. Torres;S.N. Nazhat;S.H. Sheikh Md Fadzullah;V. Maquet

  • In vitro attachment of Staphylococcus epidermidis to surgical sutures with and without Ag-containing bioactive glass coating.

    Jonathan Pratten;Showan N. Nazhat;Jonny J. Blaker;Aldo R. Boccaccini

  • Controlled microchannelling in dense collagen scaffolds by soluble phosphate glass fibers.

    Showan N Nazhat;Ensanya A Abou Neel;Asmeret Kidane;Ifty Ahmed

Frequent Co-Authors

Aldo R. Boccaccini
Aldo R. Boccaccini University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Jonathan C. Knowles
Jonathan C. Knowles University College London
Jake E. Barralet
Jake E. Barralet McGill University
Jonny J. Blaker
Jonny J. Blaker University of Manchester
Giuliano Freddi
Giuliano Freddi Stazione Sperimentale per la Seta
Marc D. McKee
Marc D. McKee McGill University
Vahid Serpooshan
Vahid Serpooshan Georgia Institute of Technology
Alexander Bismarck
Alexander Bismarck University of Vienna
K.E. Tanner
K.E. Tanner Queen Mary University of London

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