Journal
Discover Materials
Discover Materials is an open access journal publishing research across all fields relevant to materials, and areas where materials are activators for innovation and disruption.
This Collection, Design and Development of Alloys and Compounds for Enhanced Biomedical Performance, aims to gather high-quality research focused on the innovation, design, processing, and characterization of metallic alloys and compounds intended for biomedical applications. We invite submissions that address the challenges of mechanical reliability, corrosion resistance, biocompatibility, and functional performance in alloys and compounds used for implants, prosthetics, surgical tools, and related biomedical devices. Studies exploring advanced manufacturing techniques, novel compositions, surface engineering, and in vitro or in vivo evaluations to enhance biomedical performance are especially encouraged.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
● Novel alloy design for biomedical use
● Surface modification, biofunctionalization and coating strategies
● Wear, corrosion and tribocorrosion behavior in physiological environments
● High entropy and biodegradable alloys
● Shape memory and superelastic alloys for biomedical devices
● Additive manufacturing of biomedical alloys and compounds
● Scaffolds, porous structures and gradient materials
● Computational and experimental studies correlating composition, processing, structure, and performance
● In vitro and in vivo evaluation of biomedical alloys and compounds
Keywords:
Powder metallurgy, arc melting, additive manufacturing, Ti and its alloys, computed tomography, numerical simulations, microstructure, tribology
This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3 and SDG 9.
Submit your manuscript to this collection through the participating journal.
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Luis Olmos
Luis Olmos is a research professor at Michoacana University in Mexico, where he specializes in sintering and characterization by microtomography of titanium and titanium composites for biomedical applications. He is interested in developing materials with bone like microstructures by conventional powder metallurgy and extrusion 3D printing. Nowadays, he is working on developing composites and alloys based on CoCrMo for bearing bone applications. He received his PhD at the Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP) in France, as part of the SIMAP laboratory. -
Omar Jimenez
Dr. Omar Jimenez is a professor at the University of Guadalajara, Mexico, with a PhD from the University of Sheffield, UK. He has nearly 15 years of experience in alloy metallurgy, working with both powder metallurgy and arc melting processes to develop novel alloys and composites. His research includes new alloys for bone replacement using transition, refractory, and low melting point metals, as well as ceramics. He is also interested in shape memory alloys, high entropy alloys, and alloys for 3D printing, with expertise in processing and mechanical-tribological characterization of diverse materials.
