Prof. Aldo R. Boccaccini receives IOM3 Pfeil Award 2016 in London
Professor Boccacccini received the Pfeil Award 2016 of the UK Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM3) at the IOM3 Special Awards Dinner that took place in London on 8th Nov. 2016. The award recognises published work of particular merit in the field of ceramics and Prof. Boccaccini received the award on behalf of all co-authors of the paper entitled: “Electrophoretic deposition of nanostructured TiO2/alginate and TiO2-bioactive glass/alginate composite coatings on stainless steel“,which is based on research results of the doctoral thesis of Dr. Luis Cordero-Arias, in collaboration with the groups of Dr E. Sanchez, Institute of Ceramic Technology (ITC), Castellon, Spain, and Prof. S. Virtanen (FAU Institute for Surface Science and Corrosion), published in the journal Advances in Applied Ceramics Vol. 113.