Lattice structures and functionally graded materials applications in additive manufacturing of orthopedic implants: a review

D Mahmoud, MA Elbestawi - Journal of Manufacturing and materials …, 2017 - mdpi.com
A major advantage of additive manufacturing (AM) technologies is the ability to print
customized products, which makes these technologies well suited for the orthopedic …

Non-auxetic mechanical metamaterials

CP de Jonge, HMA Kolken, AA Zadpoor - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
The concept of “mechanical metamaterials” has become increasingly popular, since their
macro-scale characteristics can be designed to exhibit unusual combinations of mechanical …

Gyroid porous titanium structures: A versatile solution to be used as scaffolds in bone defect reconstruction

A Yánez, A Cuadrado, O Martel, H Afonso… - Materials & Design, 2018 - Elsevier
Triply periodic minimal surfaces (TPMS) have emerged as a suitable tool for designing
porous biomaterials. One of the well-known TPMS structures is the gyroid structure. Different …

Compressive behaviour of gyroid lattice structures for human cancellous bone implant applications

A Yánez, A Herrera, O Martel, D Monopoli… - Materials Science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Electron beam melting (EBM) was used to fabricate porous titanium alloy structures. The
elastic modulus of these porous structures was similar to the elastic modulus of the …

Porous titanium for biomedical applications: Evaluation of the conventional powder metallurgy frontier and space-holder technique

S Lascano, C Arévalo, I Montealegre-Melendez… - Applied sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Titanium and its alloys are reference materials in biomedical applications because of their
desirable properties. However, one of the most important concerns in long-term prostheses …

Influence of load orientation and of types of loads on the mechanical properties of porous Ti6Al4V biomaterials

A Cuadrado, A Yánez, O Martel, S Deviaene… - Materials & Design, 2017 - Elsevier
Mechanical properties of human bone vary immensely depending on the type of bone and
loads. Scaffolds manufactured by electron beam melting allow matching some of those …

The relationships between deformation mechanisms and mechanical properties of additively manufactured porous biomaterials

J Kadkhodapour, H Montazerian, AC Darabi… - Journal of the …, 2017 - Elsevier
Modulating deformation mechanism through manipulating morphological parameters of
scaffold internal pore architecture provides potential to tailor the overall mechanical …

Biomimetic 3D-printed custom-made prosthesis for anterior column reconstruction in the thoracolumbar spine: a tailored option following en bloc resection for spinal …

M Girolami, S Boriani, S Bandiera… - European Spine …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Various techniques for anterior column reconstruction have been described after
en bloc resection of spinal tumors. Limited evidence exists regarding one being superior to …

Negative Poisson's ratio lattice for designing vertebral biomaterials

A Sorrentino, D Castagnetti - Mechanics of Advanced Materials …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This work designs and experimentally validates a novel bone-mimicking biomaterial for
human cancellous bone vertebral implants. The lattice architecture here proposed consists …

Bone bonding strength of diamond-structured porous titanium-alloy implants manufactured using the electron beam-melting technique

D Hara, Y Nakashima, T Sato, M Hirata… - Materials Science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
The present study examined the bone bonding strength of diamond-structured porous
titanium-alloy (Porous-Ti-alloy) manufactured using the electron beam-melting technique in …