Traditional orthopedic metal implants, such as titanium (Ti), Ti alloys, and cobalt-chromium
(Co-Cr) alloys, cannot be degraded in vivo. Fracture patients is must always suffer a second …

Biodegradable magnesium (Mg) alloys exhibit great potential for use as temporary
structures in tissue engineering applications. Such degradable implants require no …

Magnesium (Mg) and its alloys have been widely researched for orthopedic applications
recently. Mg alloys have stupendous advantages over the commercially available stainless …

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 …

Mg alloys are emerging as potential and very promising alternatives for replacing permanent
metallic implant materials such as steels and titanium in applications where the implants …

Recent years have witnessed surging demand for bone repair/regeneration implants due to
the increasing number of bone defects caused by trauma, cancer, infection, and arthritis …

As the lightest structural metal and one of the most abundant metallic elements on earth,
magnesium (Mg) has been used as an “industrial metal” for lightweighting in the …

Corrosion product formed on zinc sample during 2 weeks immersion in saline solution has
been investigated. The corrosion layer morphology as well as its chemical composition, was …

Biodegradable alloys and especially magnesium-based alloys are considered by many
researchers as materials to be used in medicine due to their biocompatibility and excellent …

To facilitate patient healing in injuries and bone fractures, metallic implants have been in
use for a long time. As metallic biomaterials have offered desirable mechanical strength …