What is it about?

The aim of this work was to generate a chemically modified surface of two commercial magnesium alloys with a glass coating made by sol gel. The produced bioactive layer has proven bonding to soft and hard tissue, becoming itself a good strategy to retard the hydrogen evolution and accelerate the deposition of a hydroxyapatite layer.

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Why is it important?

Hidrogen evolution and fast degratation of Mg alloys are a problem of corcern in firs stage of implantation, so their control is important. Besides the coating itself has bioactive characteristics becoming an interesting strategia to enhance bone healing.

Perspectives

I hope this article present a new perspective to Mg alloys to overcome the difficulties that we all experiment when working with a such a reactive alloy.

Silvia Cere
INTEMA-University of Mar del Plata-CONICET

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This page is a summary of: Magnesium Alloys Implants Coated with 58S Sol-Gel Bioactive Glass to Retard First Stage Corrosion, CORROSION, December 2017, NACE International,
DOI: 10.5006/2508.
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