Biomimetic porous scaffolds for bone tissue engineering

S Wu, X Liu, KWK Yeung, C Liu, X Yang - Materials Science and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Increased use of reconstruction procedures in orthopedics, due to trauma, tumor, deformity,
degeneration and an aging population, has caused a blossom, not only in surgical …

Effects of selected metallic and interstitial elements on the microstructure and mechanical properties of beta titanium alloys for orthopedic applications

W Weng, A Biesiekierski, Y Li, C Wen - Materialia, 2019 - Elsevier
Metallic biomaterials are widely used for orthopedic application to resolve pain and improve
patients' quality of life. Among these biomaterials, beta (β)–phase titanium (Ti) alloys have …

Investigation of early stage deformation mechanisms in a metastable β titanium alloy showing combined twinning-induced plasticity and transformation-induced …

F Sun, JY Zhang, M Marteleur, T Gloriant, P Vermaut… - Acta Materialia, 2013 - Elsevier
As expected from the alloy design procedure, combined twinning-induced plasticity and
transformation-induced plasticity effects are activated in a metastable β Ti–12 wt.% Mo alloy …

A new titanium alloy with a combination of high strength, high strain hardening and improved ductility

F Sun, JY Zhang, M Marteleur, C Brozek, EF Rauch… - Scripta Materialia, 2015 - Elsevier
A ternary β-metastable titanium Ti–9Mo–6W (wt.%) was designed. A very high work
hardening rate close to 2100 MPa and a uniform deformation larger than 35% were …

Development of Ti–Nb–Zr alloys with high elastic admissible strain for temporary orthopedic devices

S Ozan, J Lin, Y Li, R Ipek, C Wen - Acta biomaterialia, 2015 - Elsevier
A new series of beta Ti–Nb–Zr (TNZ) alloys with considerable plastic deformation ability
during compression test, high elastic admissible strain, and excellent cytocompatibility have …

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 …

Research on suitable strength, elastic modulus and abrasion resistance of Ti–Zr–Nb medium entropy alloys (MEAs) for implant adaptation

S Hu, T Li, Z Su, D Liu - Intermetallics, 2022 - Elsevier
Attributed to their excellent strength, toughness, hardness, wear resistance and corrosion
resistance, some Ti-rich high entropy alloys (HEAs) and medium entropy alloys (MEAs) are …

Novel Ti-base superelastic alloys with large recovery strain and excellent biocompatibility

J Fu, A Yamamoto, HY Kim, H Hosoda, S Miyazaki - Acta biomaterialia, 2015 - Elsevier
In this study, a new Ti–Zr–Nb–Sn alloy system was developed as Ni-free biomedical
superelastic alloys with a large recovery strain and excellent biocompatibility. Ti–18Zr–(9 …

Strengthening strategy for a ductile metastable β-titanium alloy using low-temperature aging

F Sun, JY Zhang, P Vermaut, D Choudhuri… - Materials Research …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
While ω precipitates in metastable β titanium alloys are typically considered embrittling and
consequently deleterious to the mechanical properties, this paper demonstrates that low …

In-situ microstructural investigations of the TRIP-to-TWIP evolution in Ti-Mo-Zr alloys as a function of Zr concentration

B Qian, J Zhang, Y Fu, F Sun, Y Wu, J Cheng… - Journal of Materials …, 2021 - Elsevier
Aiming at overcoming the strength-ductility trade-off in structural Ti-alloys, a new family of
TRIP/TWIP Ti-alloys was developed in the past decade (TWIP: twinning-induced plasticity; …