Institute of High Pressure Physics

Development of bioabsorbable metals is of great importance since they can be used to produce temporary implants, replacing permanent ones, and thus limiting some harmful side-effects related to their long-term presence in a patient body. One of the most promising materials for such an application is zinc (Zn) due to its optimal corrosion rate. However, the mechanical properties of pure zinc are far from being acceptable for a proposed application. Alloying with other elements and additional plastic deformation such as hydrostatic extrusion (HE) can significantly improve material strength thus enabling applications for orthopedic fixtures such as bone screw implants.

Institute of High Pressure Physics PAS invites you to its Unipress Thursday Seminar that will be given by dr inż. Jacek Skiba from Laboratory of Plastic Deformation Under High Pressure, Institute of High Pressure Physics. The talk is titled „Advanced zinc alloys for biomedical applications - Effect of plastic deformation by hydrostatic extrusion method on microstructure, mechanical and functional propertiess”

Join us online via Zoom platform on Thursday, October 31, 2024 at 3:00 pm. To get the link to Zoom meeting, please contact us at dyrekcja@unipress.waw.pl

Abstract of the talk is here.