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ArticleMaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2025

TaMoNbTiZr Multielement Alloy for Medical Instruments.

Ileana Mariana Mates, Victor Geanta, Doina Manu, Hajnal Kelemen, Adrian Emanuel Onici, Julia Claudia Mirza-Rosca, Ionelia Voiculescu

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Article in Materials (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Ileana Mariana Mates"Dr. Carol Davila" Clinical Hospital of Nephrology, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 010731 Bucharest, Romania.
Victor GeantaMaterial Science and Engineering Faculty, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania.
Doina ManuCentre for Advanced Medical and Pharmaceutical Research, University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology "George Emil Palade", 540142 Targu Mures, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-8374-4977
Hajnal KelemenDepartment of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology "George Emil Palade", 540142 Targu Mures, Romania.ORCID 0000-0001-5043-3937
Adrian Emanuel OniciMaterial Science and Engineering Faculty, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania.
Julia Claudia Mirza-RoscaMechanical Engineering Department, University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 35001 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0623-3318
Ionelia VoiculescuIndustrial Engineering and Robotics Faculty, National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, 060042 Bucharest, Romania.ORCID 0000-0002-9065-3587

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Abstract

In this paper, a new TaMoNbTiZr multielement alloy has been designed, using chemical elements that exhibit extremely low bio-toxicity for the human body. The alloy was obtained by melting in vacuum arc remelting (VAR) equipment MRF ABJ 900 from high-purity chemical elements (99.5%) as mini-ingots having about 40 g weight each. The biocompatible alloys underwent changes in hardness after performing the annealing at 900 °C for 2 h, followed by cooling in water. The new alloy had an average hardness in the cast state of 545 HV0.5, and after heat treatment, it hardened to a value of 984 HV0.5, over 40% higher than that in the casting state, which ensures a longer working period. To use them as materials for medical instruments, their biocompatibility was highlighted through specific laboratory tests. For this, mesenchymal stem cells isolated from bone tissue and a human fibroblast cell line were cultured in vitro on the TaMoNbTiZr alloy's surface. The biocompatibility of the alloy with the biological environment was evaluated by analyzing cell viability, adhesion, and proliferation, and in parallel, the cytolysis effects manifested by the increase in lactate dehydrogenase activity in the culture media were analyzed.

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PMID40333533
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