jballarre@fi.mdp.edu.ar

Doctorade Study - Materials Science  National University of Mar del Plata (UNMdP)                                                          National Institute of Materials Science and Technology (INTEMA), Argentina                

Title of Thesis: "Design and evaluation of hybrid organic-inorganic coatings on surgical grade alloys"

• Initiation Scholarship National University of Mar del Plata, 2004
• Post Grade Formation Scholarship - National Council of Scientific Research (CONICET) (Director: Dr. Silvia Ceré, Dr. Ana Lía Cavalieri)
• Secyt-CAPES Scholarship for short term state at the Federal University of Paraná, Brazil (Director: Dr. Wido Schreiner), 2005-2006
• Internal Scholarship for short term state at the Glass and Ceramics Institute of Madrid, SPain (Director: Dr. Alicia Durán), 2006.
• Internal Scholarship for short term state at the Universitát Politécnica de Cataluna Barcelona. Spain (Director: Dr. Marc Anglada), 2006
• DAAD Scholarship for short term state research, 2008
• Dr. Jorge Diestch Award at the Multidisciplinary Congress of Orthopaedics and Trauma - Argentina, 2001
• Special Award for research presented at the XXXIX Argentinian and Latin-American Congress of Orthopaedics and Trauma, Buenos Aires, 2002
• Special Award Best PhD work presentation at the National Workshop of Material Science Engineering, Argentina 2007
• DuPont - CONICET Award 2007, best project in Nanotechnolgy field: "Nanostructured hybrid materials, protective and functuinalized coatings for application on metals in health field", Group Leader: Dr. Silvia Ceré

•  “Electrochemical evaluation of multilayer silica-metacrylate hybrid sol-gel coatings containing bioactive particles on surgical grade stainless steel”. Josefina Ballarre, Damián A. López, Nataly C. Rosero-Navarro, Alicia Durán, Mario Aparicio, Silvia M. Ceré. Surface and Coatings Technology ISSN 0257-8972, (2008) Under review.

• “Frictional and adhesive behaviour of organic-inorganic hybrid coatings on surgical grade stainless steel, using nano-scratching technique”. Josefina Ballarre, Damián A. López, Ana L. Cavalieri. Wear ISSN 0043-1648. (2008) Under Review.

• “Multilayer silica-methacrylate hybrid coatings prepared by sol-gel on stainless steel 316L: Electrochemical evaluation”. Damián A. López, Nataly C. Rosero-Navarro, Josefina Ballarre, Alicia Durán, Mario Aparicio, Silvia M. Ceré. Surface and Coatings Technology ISSN 0257-8972, 202 (2008) 2194-2201.

• “Nanoindentation of hybrid silica coatings on surgical grade stainless steel”. Josefina Ballarre,  Damián A. López, Ana L. Cavalieri. Thin Solid Films ISSN 0040-6090, 519 (2007) 1082-1087.

• “Protective and bioactive hybrid sol-gel coatings on surgical grade stainless steel: Surface Characterization”. Josefina Ballarre, Damián A. López, Wido H. Schreiner, Alicia Durán, Silvia M. Ceré. Applied Surface Science ISSN 0169-4332, 253 (2007) 7260-7264.

• “Recubrimientos protectores y bioactivos por sol-gel sobre aleaciones para uso clínico y odontológico”. Ballarre J., Galliano P., Ceré S., Revista de la Asociación Argentina de Materiales (SAM) ISSN 1668-4788, Nº 4, Mayo (2005).

• “Modificación superficial de aleaciones base cobalto para uso en cirugía ortopédica”. Ballarre J., J.C. Orellano, C. Bordenave, P. Galliano, S. Ceré. Revista de la Asociación Argentina de Traumatología y Ortopedia ISSN 1515-1786, 68 (2) (2003) 131-139.

• “In vivo and in vitro evaluation of silica coating on CO-Cr alloys for prosthetic devices”. Ballarre J, J.C. Orellano, C. Bordenave, P. Galliano, S. Ceré. Journal of Non Crystalline Solids, 304 (2002) 279-286