Design, printing, and engineering of regenerative biomaterials for personalized bone healthcare

Z Jia, X Xu, D Zhu, Y Zheng - Progress in Materials Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Trauma-and disease-related skeletal defects and illnesses are plaguing millions of people
especially in an ageing globe. Recently, the convergence of additive manufacturing (AM) …

Additive manufacturing of porous magnesium alloys for biodegradable orthopedic implants: Process, design, and modification

B Peng, H Xu, F Song, P Wen, Y Tian… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biodegradable magnesium (Mg) alloys exhibit excellent biocompatibility, adequate
mechanical properties, and osteogenic effect. They can contribute to complete recovery of …

Revealing anisotropic mechanisms in mechanical and degradation properties of zinc fabricated by laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing

Z Dong, C Han, G Liu, J Zhang, Q Li, Y Zhao… - Journal of Materials …, 2025 - Elsevier
Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) additive manufacturing of zinc (Zn) offers promising
advantages for biodegradable metal bone implants, including tailorable microstructures …

[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 …

[HTML][HTML] Microstructure evolution and texture tailoring of reduced graphene oxide reinforced Zn scaffold

Y Yang, Y Cheng, S Peng, L Xu, C He, F Qi, M Zhao… - Bioactive Materials, 2021 - Elsevier
Zinc (Zn) possesses desirable degradability and favorable biocompatibility, thus being
recognized as a promising bone implant material. Nevertheless, the insufficient mechanical …

Additive manufacturing of Zn-Mg alloy porous scaffolds with enhanced osseointegration: In vitro and in vivo studies

Y Qin, A Liu, H Guo, Y Shen, P Wen, H Lin, DD **a… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Biodegradable metals (BM) and additive manufacturing (AM) are regarded revolutionary
biomaterials and biofabrication technologies for bone repairing metal implants, the …

[HTML][HTML] Additively manufactured pure zinc porous scaffolds for critical-sized bone defects of rabbit femur

D **a, Y Qin, H Guo, P Wen, H Lin, M Voshage… - Bioactive materials, 2023 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing has received attention for the fabrication of medical implants that
have customized and complicated structures. Biodegradable Zn metals are revolutionary …

[HTML][HTML] Additively manufactured biodegradable porous metals

Y Li, H Jahr, J Zhou, AA Zadpoor - Acta biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Partially due to the unavailability of ideal bone substitutes, the treatment of large bony
defects remains one of the most important challenges of orthopedic surgery. Additively …

[HTML][HTML] Rare earth improves strength and creep resistance of additively manufactured Zn implants

Y Yang, M Yang, C He, F Qi, D Wang, S Peng… - Composites Part B …, 2021 - Elsevier
Poor mechanical strength and creep resistance limit the orthopedic application of
biodegradable Zinc (Zn). In present work, cerium (Ce) was alloyed with Zn using laser …

[HTML][HTML] Effect of grain size and volume fraction of eutectic structure on mechanical properties and corrosion behavior of as-cast Zn–Mg binary alloys

L Ye, H Huang, C Sun, X Zhuo, Q Dong, H Liu… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work, the effects of Mg content on the microstructure evolution, mechanical properties,
and corrosion behavior of as-cast Zn-xMg (x= 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, and 3.0, wt.%) binary …