JOMPub Date : 2025-04-17DOI: 10.1007/s11837-025-07353-8
Edgar B. Montufar
{"title":"Bone Response to Biodegradable Metals and In Vitro Evaluation of the Cytocompatibility","authors":"Edgar B. Montufar","doi":"10.1007/s11837-025-07353-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11837-025-07353-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This review focuses on the bone response to biodegradable metals used in temporary osteosynthesis devices. These implants are designed to degrade in vivo, fully dissolving after stabilizing fractures, osteotomies, and ligament fixations, thus eliminating the need for a second surgery. The review delves into the interactions between biodegradable metallic implants and bone tissue, emphasizing the bidirectional nature of this process. It covers the families of biodegradable metals and their degradation mechanisms, with particular attention paid to the time-dependence of the foreign body reaction and the local sterile inflammation response. Additionally, the review discusses current in vitro methods for evaluating biological safety, osteogenic properties, and inflammatory responses. The limitations of traditional cell culture models in replicating the in vivo bone environment are discussed, along with recent advancements in the field. The review concludes by proposing strategies to control the degradation of biodegradable metals and more accurately replicate bone tissue, which could potentially enable more precise in vitro degradation and biological characterization, reducing reliance on in vivo experiments.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":605,"journal":{"name":"JOM","volume":"77 6","pages":"4473 - 4492"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11837-025-07353-8.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144091134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JOMPub Date : 2025-04-16DOI: 10.1007/s11837-025-07321-2
Alexander R. Gonzalez, Branden B. Kappes, Craig A. Brice
{"title":"Adaptive Fatigue-Based Process Windows for Ti-6Al-4V Laser Powder Bed Fusion Using Fused Data and Meta-Analysis","authors":"Alexander R. Gonzalez, Branden B. Kappes, Craig A. Brice","doi":"10.1007/s11837-025-07321-2","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11837-025-07321-2","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A statistical fatigue-based process window model was developed for Ti-6Al-4V laser powder bed fusion (PBF-LB) additive manufacturing (AM). The process window model is a six-dimensional surface, screened from over 300 recorded process and fatigue testing variables. It was developed by fusing process data across multiple PBF-LB machine models and operating facilities with differing test plans, while maintaining statistical confidence regarding the coherence of pooled data for its use in this modeling setting. The model yields continuous predictions of failure probabilities and uncertainties and highlights families of process setting which are all expected to meet minimum specified property requirements despite changing process variables. Simultaneous process variable confidence intervals and factors of safety can be established at single values and across process families. Additionally, the impact of variable perturbations can be analyzed regarding expected life and life uncertainty. This work illustrates that it is possible to analyze and compare continuous families of PBF-LB processes, despite building models from federated data, while maintaining the confidence typically associated with the “point design” approaches common to AM industrial practice. This work also illustrates how a single process model can represent multiple machines and facilities for a specific material, while still enabling model users to compare each part against a common baseline.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":605,"journal":{"name":"JOM","volume":"77 6","pages":"4063 - 4080"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144091088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JOMPub Date : 2025-04-15DOI: 10.1007/s11837-025-07318-x
Hervé Bulou
{"title":"Numerical Modeling of Healthcare Materials","authors":"Hervé Bulou","doi":"10.1007/s11837-025-07318-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11837-025-07318-x","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Healthcare materials, whether natural or synthetic, consist of intricate structures formed from simpler components. Due to their complex structure, composite materials are optimal for prosthetics as their properties may be adjusted to align with those of bone, hence promoting biointegration. For optimal efficacy, implants must be appropriately tailored to the host, requiring comprehensive control of both the implant design and its progression over time during utilization. For composite implants, it is essential to maintain material control at the macroscopic level during the shaping process while simultaneously ensuring the quality of the interface, which is influenced by nanoscale phenomena. This study demonstrates that the issue can be addressed using a multi-scale strategy, wherein numerical modeling serves as an effective tool. We describe the implementation of the approach and present the main methods and concepts involved in modeling composite biomaterials. Subsequently, we present a specific illustration of the protocol by discussing the initial phase of the recently developed “grafting from” technique for fabricating implants using hybrid biomaterials.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":605,"journal":{"name":"JOM","volume":"77 6","pages":"4301 - 4311"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144091084","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JOMPub Date : 2025-04-11DOI: 10.1007/s11837-025-07312-3
