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ArticleProcedia manufacturing2019

Manufacturing and Characterization of Zn-WC as Potential Biodegradable Material.

Zeyi Guan, Shuaihang Pan, Chase Linsley, Xiaochun Li

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Article in Procedia manufacturing, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Bioactive materials · 2025
    Article
  2. Review
  3. Experimental study on novel biodegradable Zn-Fe-Si alloys.Journal of biomedical materials research. Part B, Applied biomaterials · 2022
    Article
  4. Programmable Mechanically Active Hydrogel-Based Materials.Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.) · 2021
    Review
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  6. Highly Ductile Zn-2Fe-WC Nanocomposite as Biodegradable Material.Metallurgical and materials transactions. A. Physical metallurgy and materials science · 2020
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Zeyi GuanUniversity of California, Los Angeles, 405 Westwood plaza, Los Angeles, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering, 90095 USA.
Shuaihang PanUniversity of California, Los Angeles, 405 Westwood plaza, Los Angeles, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering, 90095 USA.
Chase LinsleyUniversity of California, Los Angeles, 405 Westwood plaza, Los Angeles, Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering, 90095 USA.
Xiaochun LiUniversity of California, Los Angeles, 405 Westwood plaza, Los Angeles, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering, 90095 USA.

Funding

Novel Zinc-Nanocomposite Materials for Pediatric Bioresorbable Cardiovascular StentsR01HL143465 · NHLBI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI LEVI, DANIEL STEVEN, LI, XIAOCHUN · 2019 to 2022
$1.6M
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL143465
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This work presents the manufacturing and characterization of zinc-tungsten carbide (Zn-WC) nanocomposite as a potential biodegradable material. A highly homogeneous WC nanoparticle dispersion in a Zn matrix was achieved by molten salt assisted stir casting followed with hot rolling. The Vickers microhardness and ultimate tensile strength of zinc were enhanced more than 50% and 87%, respectively, with the incorporation of up to 4.4 vol. % WC nanoparticles. Additionally, Zn-WC nanocomposite retained high ductility (> 65%). However, the electrical and thermal conductivities were reduced by 12% and 21%, respectively. The significant enhancement in mechanical strength makes nanoparticle-reinforced zinc a promising candidate material for biodegradable metallic implants for a wide range of clinical applications, including orthopaedic and cardiovascular implants as well as bioresorbable electronics.

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biodegradable metalbioresorbable stentMetal matrix nanocompositestength and ductilityzinc

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PMID34007864
PMCPMC8127727

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