Surface Treatment of Alloys for Biomedical Application
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Metals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 September 2024 | Viewed by 1052
Special Issue Editors
Interests: surface engineering; biomaterials; coatings; antibacterial; tribocorrosion; mechanical properties
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Metallic biomaterials have been widely used as load-bearing implants and internal fixation devices because of their excellent mechanical strength and resilience. The selection of suitable biomaterials depends on their properties, which include biocompatibility, bio-functionality, tribological properties, mechanical properties and surface bioactivity. Titanium (Ti), magnesium (Mg) and their alloys are some of the most widely used materials in the medical field due to their excellent mechanical properties, chemical stability and good biocompatibility.
The stability of metallic implants plays an important role in the clinical performance of medical implants. Significant advances in this field have a close relationship with medicine, biomaterials, numerical simulation, biomaterial preparation and characterization, surface biofunctionalization of metallic implants, etc. It is very important to continue researching not only the effect of metals and alloys on biological tissue but also of tissues on metal surfaces. The surface modification of metal alloys can change the surface physical and chemical properties, which, in turn, influences the surface compatibility and bioactivity.
This Special Issue aims to focus mainly on alloys for biomedical applications and show readers the most up-to-date research on composition design and surface modifications in the development of metal biomaterials.
Prof. Dr. Paulo Soares
Prof. Dr. Pedro A. P. Nascente
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- alloys
- biomedical
- bio-degradable
- surface treatment
- microstructure
- corrosion
- mechanical properties
