Mg bone implant: Features, developments and perspectives

Mg and its alloys have been identified as promising bone implant materials owing to their natural degradability, good biocompatibility and favorable mechanical properties. Nevertheless, the too fast degradation rate usually results in a premature disintegration of mechanical integrity and local hydr...

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Main Authors: Youwen Yang, Chongxian He, Dianyu E, Wenjing Yang, Fangwei Qi, Deqiao Xie, Lida Shen, Shuping Peng, Cijun Shuai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-01-01
Series:Materials & Design
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264127519306975