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have learned a tremendous amount of information concerning
bone cell recognition with nanostructured surfaces that will most
certainly aid in improving orthopedic implant efficacy [119, 120].
3.10
Post-Conclusion Remarks
According to Prof. D. F. Williams [97], the term “nanomaterial”
should not exist because it is senseless (see section 3.2)
Following
this logic, the term “nanoapatite” is senseless as well. However, it
is presented in the titles of several publications, namely Refs. [521,
543, 567, 580]. In a slightly modified form, the term “nano-apatite”
is presented in the titles of several other publications, namely Refs.
[75, 84, 194, 435, 545, 630, 672]. Furthermore, similar terms “nano-
HA” [87, 492, 523, 573, 591, 598], “nano-hydroxyapatite” [40, 73, 76,
77, 80, 81, 86, 101, 164, 165, 261, 262, 279, 298, 389, 413, 419, 495,
500, 521, 541, 542, 555, 577, 579, 587, 592-594, 599, 601, 603] and
“nanohydroxyapatite” [72, 78, 83, 137, 172, 207, 208, 210, 214, 221,
241, 284, 392, 493, 570, 577, 657] are presented in the titles of still
other publications. Presumably, it is wiser not to use these terms
anymore.
.
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