Corrosion testing of bioabsorbable metallic materials is important at material selection stage
and for understanding their degradation mechanisms. A large variety of different corrosive …

Zinc is an essential mineral that is required for normal skeletal growth and bone
homeostasis. Furthermore, zinc appears to be able to promote bone regeneration. However …

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 …

In recent years, Zn-based materials provide a new option as biodegradable metals for
orthopedic applications. To improve the low strength and brittle nature of pure Zn, small …

A biologically-validated biodegradable material must comfortably stay in the physiological
environment it is placed in, before finally disappearing over the intended period of time with …

Selective laser melting (SLM) can produce complex hierarchical architectures paving the
way for highly customisable biodegradable load-bearing bone scaffolds. For the first time, an …

Compared with non-degradable materials, biodegradable biomaterials play an increasingly
important role in the repairing of severe bone defects, and have attracted extensive attention …

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 …

A cardiovascular stent is a small mesh tube that expands a narrowed or blocked coronary
artery. Unfortunately, current stents, regardless metallic or polymeric, still largely fall short to …

Zinc (Zn) alloys are receiving increasing attention in the field of biodegradable implant
materials due to their unique combination of suitable biodegradability and good biological …