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 …

Application of electrochemical polishing in surface treatment of additively manufactured structures: A review

J Mu, T Sun, CLA Leung, JP Oliveira, Y Wu… - Progress in Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
The accelerated growth of additive manufacturing (AM) technologies has greatly aided the
expansion of the affiliated manufacturing industry, leading to cost savings in labor, materials …

Mechanical performance of additively manufactured meta-biomaterials

AA Zadpoor - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Additive manufacturing (AM)(= 3D printing) and rational design techniques have
enabled development of meta-biomaterials with unprecedented combinations of …

Influence of the mechanical properties of biomaterials on degradability, cell behaviors and signaling pathways: current progress and challenges

L Wang, C Wang, S Wu, Y Fan, X Li - Biomaterials science, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of suitable biomaterials with the ability to improve repair and regeneration
of human tissues is continuously in progress, and mechanical properties of biomaterials play …

Additively manufactured porous metallic biomaterials

AA Zadpoor - Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
Additively manufactured (AM,= 3D printed) porous metallic biomaterials with topologically
ordered unit cells have created a lot of excitement and are currently receiving a lot of …

Surface engineering of additively manufactured titanium alloys for enhanced clinical performance of biomedical implants: A review of recent developments

VMS Muthaiah, S Indrakumar, S Suwas, K Chatterjee - Bioprinting, 2022 - Elsevier
Titanium (Ti)-based alloys exhibit low elastic modulus that better match the modulus of
human bones than several other metallic biomaterials while providing high strength to …

Biofunctionalization of selective laser melted porous titanium using silver and zinc nanoparticles to prevent infections by antibiotic-resistant bacteria

IAJ Van Hengel, NE Putra, M Tierolf, M Minneboo… - Acta biomaterialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are frequently involved in implant-associated infections (IAIs),
making the treatment of these infections even more challenging. Therefore, multifunctional …

[HTML][HTML] Surface modification of additively manufactured metallic biomaterials with active antipathogenic properties

A Nouri, AR Shirvan, Y Li, C Wen - Smart Materials in Manufacturing, 2023 - Elsevier
Bacterial infection is one of the most common complications following the implantation of
biomaterials and can lead to aseptic loosening, prosthesis failure, and even morbidity or …

Effect of microstructure and porosity of AlSi10Mg alloy produced by selective laser melting on the corrosion properties of plasma electrolytic oxidation coatings

L Pezzato, M Dabalà, S Gross, K Brunelli - Surface and Coatings …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this work, PEO process was carried out on SLM samples of AlSi10Mg, characterized by
different grades of porosity, in direct-current mode using high current densities and short …

Early plastic deformation behaviour and energy absorption in porous β-type biomedical titanium produced by selective laser melting

YJ Liu, SJ Li, LC Zhang, YL Hao, TB Sercombe - Scripta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
Energy absorption is a critical consideration in the design of porous structures design. This
work studied the energy absorption mechanism of three porous structures (ie cubic, topology …