A method for producing ceramic tiles, comprising the steps of providing a ceramic mixture, forming a raw tile with a body having an upper surface based on said mixture, and firing said raw tile to produce said ceramic tile, wherein the method comprises a step of producing a relief structure on said upper surface and wherein said structure is produced after said forming step and before said firing step.

An antimicrobial ceramic glazing composition contains one or more antimicrobial agents disposed therein. Methods for making and using the glazing composition are disclosed, as well as substrates having a fired antimicrobial glaze thereon. The antimicrobial agents comprise metallic oxides, with a subset of the disclosed combinations exhibiting synergistic effect in fired glazes.

An antimicrobial ceramic glazing composition contains one or more antimicrobial agents disposed therein. Methods for making and using the glazing composition are disclosed, as well as substrates having a fired antimicrobial glaze thereon. The antimicrobial agents comprise metallic oxides, with a subset of the disclosed combinations exhibiting synergistic effect in fired glazes.

An antimicrobial ceramic glazing composition contains one or more antimicrobial agents disposed therein. Methods for making and using the glazing composition are disclosed, as well as substrates having a fired antimicrobial glaze thereon. The antimicrobial agents comprise metallic oxides, with a subset of the disclosed combinations exhibiting synergistic effect in fired glazes.

An antimicrobial ceramic glazing composition contains one or more antimicrobial agents disposed therein. Methods for making and using the glazing composition are disclosed, as well as substrates having a fired antimicrobial glaze thereon. The antimicrobial agents comprise metallic oxides, with a subset of the disclosed combinations exhibiting synergistic effect in fired glazes.

An antimicrobial ceramic glazing composition contains one or more antimicrobial agents disposed therein. Methods for making and using the glazing composition are disclosed, as well as substrates having a fired antimicrobial glaze thereon. The antimicrobial agents comprise metallic oxides, with a subset of the disclosed combinations exhibiting synergistic effect in fired glazes.

An antimicrobial ceramic glazing composition contains one or more antimicrobial agents disposed therein. Methods for making and using the glazing composition are disclosed, as well as substrates having a fired antimicrobial glaze thereon. The antimicrobial agents comprise metallic oxides, with a subset of the disclosed combinations exhibiting synergistic effect in fired glazes.

A method for producing a body obtained by processing a solid carbon-containing material, the method includes: preparing the solid carbon-containing material composed of a material having at least a surface containing solid carbon; forming a gas phase fluid containing at least one of an active gas or an active plasma which are active against the solid carbon; and processing the solid carbon-containing material by injecting the gas phase fluid onto at least a part of the surface of the solid carbon-containing material.

Disclosed is a dental implant with a post element that can be inserted into a jawbone and with a mounting element attached to the post element, to which mounting element and dental element can be affixed with the post element designed as a ceramic body of yttrium and/or aluminum oxide stabilized zirconium oxide. Said dental implant should have an even additionally improved ingrowth or integration behavior during the osseous implant healing, compared with the mentioned known concepts. According to the invention, the surface of the dental implant is provided with at least one partial area that has nanoscopic pore or an otherwise executed nanoscopic structure that has a depletion zone with a reduced yttrium and/or aluminum oxide element, compared with the internal volume.

This method for producing a body obtained by processing a solid carbon-containing material includes: a step of preparing the solid carbon-containing material having at least a surface composed of solid carbon; and a step of processing the solid carbon-containing material. The step of processing the solid carbon-containing material includes: a sub-step of forming non-diamond carbon by heat-treating the solid carbon in the surface of the solid carbon-containing material; and a sub-step of removing at least a part of the non-diamond carbon.