Recent progress on the substructure of Fe-C martensite and pearlites: A review
2026
Martensitic phase transformation plays a crucial role in the functional properties of shape memory metals and alloys, profoundly affecting the mechanical behavior, including transformation-induced plasticity...
Guided diffusion for fast inverse design of voxel-based mechanical metamaterials
2026
Mechanical metamaterials are synthetic materials that can possess extraordinary physical characteristics, such as abnormal elasticity, stiffness, and stability, by carefully designing their structure....
Design and fabrication of a hybrid piezoelectric bone scaffold using melt electrowriting (MEW) of PCL and FDM 3D-Printing of PVDF
2026
The ability to fabricate scaffolds that closely resemble the structural characteristics of natural bone remains one of the major challenges in bone tissue engineering. Moreover, developing materials...
Bioceramic and carbon-based nanocarriers: Advanced platforms for targeted and stimuli-responsive drug delivery
2026
The limitations of conventional drug delivery methods, such as poor bioavailability, nonspecific targeting, and systemic toxicity, have prompted the development of nanocarrier technologies to enable...
Powder metallurgical supersaturated Fe-Zn alloys with enhanced mechanical strength, degradability and cytocompatibility for esophageal stent application
2026
Current non-degradable esophageal stents frequently lead to long-term complications during the management of esophageal stricture, which drives a strong need for the development of novel degradable...
Bio-based and biocompatible poly(butylene succinate)/natural rubber composites for enhanced ductility in material extrusion additive manufacturing
2026
This study addresses the intrinsic brittleness and poor dimensional stability of poly (butylene succinate) (PBS) in material extrusion 3D printing by developing a bio-based composite filament reinforced...
Nano-MgO/PMMA bone cement with dual-phase anti-infection and immunomodulatory properties for infected bone regeneration
2026
Infectious bone defects pose a major clinical challenge due to persistent bacterial biofilms and dysregulated immune responses. To address these limitations, we developed an antibiotic-free bone cement...
Applications of smart materials in bacterial detection: Functional design and device construction
2026
Bacterial contamination is a serious threat to global public health, creating an urgent need for rapid, sensitive detection technologies. Owing to their excellent programmable recognition and efficient...
Metallic biomaterials in soft tissue fixation: Applications in wound closure, tendon repair, and vascular ligation
2026
Metallic surgical closure devices are widely used in wound closure, tendon repair, and vascular ligation due to their superior mechanical strength, stability, and durability compared to polymeric alternatives....
Intergranular corrosion of Zn–0.8 Mg alloy induced by anodic intermetallic compound Mg2Zn11 in 50–day immersion in Hanks’ solution with various glucose concentrations
2026
As an indispensable organic component of human physiological fluids, glucose plays a crucial role in regulating the biochemical microenvironment of implanted biomaterials, thereby potentially altering...
Field-controlled technologies for cardiovascular diseases: Therapeutic applications and emerging diagnostic perspectives
2026
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains the leading cause of global mortality, necessitating innovations to transcend the limitations of conventional pharmacotherapy, such as low bioavailability and systemic...
Achieving Inconel 718-level tensile properties at room temperature with 23% less niobium: ICME-enabled design via controlled powder blending of Inconel 718 and stainless steel 316L in additive manufacturing
2026
Mixing commercially available alloy powders in Additive Manufacturing (AM) provides a versatile route for composition exploration, yet tailoring post-heat treatments for such mixtures remains challenging....
Advances in Fe-based bone implants: Accelerated degradation, cytocompatibility and osteogenesis
2026
Degradable iron (Fe)–based alloys and composites have attracted increasing attention as promising materials for bone implants. These alloys exhibit sufficient mechanical strength to provide reliable...
Design and additive manufacturing of low-elastic-modulus β-titanium alloys for biomedical applications: from alloying theory to scaffold engineering
2026
β-titanium (β-Ti) alloys are promising materials for biomedical implants due to their excellent biocompatibility and intrinsically low Young's modulus, which reduces stress shielding compared with conventional...
Effect of interlayer remelting on damping and mechanical properties of EBF3-fabricated NiTi alloys
2026
Electron-beam freeform fabrication (EBF3) of NiTi alloys commonly exhibits a trade-off between tensile ductility and damping capacity. In this study, a low-beam current interlayer remelting strategy...
Enhancing piezoresistive sensitivity of natural rubber composites filled with conductive carbon black: A comparative study of grafted vs ungrafted forms
2026
This study presents the development of piezoresistive strain sensors based on natural rubber (NR) filled conductive carbon black (CCB) composites for human motion detection applications. CCB-based composites...
Mechanism-based comparison of Ti-6Al-4V lattice topologies with and without face sheets under quasi-static and dynamic loading
2026
A constitutive model calibrated for an electron-beam-melted Ti-6Al-4V Body-Centred Cubic (BCC) lattice was modelled to evaluate nine strut-based lattice topologies different strain rates. For each topology,...
Rep-PPLCNet: A reparameterized lightweight backbone network for efficient object detection
2026
Metal surface defect detection is a crucial link in ensuring the quality and safety of industrial products, which imposes rigorous requirements on the real-time performance and accuracy of detection...
Exploring optimal Cu content in SLMed Fe-30Mn alloys for orthopedic application: Tailored accelerated biodegradation, antibacterial activity, and cytocompatibility
2026
Biodegradable Fe-based alloys for orthopedic implants suffer from excessively slow physiological degradation. Although Cu alloying can accelerate corrosion and impart antibacterial activity, the optimal...
3D-printed bio-based polyurethane-acrylamide hydrogels from soybean oil polyols for efficient dye adsorption
2026
Sustainable waterborne polyurethane-acrylate (SWPUA)–acrylamide (AM) hydrogels were developed as 3D-printable adsorbents using Liquid Digital Display (LCD) 3D printing, enabling precise control over...
Harnessing sub-symmetry in Waterbomb origami for soft crawlers: Enabling bi-directional motion and steering
2026
Origami provides a powerful framework for soft robotics, where structural folding enables seamless and programmable deformation. Waterbomb origami has been extensively modeled under the fully symmetric...
A biodegradable, Zn/Ti layered, heterostructured composite with remarkable work-hardening and biocompatibility for orthopedic implants
2026
Pure zinc (Zn) and its alloys are increasingly recognized as absorbable biometals, owing to their excellent tissue compatibility and appropriate degradation rate. However, the inadequate mechanical...
Rare earth orthoferrites (RFeO3, R= rare earth elements): A comprehensive review of structural, dielectric, and magnetic properties
2025
Rare earth-based orthoferrites perovskite oxides RFeO3 (R = rare earth ions) have been studied by many researchers across the globe for their potential applications as smart devices due to their interesting...
Mechanical properties, degradation behavior, and biocompatibility of porous iron scaffold fabricated by laser powder bed fusion
2025
The design of porous structure can not only improve the degradation rate of iron (Fe) by significantly increasing the specific surface area, but also promote osteogenic differentiation by facilitating...
