Additively manufactured metallic porous biomaterials based on minimal surfaces: A unique combination of topological, mechanical, and mass transport properties

Acta Biomaterialia

Volumn 53, Issue , 2017, Pages 572-584

  Bobbert, F S L ^a   Lietaert, K ^b,c   Eftekhari, A A ^d   Pouran, B ^a,e   Ahmadi, S M ^a   Weinans, H ^a,e   Zadpoor, A A ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Layerwise NV   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bone regeneration; Implant fixation; Porous biomaterials; Selective laser melting; Ti 6Al 4V

Indexed keywords

3D PRINTERS; BONE; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; METALS; SHIELDING; STRESSES; TERNARY ALLOYS; TISSUE REGENERATION; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TOPOLOGY; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; VANADIUM ALLOYS; YIELD STRESS;

BONE REGENERATION; IMPLANT FIXATION; MASS TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL; POROUS BIOMATERIAL; POROUS METALLICS; SELECTIVE LASER MELTING; TI-6AL-4V; TRABECULAR BONES;

ALUMINUM ALLOYS;

BIOMATERIAL; TITANIUM; BIOMIMETIC MATERIAL; METAL; TITANIUM ALLOY (TIAL6V4);

ARTICLE; BONE REGENERATION; BONE STRENGTH; BONE TISSUE; COMPRESSION; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CORTICAL BONE; ENDURANCE; FLOW RATE; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METALLATION; MICRO-COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NANOFABRICATION; OSSEOINTEGRATION; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; TRABECULAR BONE; YOUNG MODULUS; BONE PROSTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; SYNTHESIS; TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOMIMETIC MATERIALS; BONE SUBSTITUTES; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC MODULUS; METALS; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; TITANIUM;

EID: 85013823232     PISSN: 17427061     EISSN: 18787568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2017.02.024     Document Type: Article

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