Bioceramics: calcium phosphates and sulphates, glasses and glass-ceramics; Organic-inorganic hybrid materials for implants; Mesoporous materials as matrices for controlled drug release systems; Bioactive coatings of metallic substrates; Magnetic oxides. High temperature superconductors. Colossal magnetoresistance. Non-skiometry in oxides. Order-disorder transitions. Synthesis of nanoparticles. Thin films. Microstructural characterisation; Pigments; Biocompatibility studies of biomaterials; Cultivation of cells of vascular origin on different supports and study of their functionality for the development of vascular implants.