Current status of additively manufactured porous Fe-based scaffolds for bone applications: a review from design, corrosion and biocompatibility viewpoints

MTAH Bahrudin, FS Januddi, MN Sarian… - Materials Today …, 2024 - Elsevier
Iron has been vigorously studied as a potential biodegradable bone scaffold in the past
decade due to its appealing mechanical strengths and biodegradability. Nevertheless, its …

Drug-device systems based on biodegradable metals for bone applications: Potential, development and challenges

AHM Yusop, MN Sarian, FS Januddi, H Nur - … and biomedical engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
Drug-device systems based on biodegradable metals have been of great interest in the last
decade due to their local-release regime and the ability of the biodegradable metals to …

[HTML][HTML] Direct ink writing of porous Fe scaffolds for bone implants: Pore size evolution and effect on degradation and mechanical properties

C Xu, H Zhang, S Yu, W Wu, L Zhang, Q Liu… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Existing research suggested 300∼ 600 μm as the optimal pore size range for metallic bone
implants. The human bones, however, have numerous pores smaller than 300 μm for bone …

[HTML][HTML] Preparation and in vitro degradation behavior of biodegradable porous Zn-Li-Ca alloy bone repair scaffolds

S Liu, W Li, Z Li, H Liu, S Qiu, L Yu, M Chen - Journal of Materials Research …, 2024 - Elsevier
Porous pure Zn alloy scaffolds are often used for bone defects, but their clinical effects are
limited due to poor mechanical properties and uneven degradation. In this study, porous Zn …

[HTML][HTML] Direct ink writing of porous Fe–Ti6Al4V and Fe-Inconel 718 bimetallic structures

C Xu, Y Xu, X Chen, W Wu, L Zhang, Q Liu… - Journal of Materials …, 2023 - Elsevier
Additive manufactured bimetallic structures provide site-specific functions by joining two
metallic materials in the designed area, offering customized solutions for biomedical and …

[HTML][HTML] Research Progress on Laser Powder Bed Fusion Additive Manufacturing of Zinc Alloys

F Meng, Y Du - Materials, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Zinc, along with magnesium and iron, is considered one of the most promising
biodegradable metals. Compared with magnesium and iron, pure Zn exhibits poor …

Biocorrosion of Fe-based implants in protein-containing simulated body fluid: Importance, mechanism, and development

AHM Yusop, MTAH Bahrudin, WFFW Ali… - Materials Today …, 2024 - Elsevier
Biodegradable metals have gained significant attention in the biomaterials community due
to their biodegradability and favourable mechanical properties, which are necessary for …

Interplay Between Zinc Surface Functionalization and Degradation Behavior in Targeted Implant Applications

MM Alves - Surfaces and Interfaces, 2025 - Elsevier
Zinc (Zn) is a promising biodegradable metal with an optimal degradation rate and
biocompatible degradation products. Zn has been widely studied in transient bone healing …

Development of Fe-Mg alloys with intermediate degradation kinetics as potential biodegradable bone implants

A Alsakkaf, AHM Yusop, H Idris, AG Hassan… - Materials Today …, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper reports the production and characterizations of some Fe-xMg (x= 3, 5, 7 wt.%)
alloys. These Fe-Mg alloys were prepared using the mechanical alloying method followed …

Prospective Evaluation of an Amide-Based Zinc Scaffold as an Anti-Alzheimer Agent: In Vitro, In Vivo, and Computational Studies

W Waseem, F Anwar, U Saleem, B Ahmad, R Zafar… - ACS …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Alzheimer's disease is the most common progressive neurodegenerative mental disorder
associated with loss of memory, decline in cognitive function, and dysfunction of language …