[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 …

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 …

[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 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 …

Current status and perspectives of zinc-based absorbable alloys for biomedical applications

D Hernández-Escobar, S Champagne, H Yilmazer… - Acta biomaterialia, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Absorbable metals have the potential to serve as the next generation of temporary medical
implant devices by safely dissolving in the human body upon vascular tissue healing and …

High-strength biodegradable zinc alloy implants with antibacterial and osteogenic properties for the treatment of MRSA-induced rat osteomyelitis

B Jia, Z Zhang, Y Zhuang, H Yang, Y Han, Q Wu, X Jia… - Biomaterials, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Implant-related infections caused by drug-resistant bacteria remain a major challenge faced
by orthopedic surgeons. Furthermore, ideal prevention and treatment methods are lacking in …

[HTML][HTML] Recent progress of novel biodegradable zinc alloys: From the perspective of strengthening and toughening

X Zhuo, Y Wu, J Ju, H Liu, J Jiang, Z Hu, J Bai… - journal of materials …, 2022‏ - Elsevier
With a suitable degradation rate, fully bioresorbable degradation products, and excellent
biocompatibility, Zn and its alloys are regarded as the most promising biodegradable …

Challenges in the use of zinc and its alloys as biodegradable metals: Perspective from biomechanical compatibility

G Li, H Yang, Y Zheng, XH Chen, JA Yang, D Zhu… - Acta biomaterialia, 2019‏ - Elsevier
To date, more than fifty articles have been published on the feasibility studies of zinc and its
alloys as biodegradable metals. These preliminary in vitro and in vivo studies showed …

Recent advances on the mechanical behavior of zinc based biodegradable metals focusing on the strain softening phenomenon

H Huang, G Li, Q Jia, D Bian, S Guan, O Kulyasova… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Zinc based biodegradable metals (BMs) show great potential to be used in various
biomedical applications, owing to their superior biodegradability and biocompatibility. Some …

[HTML][HTML] Design biodegradable Zn alloys: Second phases and their significant influences on alloy properties

ZZ Shi, XX Gao, HJ Zhang, XF Liu, HY Li, C Zhou… - Bioactive materials, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Alloying combined with plastic deformation processing is widely used to improve
mechanical properties of pure Zn. As-cast Zn and its alloys are brittle. Beside plastic …