After decades of developing strategies to minimize the corrosion of metallic biomaterials,
there is now an increasing interest to use corrodible metals in a number of medical device …

The development of biodegradable implants is indeed fascinating and among the various
types of materials used in this regard, magnesium and its alloys assume significance …

Biodegradable magnesium (Mg) alloys exhibit excellent biocompatibility, adequate
mechanical properties, and osteogenic effect. They can contribute to complete recovery of …

Magnesium (Mg) has emerged as an ideal alternative to the permanent implant materials
owing to its enhanced properties such as biodegradation, better mechanical strengths than …

The clinical application of degradable orthopedic magnesium implants is a tangible vision in
medical science. This interdisciplinary review discusses many different aspects of …

Magnesium has been suggested as a revolutionary biodegradable metal for biomedical
applications. The corrosion of magnesium, however, is too rapid to match the rates of tissue …

Metallic biomaterials have been widely used in the field of medical implants for replacement
purposes and/or for regeneration of tissue. Metals such as stainless steel (316 L), cobalt …

This book provides a comprehensive review of the biomedical applications of biodegradable
magnesium and its alloys. It discusses the basic concepts of biodegradation mechanisms as …

To improve the mechanical properties and control the long-term corrosion properties of
biodegradable Mg-4.71 Zn-0.6 Ca (wt%) alloy, a composite coating was fabricated on the …

In this study, nanostructured biodegradable pure Zn, Zn-4 wt.% Mn and Zn-24 wt% Mn alloys
were produced by 20 h mechanical alloying and consequent cold pressing and sintering …