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Graphene Nanoplatelets-Sericin Surface-Modified Gum Alloy For Improved Biological Response, Valentina Mitran, Valentina Dinca, Raluca Ion, Vasile D. Cojocaru, Patricia Neacsu, Cerasela Zoica Dinu, Laurentiu Rusen, Simona Brajnicov, Anca Bonciu, Maria Dinescu, Doina Raducanu, Ioan Dan
Graphene Nanoplatelets-Sericin Surface-Modified Gum Alloy For Improved Biological Response, Valentina Mitran, Valentina Dinca, Raluca Ion, Vasile D. Cojocaru, Patricia Neacsu, Cerasela Zoica Dinu, Laurentiu Rusen, Simona Brajnicov, Anca Bonciu, Maria Dinescu, Doina Raducanu, Ioan Dan
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In this study a “Gum Metal” titanium-based alloy, Ti-31.7Nb-6.21Zr-1.4Fe-0.16O, was synthesized by melting and characterized in order to evaluate its potential for biomedical applications. The results showed that the newly developed alloy presents a very high strength, high plasticity and a low Young's modulus relative to titanium alloys currently used in medicine. For further bone implant applications, the newly synthesized alloy was surface modified with graphene nanoplatelets (GNP), sericin (SS) and graphene nanoplatelets/sericine (GNP–SS) composite films via Matrix Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation (MAPLE) technique. The characterization of each specimen was monitored by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), …