Dr Cheryl Miller BEng(hons), PhD

Non-clinical lecturer in Dental Implantology and Biomaterials

Member of the Bioengineering and Health Technologies Research Group

Tel: 0114 271 7852
Fax: 0114 271 7863
Email: c.a.miller@sheffield.ac.uk

Administrative roles

Course Director, MMedSci in Dental Implantology

Postgraduate Research Selector for Bioengineering and Health Technologies
Safety Representative and Academic lead for Materials core facilities
Module lead on OMS6126: Research Projects and OMS6116: Biomaterials in Implantology, Masters in Dental Implantology.

National Administrative Role

Reviewer for: Acta Biomaterialia; Journal of Material Science: Materials in Medicine; Recent Patents on Material Science; Journal of Dentistry; Journal of the Royal Society Interface; Glass Technology: European Journal of Glass Science and Technology.

Research Interests

My research interests are varied, interdisciplinary and lie within the field of materials for biomedical and dental applications. Presently my research focuses on the design and fabrication of novel glasses, ceramics and composites, the subsequent characterisation and analysis of these materials. Much of this research is in collaboration with Engineering Materials (UoS) Imperial College London, Chubu University, Japan and Sao Paulo University, Brazil. My research has also progressed to the production of custom prostheses using novel production methods and advanced manufacturing techniques such as Hot-Isostatic-Pressing, Spark-Laser-Sintering, freeze-casting, laser machining and electro-spinning. In addition, due to my involvement (course director and module lead) in the MMedSci in Dental Implantology, I also supervise projects on dental implantology.

Recently Published Papers (2002+)

S. Bhakta, K. Hurrell-Gillingham, M. Mirsaneh, C.A. Miller, I.M. Reaney, I.M. Brook, R. van Noort and P.V. Hatton, “In vitro biocompatibility of modified potassium fluorrichterite and potassium fluorrichterite-fluorapatite glass–ceramics”, Journal of Material Science: Materials in Medicine, 22, 2011, pp2065-2070.

A B Seddon, N Prasad, D Furniss, H L Rowe, C A Miller, D H Gregory, “First time microwave synthesis of As40Se60 chalcogenide glass” Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 356, 2010, pp2134-2145

S. Bhakta, D.K. Pattanayak, H. Takadama, T. Kokubo, C.A. Miller, M. Mirsaneh, I.M. Reaney, I. Brook, R. van Noort and P.V. Hatton, “Prediction of osteoconductive activity of modified potassium fluorrichterite glass-ceramics by immersion in simulated body fluid”, Journal of Material Science: Materials in Medicine, 21, 2010, pp2979-2988.

M. D. O´Donnell, P. L. Candarlioglu, C. A. Miller, E. Gentleman and M. M. Stevens, "Materials characterisation and cytotoxic assessment of strontium-substituted bioactive glasses for bone regeneration" Journal of Materials Chemistry, 20, 2010, pp8934-8941.

S. Bhakta, D.K. Pattanayak, H. Takadama, T. Kokubo, C.A. Miller, M. Mirsaneh, I.M. Reaney, I. Brook, R. van Noort and P.V. Hatton, "Prediction of osteoconductive activity of modified potassium fluorrichterite glass-ceramics by immersion in simulated body fluid", Journal of Material Science: Materials in Medicine, 21, 2010, pp2979-2988.

RG Hill, RV Law, MD O´Donnell, J Hawes, NL Bubb, DJ Wood, CA Miller, M Mirsaneh and IM Reaney, "Characterisation of Fluorine Containing Glasses and Glass-Ceramics by 19F Magic Angle Spinning Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy" Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 29, 2009, pp2185-2191.

S.D. Savage, C.A. Miller, D. Furniss and A.B. Seddon, "Extrusion of chalcogenide glass preforms and drawing to multimode optical fibres" Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 354, 2008, pp3418-3427.

W. Pan, D. Furniss, H. Rowe, C.A. Miller, A. Loni, P. Sewell and T.M. Benson and A.B. Seddon, "Fine embossing of chalcogenide glasses – first time submicron definition of surface embossed features" Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 353, 2007, pp1302-1306.

A.B. Seddon, W. Pan, D. Furniss, C.A. Miller, H. Rowe, D. Zhang, E.J. McBrearty, Y. Zhang, A. Loni, P. Sewell and T.M. Benson, "Fine embossing of chalcogenide glasses – a new fabrication route for photonic integrated circuits" Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 352, 2006, pp2515-2520.

S.K. Al-Salehi, P.V. Hatton, C.A. Miller, C. McLeod and A. Joiner, "The effect of carbamide peroxide treatment on metal ion release from dental amalgam" Dental Materials, 22, 2006, pp948-953.

N. Kanchanarat, C.A. Miller, P.V. Hatton, P.F. James and I.M. Reaney, "TEM of the early stages of crystallisation in canasite-based glass ceramics" Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 88, 2005, pp3198-3204.

C. A. Miller, I. M. Reaney, P. V. Hatton and P. F. James, "Crystallization of canasite/frankamenite-based glass-ceramics" Chemistry of Materials, 16, 2004, 5736-5743.

K Hurrell-Gillingham, I.M. Reaney, A. Crawford, C.A. Miller and P.V. Hatton, "Devitrification of ionomer glass and its effect on the in vitro biocompatibility of glass-ionomer cements", Biomaterials, 24 (18), 2003, pp3153-3160.

C.A. Miller, T. Kokubo, I.M. Reaney, P.V. Hatton, and P.F. James, "Apatite deposition on canasite glass-ceramics in simulated body fluid", Journal of Biomedical Materials Research, 59, 2002 pp473-480.

Current MPhil/PhD Students

2011-2015: Eleanor Ashworth, “Remineralisation of Erosion and Caries Affected Dentine by Infiltration with Colloidal Nanoparticles”, funded by BBSRC/GSK case award

2011-2014: Harriet Drouin, “Membranes for Bone Tissue Repair and Regeneration”, funded by Tissue Engineering DTC (Doctoral Training Centre)

2011-2014: Caroline Wilcock, “Nanostructured Medical Ceramics for Bone Tissue Regeneration”, funded by EPSRC/Ceramisys case award

2009-2013: Martin Romero, “Electrospun Polymer-Glass/Ceramic Composites for Tissue Engineering & Regenerative Medicine”, funded by EPSRC [primary supervisor]

2008-2013: Hawa Fathi, “Development of Apatite-Mullite Glass-Ceramics for use as Dental Restorations”, funded by Libyan Government.

Former PhD Students

2007-2011: Neda Al-Kaisy, “Creation and validation of an in vitro model to evaluate and characterise denture retentive forces” funded by the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education.

2006-2011: Shashwat Bhakta, Passed with no corrections “Characterisation and Evaluation of Novel Fluorrichterite Compositions for Implantology and Maxillofacial Surgery” NHS funded.