The potential of Zr-based bulk metallic glasses as biomaterials

Zr-based bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) are a new type of metallic materials with disordered atomic structure that exhibit high strength and high elastic strain, relatively low Young’s modulus, and excellent corrosion resistance and biocompatibility. The combination of these unique properties makes the Zr-based BMGs very promising for biomaterials applications. In this review article, the authors give an overview of the recent progress in the study of biocompatibility of Zr-based BMGs, especially the relevant work that has been done in the metallic glasses group in Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), including the development of Ni-free Zr-based BMGs, the mechanical and wear properties, the bio-corrosion resistance, the in vitro and in vivo biocompatibility and the bioactive surface modification of these newly developed BMGs.     

医用 316L 不锈钢表面多巴胺 / BSA 复合膜缓蚀性能研究

目的研究医用316L不锈钢表面组装多巴胺/牛血清白蛋白分子(BSA)复合膜的缓蚀性能。方法采用浸泡法在医用316L不锈钢表面制备以多巴胺自组装膜为桥接层的多巴胺/BSA复合双层自组装膜,通过动电位扫描、交流阻抗测试,SEM,EDX等手段分析BSA组装液质量浓度对复合双层自组装膜吸附行为及耐蚀性能的影响。结果在合适的自组装条件下可获得具有缓蚀效果的复合双层膜。BSA质量浓度过高和过低均对缓蚀性能有不利影响,当BSA质量浓度为40 g/L时,复合双层膜对生理盐水环境中316L不锈钢取得最佳缓蚀效率,缓蚀效率由单层多巴胺的62.4%增加至83.9%。结论多巴胺成功嫁接BSA分子,使其吸附在不锈钢表面,和单层BSA吸附相比,其吸附量大大提高,表明对于316L不锈钢人体植入材料,可以利用多巴胺桥接BSA获得兼具生物活性和耐腐蚀性的改性表面。