Matteo Pavarini, Monica Moscatelli, Roberto Chiesa
{"title":"Plasma Electrolytic Oxidation: A Versatile Tool to Modulate the Degradation of Biodegradable Metals in Medical Applications","authors":"Matteo Pavarini, Monica Moscatelli, Roberto Chiesa","doi":"10.1007/s11837-025-07312-3","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11837-025-07312-3","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Biodegradable metallic materials have attracted increasing interest for temporary implant applications due to their promising mechanical and corrosion properties. However, their degradation kinetics, release of corrosion products, and active interaction with the biological environment still present several criticalities that need to be addressed. Plasma electrolytic oxidation (PEO) is an interesting and versatile surface modification technique that can be exploited to both tune the degradation behavior and add surface functionalities to these materials, particularly magnesium and zinc alloys. This study provides an overview of the main problems of magnesium- and zinc-based biomaterials which can be addressed by PEO, how the technique can be tuned for this purpose, and the current emerging developments of the technique to further improve its effectiveness. In addition, a case study is reported on the tuning of PEO coatings on magnesium for orthopedic applications, demonstrating the ability to fine-tune surface properties by manipulating electrical process parameters alone.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":605,"journal":{"name":"JOM","volume":"77 6","pages":"4456 - 4472"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11837-025-07312-3.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144091170","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JOMPub Date : 2025-04-10DOI: 10.1007/s11837-025-07339-6
Xingyi Chen, Yichao Zhang, Li Sun, Haolin Yang, Chuang Li, Chao Wang
{"title":"Mechanical Properties and Constitutive Relation of Waste Fiber Geopolymer Recycled Aggregate Concrete","authors":"Xingyi Chen, Yichao Zhang, Li Sun, Haolin Yang, Chuang Li, Chao Wang","doi":"10.1007/s11837-025-07339-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11837-025-07339-6","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>To address the negative environmental impact of industrial and construction solid waste accumulation, a novel waste fiber geopolymer recycled aggregate concrete (WFGRAC) has been produced employing recycled coarse aggregates, geopolymers, and waste fibers. The mechanical properties and working mechanism of WFGRAC have been comprehensively analyzed through a combination of mechanical performance tests and mesoscopic finite element simulations. A constitutive model for WFGRAC under uniaxial compression was also established. The results demonstrated that WFGRAC exhibited a 5.71% increase in compressive strength compared to ordinary recycled concrete. However, when the waste fiber content exceeded 5%, the mechanical properties of WFGRAC declined as the fiber content increased. The interfacial transition zone (ITZ) in recycled concrete is identified as a weak area where damage initiates during compression. The constitutive model for WFGRAC under uniaxial compression was established through strain statistical analysis and was proven to effectively reflect the observed stress-strain relationship.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":605,"journal":{"name":"JOM","volume":"77 6","pages":"4135 - 4149"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144091131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Implications on Structural, Morphological, and Optical Properties and Photocatalytic Degradation Behavior of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles: Effect of Calcination Temperature","authors":"Amarjot Kaur, Harpreet Kaur, Randhir Singh, Vijay Kant Singh","doi":"10.1007/s11837-025-07344-9","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11837-025-07344-9","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>ZnO nanoparticles synthesized via co-precipitation were calcinated at different temperatures (300 °C, 500 °C, and 700 °C) followed by their structural, morphological, photocatalytic, and optical properties, and characterized by using X-Ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), UV-visible and Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. The XRD spectra of ZnO nanoparticles indicated a shift of the characteristic XRD peak towards lower angles from 31.62° to 31.83°, 34.24° to 34.49°, and 36.11° to 36.37°, respectively, with calcination. The crystalline size of the calcinated ZnO nanoparticles increased from 33.5 to 45.5 nm and from 30.2 to 37.8 nm, calculated by Rietveld refinement and Scherrer’s method. The UV-visible spectrum showed absorption bands at 468 nm and 671 nm, respectively. A Tauc plot has been drawn from the absorption spectra from UV data, and the range of the optical energy bandgap of the calcinated samples lay between 3.67 ± 0.07 and 3.35 ± 0.02 eV. SEM and EDX confirmed the presence of Zn and O in the ZnO nanoparticles. The intensity of the absorption decreased steadily with increasing UV irradiation time for each annealed sample. The reduction in photocatalytic activity of the calcined Zinc oxide (ZnO) samples can be linked to the simultaneous decrease in both oxygen vacancies and surface-bound oxygen species.