Yasushi Suetsugu

Yasushi Suetsugu
Affiliation:
Biomaterials Unit, Bioceramics Group
Specialty:
Bioceramics
Academic degree:
Ph. D., University of Tokyo (1996)
Recent publications
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Educational and Working History

2003 - 2004 Visiting Fellow, University of Bristol
2001 - present Senior Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science
2000 Ph. D., University of Tokyo
1993 Researcher, National Institute for Research in Inorganic Materials

Research History

  • Development of novel scaffold materials for bone regeneration.
  • Fabrication of micro-patterns made of inorganic particles by modeling natural lifeforms or minerals.
  • Immobilization of radioactive nuclide utilizing apatitic compound.
  • Syntheses and crystal structure analyses of calcium phosphates.

Selected Papers

  1. Structural and tissue reaction properties of novel hydroxyapatite ceramics with unidirectional pores
    Suetsugu Y, Hotta Y, Iwasashi M, Sakane M, Kikuchi M, Ikoma T, Higaki T, Ochiai N and Tanaka J
    Key Eng. Mater., 2007, 330-332, 1003-1006.
  2. Hydrothermal formation of hydroxyapatite layers on the surface of type-A zeolite
    Watanabe Y, Moriyoshi Y, Suetsugu Y, Ikoma T, Kasama T, Hashimoto T, Yamada H and Tanaka J
    J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 2007, 87, 1395-1397.
  3. Crystal growth and structure analysis of twin-free monoclinic hydroxyapatite
    Suetsugu Y and Tanaka J
    J. Mater. Sci.-Mater. Med ,2002, 13, 767-772.
  4. Structure analysis of A-type carbonate apatite by a single-crystal X-ray diffraction method
    Suetsugu Y, Takahashi Y, Okamura F and Tanaka J
    J. Solid State Chem., 2000, 155, 292-297.