[HTML][HTML] Antibacterial metals and alloys for potential biomedical implants

E Zhang, X Zhao, J Hu, R Wang, S Fu, G Qin - Bioactive materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Metals and alloys, including stainless steel, titanium and its alloys, cobalt alloys, and other
metals and alloys have been widely used clinically as implant materials, but implant-related …

[HTML][HTML] Recent research and progress of biodegradable zinc alloys and composites for biomedical applications: Biomechanical and biocorrosion perspectives

H Kabir, K Munir, C Wen, Y Li - Bioactive materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Biodegradable metals (BMs) gradually degrade in vivo by releasing corrosion products once
exposed to the physiological environment in the body. Complete dissolution of …

Fundamental theory of biodegradable metals—definition, criteria, and design

Y Liu, Y Zheng, XH Chen, JA Yang… - Advanced Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Until now there has been no fundamental theory applicable for biodegradable metals (BMs).
First, this paper optimizes the definition of BMs given in 2014. Second, the dual criteria of …

The influence of alloying and fabrication techniques on the mechanical properties, biodegradability and biocompatibility of zinc: A comprehensive review

J Venezuela, MS Dargusch - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Zinc has been identified as one of the most promising biodegradable metals along with
magnesium and iron. Zinc appears to address some of the core engineering problems …

Biodegradable magnesium‐based biomaterials: an overview of challenges and opportunities

S Amukarimi, M Mozafari - MedComm, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
As promising biodegradable materials with nontoxic degradation products, magnesium (Mg)
and its alloys have received more and more attention in the biomedical field very recently …

[HTML][HTML] A review on current research status of the surface modification of Zn-based biodegradable metals

W Yuan, D **a, S Wu, Y Zheng, Z Guan, JV Rau - Bioactive materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, zinc and its alloys have been proposed as promising candidates for
biodegradable metals (BMs), owning to their preferable corrosion behavior and acceptable …

Zinc-based alloys for degradable vascular stent applications

E Mostaed, M Sikora-Jasinska, JW Drelich, M Vedani - Acta biomaterialia, 2018 - Elsevier
The search for biodegradable metals with mechanical properties equal or higher to those of
currently used permanent biomaterials, such as stainless steels, cobalt chromium and …

[HTML][HTML] Selecting medium for corrosion testing of bioabsorbable magnesium and other metals–a critical review

D Mei, SV Lamaka, X Lu, ML Zheludkevich - Corrosion science, 2020 - Elsevier
Corrosion testing of bioabsorbable metallic materials is important at material selection stage
and for understanding their degradation mechanisms. A large variety of different corrosive …

[HTML][HTML] Current status and outlook on the clinical translation of biodegradable metals

HS Han, S Loffredo, I Jun, J Edwards, YC Kim… - Materials Today, 2019 - Elsevier
During the last decade, translational research on biodegradable metallic materials has
shown the feasibility of these novel materials for use in the fields of cardiology and …

Zinc-based biomaterials for regeneration and therapy

Y Su, I Cockerill, Y Wang, YX Qin, L Chang… - Trends in …, 2019 - cell.com
Zinc has been described as the 'calcium of the twenty-first century'. Zinc-based degradable
biomaterials have recently emerged thanks to their intrinsic physiological relevance …