UHMWPE for biomedical applications: Performance and functionalization

NA Patil, J Njuguna, B Kandasubramanian - European Polymer Journal, 2020 - Elsevier
According to a survey conducted by Grand View Research, the market demand for medical
grade UHMWPE has raise remarkably from 60.9 kilotons up to 204.8 kilotons during 2015 …

Review of functionally graded thermal sprayed coatings

L Łatka, L Pawłowski, M Winnicki, P Sokołowski… - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
The paper briefly describes major thermal spray techniques used to spray functionally
graded coatings such as atmospheric plasma spraying, high velocity oxy-fuel spraying …

Extraction of mechanical properties of materials through deep learning from instrumented indentation

L Lu, M Dao, P Kumar, U Ramamurty… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Instrumented indentation has been developed and widely utilized as one of the most
versatile and practical means of extracting mechanical properties of materials. This method …

Osteocalcin is necessary for the alignment of apatite crystallites, but not glucose metabolism, testosterone synthesis, or muscle mass

T Moriishi, R Ozasa, T Ishimoto, T Nakano… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
The strength of bone depends on bone quantity and quality. Osteocalcin (Ocn) is the most
abundant noncollagenous protein in bone and is produced by osteoblasts. It has been …

Multiscale micromechanical analysis of alkali-activated fly ash-slag paste

G Fang, M Zhang - Cement and Concrete Research, 2020 - Elsevier
Current demand for highly sustainable concrete, eg alkali-activated fly ash-slag (AAFS)
concrete, urges understanding the links between microstructure and micromechanical …

Antiviral and antibacterial nanostructured surfaces with excellent mechanical properties for hospital applications

J Hasan, Y Xu, T Yarlagadda, M Schuetz… - ACS Biomaterials …, 2020 - ACS Publications
With the rise of bacterial and viral infections including the recent outbreak of coronavirus, the
requirement for novel antimicrobial strategies is also rising with urgency. To solve this …

Mechanical property, nanopore structure and drying shrinkage of metakaolin-based geopolymer with waste glass powder

R Si, Q Dai, S Guo, J Wang - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the mechanical properties, nanopore structure and drying shrinkage
behavior of the metakaolin-based geopolymer mixtures containing 0%–20% waste glass …

Mechanical properties of metallic lithium: from nano to bulk scales

CD Fincher, D Ojeda, Y Zhang, GM Pharr, M Pharr - Acta Materialia, 2020 - Elsevier
Despite renewed interest in lithium metal anodes, unstable electrodeposition of Li during
operation has obstructed progress in practical battery applications. While deformation …

3D touchless multiorder reflection structural color sensing display

HS Kang, SW Han, C Park, SW Lee, H Eoh, J Baek… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
The development of a lightweight, low-power, user-interactive three-dimensional (3D)
touchless display in which a human stimulus can be detected and simultaneously visualized …

Post heat treatment of additive manufactured AlSi10Mg: On silicon morphology, texture and small-scale properties

F Alghamdi, X Song, A Hadadzadeh… - Materials Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Post-fabrication heat treatment, including solution treatment (at 520° C for 1 h) followed by
water quenching (WQ), air cooling (AC) and furnace cooling (FC), was performed on a …