Manufacturing of biomaterials with engineered porosity for the promotion of osseointegration : biocompatible duplex cpating on titanium alloy for hard tissie replacement

• Main Author: Ng, Boon Sing
• Other Authors: Andrew Soutar
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Biomaterials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/6196
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Potential nickel ion release from nickel-titanium alloy (NiTi) in physiological fluid environment has hindered the alloy's medical application thus far. Even Ti6A14V, an established implant material, is known to release metallic ions in-vitro and in-vivo. To improve its biocompatibility, metal...