3D Printing in alloy design to improve biocompatibility in metallic implants.

ABSTRACT: 3D Printing (3DP) or additive manufacturing (AM) enables parts with complex shapes, design flexibility, and customization opportunities for defect specific patient-matched implants. 3DP or AM also offers a design platform that can be used to innovate novel alloys for application-specific compositional modifications. In medical applications, the biological response from a host tissue depends on a biomaterial's structural and compositional properties in the physiological environment. Application of 3DP can pave the way towards manufacturing innovative metallic implants, combining structural variations at different length scales and tailored compositions designed for specific biological responses. This study shows how 3DP can be used to design metallic alloys for orthopedic and dental applica

SUBMITTER: Mitra I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8248902 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature