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SUBMITTER: Li HF
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4448657 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Li H F HF Xie X H XH Zheng Y F YF Cong Y Y Zhou F Y FY Qiu K J KJ Wang X X Chen S H SH Huang L L Tian L L Qin L L
Scientific reports 20150529
Biodegradable metals have attracted considerable attentions in recent years. Besides the early launched biodegradable Mg and Fe metals, Zn, an essential element with osteogenic potential of human body, is regarded and studied as a new kind of potential biodegradable metal quite recently. Unfortunately, pure Zn is soft, brittle and has low mechanical strength in the practice, which needs further improvement in order to meet the clinical requirements. On the other hand, the widely used industrial ...[more]