Ti-6Al-4V triply periodic minimal surface structures for bone implants fabricated via selective laser melting

Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials

Volumn 51, Issue , 2015, Pages 61-73

  Yan, Chunze ^a,b   Hao, Liang ^b   Hussein, Ahmed ^b   Young, Philippe ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Additive manufacturing; Porous materials; Selective laser melting; Titanium alloys; Triply periodic minimal surface

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; ALUMINUM; BONE; COARSENING; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; MELTING; MICROHARDNESS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; PORE SIZE; POROSITY; POROUS MATERIALS; SCAFFOLDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING; AFTER-HEAT TREATMENT; INTERCONNECTED POROSITY; INTERPHASE REGIONS; MANUFACTURABILITY; MICROSTRUCTURE AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING; TRIPLY PERIODIC MINIMAL SURFACES;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

TITANIUM; BIOMATERIAL; TITANIUM ALLOY (TIAL6V4);

ARTICLE; BONE IMPLANT; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL BONE; DIAMOND TRIPLY PERIODIC MINIMAL SURFACE; GYROID TRIPLY PERIODIC MINIMAL SURFACE; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY; MELTING POINT; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; OSTEOLYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRABECULAR BONE; BONE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; LASER; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICS; PHASE TRANSITION; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BONE AND BONES; HUMANS; LASERS; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL PROCESSES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; PHASE TRANSITION; POROSITY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 84937918894     PISSN: 17516161     EISSN: 18780180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2015.06.024     Document Type: Article

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