Characterization and Applications of Bio-Metallic Materials, Bio-Alloys, and Bio-Active Coatings

Dear Colleagues,

Biodegradable metal materials are widely used in biomedical devices and biological implant materials, and are potentially important basic key medical functional materials. In addition to their desirable mechanical properties, biomedical metals also require unique biocompatibility and biodegradability characteristics. Moreover, the application of biomedical metals also depends on their formability through processing, such as improved deformability, spray coating ability, metal powder formability, sintering characteristics and liquid metal processing, in order to prepare deformable and flexible medical instruments, various types of biological coatings, porous biological structural units, and various types of complex liquid forming parts. Therefore, the design and preparation of biodegradable metal materials with enhanced performance is essential for improving medical devices and clinical treatment.

This Special Issue focuses on deformation processing; the microstructures of biomedical metals, bio-metal coatings, and medical nano-coatings; biomedical metal powder preparation; bio-porous structures; and the related microstructures and mechanical properties of biodegradable metals obtained through casting, welding and other forming methods. In addition, the scope of also extends to the bionic design, numerical simulation and unit structure simulation optimization of various biodegradable metal materials. This Special Issue covers the preparation, performance characterization, microstructure simulation, special coating properties and applications of nanomaterials and relevant biodegradable metal materials. Scholars working in the field of biomedical metal materials are welcome to contribute their work in order to promote broad development and technological progress in this field.

Dr. Shengqiang Ma
Guest Editor

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