Investigation of wettability properties of laser surface modified rare earth Mg alloy

• Main Authors: Khadka, Indira, Castagne, Sylvie, Wang, Zhongke, Zheng, Hongyu
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Laser Surface Melting; WE54 Alloy; DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89424; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46224
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Mg and its alloys are used in various application areas, where the wetting property is a special requirement. For example, surface wettability of a biomaterial plays a vital role in cell adhesion and proliferation. In this context, rare earth Mg alloy (WE54), a potential biomaterial, was studied to...