A review on biomedical titanium alloys: recent progress and prospect

LC Zhang, LY Chen - Advanced engineering materials, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Compared with stainless steel and Co–Cr‐based alloys, Ti and its alloys are widely used as
biomedical implants due to many fascinating properties, such as superior mechanical …

Biomedical applications of titanium alloys: a comprehensive review

E Marin, A Lanzutti - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
Titanium alloys have emerged as the most successful metallic material to ever be applied in
the field of biomedical engineering. This comprehensive review covers the history of titanium …

Enhanced strength and ductility in a high-entropy alloy via ordered oxygen complexes

Z Lei, X Liu, Y Wu, H Wang, S Jiang, S Wang, X Hui… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Oxygen, one of the most abundant elements on Earth, often forms an undesired interstitial
impurity or ceramic phase (such as an oxide particle) in metallic materials. Even when it …

Bio-functional and anti-corrosive 3D printing 316L stainless steel fabricated by selective laser melting

D Kong, X Ni, C Dong, X Lei, L Zhang, C Man, J Yao… - Materials & Design, 2018 - Elsevier
Fine gas-atomized powders were prepared for fabricating 316L stainless steel by selective
laser melting (SLM) for medical implant applications. The effect of 3D printing laser power on …

ω phase acts as a switch between dislocation channeling and joint twinning-and transformation-induced plasticity in a metastable β titanium alloy

MJ Lai, T Li, D Raabe - Acta Materialia, 2018 - Elsevier
We have investigated the twinning-induced plasticity (TWIP) and transformation-induced
plasticity (TRIP) as well as the influence of ω phase on these two phenomena in a …

In situ elaboration of a binary Ti–26Nb alloy by selective laser melting of elemental titanium and niobium mixed powders

M Fischer, D Joguet, G Robin, L Peltier… - Materials Science and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Ti–Nb alloys are excellent candidates for biomedical applications such as implantology and
joint replacement because of their very low elastic modulus, their excellent biocompatibility …

Advances in metals and alloys for joint replacement

L Kunčická, R Kocich, TC Lowe - Progress in Materials Science, 2017 - Elsevier
Metals, ceramics, polymers, and composites have been employed in joint arthroplasty with
ever increasing success since the 1960s. New materials to repair or replace human skeletal …

Crystal structure, transformation strain, and superelastic property of Ti–Nb–Zr and Ti–Nb–Ta alloys

HY Kim, J Fu, H Tobe, JI Kim, S Miyazaki - Shape memory and …, 2015 - Springer
The composition dependences of transformation strain and shape memory, and superelastic
properties were extensively investigated in Ti–Nb–Zr and Ti–Nb–Ta alloys in order to …

Comparison of microstructure and mechanical behavior of Ti-35Nb manufactured by laser powder bed fusion from elemental powder mixture and prealloyed powder

JC Wang, YJ Liu, SX Liang, YS Zhang, LQ Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2022 - Elsevier
Although different types of powder feedstock are used for additive manufacturing via laser
powder bed fusion (L-PBF), limited work has attempted to directly compare the …

Achieving high strength and low elastic modulus in interstitial biomedical Ti–Nb–Zr–O alloys through compositional optimization

J Stráský, D Preisler, H Seiner, L Bodnárová… - Materials Science and …, 2022 - Elsevier
High strength and low elastic modulus are critical properties of biomedical titanium alloys for
manufacturing of load-bearing orthopaedic implants. Single phase beta Ti alloys can …