Trends and Prospects of Biomedical Alloys in Additive Manufacturing
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Materials Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2020) | Viewed by 410
Special Issue Editor
Interests: additive manufacturing (AM); metal matrix composites; metals and alloys; shape memory alloys
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Dear Colleagues,
Upon the emerge of additive manufacturing (AM), the medical industry was naturally fascinated by this technology. This was due to many new possibilities being opened up for this industry, leading to a new generation of patient-specific implants with improved efficiency from desirable and advanced materials. Today, after over a decade of advancements in this sector, the range of biocompatible metals and implants is rapidly growing over α and/or β titanium, CoCr, stainless steel, tantalum, nickel–titanium shape memory, and magnesium and zing biodegradable alloys.
According to the mentioned trends and prospects, this Special Issue of Applied Sciences has been dedicated to publishing the latest research works on the biomedical alloys in additive manufacturing. The main topics of interest include:
- Developing parameters and methods to process biomedical alloys across all feasible AM techniques;
- New AM biomedical metal alloys and metal matrix composites;
- AM made shape memory alloys;
- AM of biodegradable metals;
- Metallurgical and mechanical characterizations of biomedical AM metals;
- Evaluation and enhancement of biocompatibility of AM alloys;
- Porous lattice structures towards biomedical applications; and
- The influence of post-treatments and finishing on static and dynamic mechanical performance and biological behavior of AM components.
Prof. Dr. Sasan Dadbakhsh
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Additive manufacturing
- Biomedical
- Alloys
- Metal matrix composites
- Shape memory
- Biodegradable
- Materials design
- Porous structures
- Mechanical performance
- Biocompatibility
