Surface post-treatments for metal additive manufacturing: Progress, challenges, and opportunities

E Maleki, S Bagherifard, M Bandini, M Guagliano - Additive Manufacturing, 2021 - Elsevier
Metal additive manufacturing is a rapidly expanding area owing to its capacity to fabricate
parts of intricate geometries with customized features for a wide range of applications …

[HTML][HTML] Research status of laser additive manufacturing for metal: a review

G Gong, J Ye, Y Chi, Z Zhao, Z Wang, G **a… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Additive manufacturing (AM) especially laser additive manufacturing (LAM), a novel
manufacturing technique of layer-by-layer forming according to geometric model, provides a …

[HTML][HTML] Metal vaporization and its influence during laser powder bed fusion process

J Liu, P Wen - Materials & Design, 2022 - Elsevier
Laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) is a key metal additive manufacturing process and has
attracted increasing attention both in academia and industry. An essential physical issue …

An overview of 3D printed metal implants in orthopedic applications: Present and future perspectives

Y Wu, J Liu, L Kang, J Tian, X Zhang, J Hu, Y Huang… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
With the ability to produce components with complex and precise structures, additive
manufacturing or 3D printing techniques are now widely applied in both industry and …

[HTML][HTML] Fabrication and performance of Zinc-based biodegradable metals: From conventional processes to laser powder bed fusion

A Liu, Y Qin, J Dai, F Song, Y Tian, Y Zheng, P Wen - Bioactive Materials, 2024 - Elsevier
Zinc (Zn)-based biodegradable metals (BMs) fabricated through conventional manufacturing
methods exhibit adequate mechanical strength, moderate degradation behavior, acceptable …

Latest developments and insights of orthopedic implants in biomaterials using additive manufacturing technologies

A Abdudeen, JE Abu Qudeiri, A Kareem… - Journal of Manufacturing …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The additive manufacturing (AM) process is used for joining materials to make objects from
3D model data, usually layer upon layer, contrary to subtractive manufacturing methods …

Single point exposure LPBF for the production of biodegradable Zn-alloy lattice structures

F Guaglione, L Caprio, B Previtali, AG Demir - Additive Manufacturing, 2021 - Elsevier
The processing of Zn alloys through Laser Powder Bed Fusion (LPBF) with conventional
vector-based scan strategies poses significant challenges regarding process stability. The …

Microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of pure Zn fabricated by selective laser melting

C Wang, Y Hu, C Zhong, C Lan, W Li… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
There are few studies on the microstructure formation mechanism and microstructure
evolution of selective laser melting (SLM) of pure Zn. In this study, the process parameters of …

A novel biodegradable Zn-0.4 Li-0.4 Cu alloy with superior strength-ductility synergy and corrosive behavior by laser powder bed fusion

M Waqas, D He, C He, Z Tan, X Wu, G Ji… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Zinc (Zn) alloys have recently revolutionized and shown promising usage for degradable
biomedical implants (BMI). However, due to the low strength of pure Zn, its application in the …

[HTML][HTML] Laser additive manufacturing of zinc targeting for biomedical application

Y Zhou, J Wang, Y Yang, M Yang, H Zheng… - … Journal of Bioprinting, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Biodegradable zinc (Zn) is expected to be used in clinical application like bone tissue
engineering scaffolds, since it possesses favorable biocompatibility and suitable …