Manufacturing and processing of NiTi implants: A review

Progress in Materials Science

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 911-946

  Elahinia, Mohammad H ^a,b   Hashemi, Mahdi ^a,b   Tabesh, Majid ^a,b   Bhaduri, Sarit B ^a,b  

^a Toledo   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; MANUFACTURE; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; POWDER METALLURGY; SHAPE MEMORY EFFECT;

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; FUNCTIONAL DESIGN; LASER AND ELECTRON BEAMS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; PSEUDOELASTICITY; SHAPE MEMORY; SHAPE-MEMORY PROPERTIES;

METAL IMPLANTS;

EID: 84857918652     PISSN: 00796425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmatsci.2011.11.001     Document Type: Review

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