Additive manufacturing (AM), also known as three-dimensional (3D) printing, has boomed
over the last 30 years, and its use has accelerated during the last 5 years. AM is a materials …

Metal additive manufacturing (AM) has led to an evolution in the design and fabrication of
hard tissue substitutes, enabling personalized implants to address each patient's specific …

Mg and its alloys have been identified as promising bone implant materials owing to their
natural degradability, good biocompatibility and favorable mechanical properties …

Polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF)/barium titanate (BaTiO 3) composites are becoming
increasingly attractive in bone repair since it combines the advantage of polymer flexibility …

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 …

Zinc (Zn) possesses desirable degradability and favorable biocompatibility, thus being
recognized as a promising bone implant material. Nevertheless, the insufficient mechanical …

Ideal bone scaffolds require good biocompatibility and moderate mechanical properties, so
as to promote the proliferation and differentiation of osteoblast cells, and achieve the good …

NiTi alloys have drawn significant attentions in biomedical and aerospace fields due to their
unique shape memory effect (SME), superelasticity (SE), damping characteristics, high …

Meta-biomaterials are designer biomaterials with extraordinary characteristics that originate
from their geometrical designs. Additive manufacturing (AM) is a perfect fabrication route for …

With the increasing application of orthopedic scaffolds, a dramatically increasing number of
requirements for scaffolds are precise. The porous structure has been a fundamental design …