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- Title
Biodegradation Resistance and Bioactivity of Hydroxyapatite Enhanced Mg-Zn Composites via Selective Laser Melting.
- Authors
Cijun Shuai; Yuanzhuo Zhou; Youwen Yang; Pei Feng; Long Liu; Chongxian He; Mingchun Zhao; Sheng Yang; Chengde Gao; Ping Wu
- Abstract
Mg-Zn alloys have attracted great attention as implant biomaterials due to their biodegradability and biomechanical compatibility. However, their clinical application was limited due to the too rapid degradation. In the study, hydroxyapatite (HA) was incorporated into Mg-Zn alloy via selective laser melting. Results showed that the degradation rate slowed down due to the decrease of grain size and the formation of protective layer of bone-like apatite. Moreover, the grain size continually decreased with increasing HA content, which was attributed to the heterogeneous nucleation and increased number of nucleation particles in the process of solidification. At the same time, the amount of bone-like apatite increased because HA could provide favorable areas for apatite nucleation. Besides, HA also enhanced the hardness due to the fine grain strengthening and second phase strengthening. However, some pores occurred owing to the agglomerate of HA when its content was excessive, which decreased the biodegradation resistance. These results demonstrated that the Mg-Zn/HA composites were potential implant biomaterials.
- Subjects
BIODEGRADATION; STRENGTH of materials; BIOACTIVE compounds; HYDROXYAPATITE; LASERS
- Publication
Materials (1996-1944), 2017, Vol 10, Issue 3, p307
- ISSN
1996-1944
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ma10030307