Fabrication of customized open-cell titanium foams by direct foaming for biomedical applications

Titanium (Ti) foams offer a promising alternative for bone reconstruction and repair due to their high porosity and lower stiffness compared to solid metals, which improves in vivo osseointegration by reducing the stress shielding effect and allowing bone ingrowth. In this work, customized Ti foams...

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Main Authors: Carolina Oliver-Urrutia, Mariano Casas-Luna, Zuzana Sumbalova Koledova, Karel Slámečka, Tomas Zikmund, Jozef Kaiser, Ladislav Čelko, Edgar B. Montufar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-11-01
Series:Journal of Materials Research and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2238785424021410