Additively Manufactured of Metals and Alloys for Biomedical Applications
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Biobased and Biodegradable Metals".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2022) | Viewed by 5883
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Over the past decades, there has been a considerable increase in the number of researches related to biomaterials development and its manufacturing processes. The expectation was that these researches would generate an increase in the performance of medical devices used in various medical fields such as orthopedic, dentistry, neurology, cardiology, etc.
Regarding biomedical metal alloys, special attention has been paid to the development of materials free of cytotoxic elements, such as Al, V, Cr, Co, and Ni, and still present adequate mechanical properties to mimic the biomechanical tissue behavior, with good interaction with the host tissue. On the other hand, research in manufacturing processes aimed to provide techniques that would allow the surface functionalization and also increase the freedom of geometric shapes. In this sense, additive manufacturing techniques have brought numerous advantages to the field of biomedical applications. Special mention is about the possibility of producing architectural structures that can reduce the rigidity of the implant, avoiding, for example, stress shielding in bone applications. In addition, these architectural structures can be designed with interconnected porous structures that allow for better interaction at the tissue-implant interface and also can be used as scaffolds.
Finally, some additive manufacturing techniques allow the manufacture of customized implants, given the degree of precision and freedom of creating geometric shapes. Other techniques allow the manufacture of biodegradable metals and medical devices with a functionally graded properties that can contemplate the variation of chemical composition, microstructure, porosity of architected structures, etc.
The purpose of this Special Issue is to collect manuscripts related to various aspects of research on additive manufacturing of metallic biomaterials. Original manuscripts will be welcomed on research related to processing, post-processing, characterization, and applications of biomedical metals and alloys.
Prof. Dr. Eder Socrates Najar Lopes
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- additive manufacturing
- 3D-printing
- metallic biomaterials
- biodegradable metals
- functionally graded materials
- biomedical applications
- architected structures
- scaffolds
- post-processing
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