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":605,"journal":{"name":"JOM","volume":"77 6","pages":"4568 - 4578"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144091130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JOMPub Date : 2025-04-09DOI: 10.1007/s11837-025-07354-7
Yujie Wang, Qingxia Zhang, Peng Zhang, Yunhui Du, Kun Liu, Pengfei He, Changqing Li
{"title":"Influence of MgF2/MgO Mass Ratios on the Microstructure and Corrosion Properties of Micro-arc Oxidation Coatings on Magnesium Alloys","authors":"Yujie Wang, Qingxia Zhang, Peng Zhang, Yunhui Du, Kun Liu, Pengfei He, Changqing Li","doi":"10.1007/s11837-025-07354-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11837-025-07354-7","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Micro-arc oxidation coatings with different MgF<sub>2</sub>/MgO mass ratios were fabricated on magnesium alloys in KF-KOH electrolyte. The effects of mass ratio on the microstructure and corrosion resistance of coatings were studied, and the results showed that the thickness of compact layer first increases and then decreases with the mass ratio of MgF<sub>2</sub>/MgO varying from 0.1 to 7.6. As the mass ratio of MgF<sub>2</sub>/MgO reaches 0.9, MgO and MgF<sub>2</sub> phases are interlaced and uniformly distributed in coatings. The microstructure of the coating with MgF<sub>2</sub>/MgO of 0.9 effectively utilizes the blocking and preheating effects between MgF<sub>2</sub> and MgO, inhibiting the intense eruption of breakdown melt and promoting the growth of compact layers. Therefore, the coating possesses the thickest compact layer (~ 3.5 μm). Electrochemical tests reveal that the coating with MgF<sub>2</sub>/MgO of 0.9 exhibits the best corrosion resistance with the corrosion potential of – 596 mV, which is 907 mV and 887 mV larger than those of the coatings with MgF<sub>2</sub>/MgO of 0.1 and 7.6, respectively. Furthermore, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements showed that the coating with MgF<sub>2</sub>/MgO of 0.9 has a higher impedance modulus. Its impedance of the compact layer increases to ~ 6 times compared to those of the coatings with MgF<sub>2</sub>/MgO of 0.1 and 7.6, respectively.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":605,"journal":{"name":"JOM","volume":"77 6","pages":"4557 - 4567"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144091083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JOMPub Date : 2025-04-09DOI: 10.1007/s11837-025-07335-w
Bárbara da Rocha Pereira, Morgana Rosset, Denise Crocce Romano Espinosa, Jorge Alberto Soares Tenório
{"title":"Optimizing High Purity Aluminum Extraction from Bauxite: A Comprehensive Hydrometallurgical Approach","authors":"Bárbara da Rocha Pereira, Morgana Rosset, Denise Crocce Romano Espinosa, Jorge Alberto Soares Tenório","doi":"10.1007/s11837-025-07335-w","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s11837-025-07335-w","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Bauxite is the primary source material for producing alumina, and this research aims to use hydrometallurgical techniques to obtain a solution with a higher concentration of aluminum from bauxite. The study further explores methods to purify this solution and produce high-purity α-alumina. Several parameters were tested to determine the optimal solution for leaching all the aluminum from bauxite. The purification process involved batch ion exchange using two different resins: a cationic resin (Lewatit® TP207) and a cheating resin (Puromet MTS950). Leaching experiments revealed that 3 M sulfuric acid for 4 h at 90°C with a solid-to-liquid ratio of 1:10 achieved successful aluminum extraction. Using S950 resin in batch ion exchange at pH 0.5 for 2 h at 25°C, it was observed that 65% of the iron and only 1.5% of the aluminum were adsorbed. This resin was then employed in the continuous ion exchange process at a flow rate of 2 BV (bed volume). After passing through three series columns, 89% of the iron was adsorbed, but there was a 15% loss of aluminum. Finally, the solution was precipitated at a pH 3 using ammonium hydroxide. The resulting precipitate, calcined at 1200°C, successfully produced α-alumina with a purity of 99.8%.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":605,"journal":{"name":"JOM","volume":"77 6","pages":"4535 - 4544"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144091125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}