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A Comparative Study Of The Cytotoxicity And Corrosion Resistance Of Nickel–Titanium And Titanium–Niobium Shape Memory Alloys, Rebecca Mcmahon, Ji Ma, Stanislav Verkhoturov, Dany Munoz Pinto, Ibrahim Karaman, Felix Rubitschek, Hans Maier, Mariah Hahn
A Comparative Study Of The Cytotoxicity And Corrosion Resistance Of Nickel–Titanium And Titanium–Niobium Shape Memory Alloys, Rebecca Mcmahon, Ji Ma, Stanislav Verkhoturov, Dany Munoz Pinto, Ibrahim Karaman, Felix Rubitschek, Hans Maier, Mariah Hahn
Dany J. Munoz Pinto
Nickel–titanium (NiTi) shape memory alloys (SMAs) are commonly used in a range of biomedical applications. However, concerns exist regarding their use in certain biomedical scenarios due to the known toxicity of Ni and conflicting reports of NiTi corrosion resistance, particularly under dynamic loading. Titanium–niobium (TiNb) SMAs have recently been proposed as an alternative to NiTi SMAs due to the biocompatibility of both constituents, the ability of both Ti and Nb to form protective surface oxides, and their superior workability. However, several properties critical to the use of TiNb SMAs in biomedical applications have not been systematically explored in comparison with …