[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 …

Design of biodegradable, implantable devices towards clinical translation

C Li, C Guo, V Fitzpatrick, A Ibrahim… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Biodegradable materials, including natural and synthetic polymers and hydrolyzable metals,
constitute the main components of temporary, implantable medical devices. Besides the …

Alloying design of biodegradable zinc as promising bone implants for load-bearing applications

H Yang, B Jia, Z Zhang, X Qu, G Li, W Lin, D Zhu… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Magnesium-based biodegradable metals (BMs) as bone implants have better mechanical
properties than biodegradable polymers, yet their strength is roughly less than 350 MPa. In …

[HTML][HTML] Towards load-bearing biomedical titanium-based alloys: From essential requirements to future developments

YW Cui, L Wang, LC Zhang - Progress in Materials Science, 2024 - Elsevier
The use of biomedical metallic materials in research and clinical applications has been an
important focus and a significant area of interest, primarily owing to their role in enhancing …

Biodegradable materials for sustainable health monitoring devices

ES Hosseini, S Dervin, P Ganguly… - ACS applied bio …, 2020 - ACS Publications
The recent advent of biodegradable materials has offered huge opportunity to transform
healthcare technologies by enabling sensors that degrade naturally after use. The …

[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 …

A review of current challenges and prospects of magnesium and its alloy for bone implant applications

M Nasr Azadani, A Zahedi, OK Bowoto… - Progress in …, 2022 - Springer
Medical application materials must meet multiple requirements, and the designed implant
must mimic the bone structure in shape and support the formation of bone tissue …

[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 …

Corrosion fatigue behavior and anti-fatigue mechanisms of an additively manufactured biodegradable zinc-magnesium gyroid scaffold

D Zhao, C Han, B Peng, T Cheng, J Fan, L Yang… - Acta biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Additively manufactured biodegradable zinc (Zn) alloy scaffolds constitute an important
branch in orthopedic implants because of their moderate degradation behavior and bone …

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 …