Formation mechanism of multiple spallation and its penetration induced by shear localization in NiTi alloy under implosion loading by Xianye Wu, Xiaoyang Pei, Xiang Chen, Hao Zhang, Jin Wang, Xin Yang, Meizhen Xiang, Shang Gao, Fang Wang

“…This study uses nonequilibrium molecular dynamics simulations to explore the dynamic failures and deformation mechanisms of a cylindrical shell composed of nanocrystalline nickel–titanium alloy under implosion loading. We discover that some individual spall planes are sequentially generated in the material along the propagation of a radial stress wave, indicative of the formation of multiple spallation. …”
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Polymethylmethacrylate-Based Nanocomposites for Denture Base Fabrication: Impact of Nanoparticle Type and Concentration on the Color Change In Vitro by Abdel-Naser M. Emam, Emad A. Azmy, Mohamed Reda Zaki Al-kholy, Mohammed M. Gad, Mohamed Ahmed Helal

“…Three nanoparticles (zirconium dioxide (ZNP), titanium dioxide (TNP), and silicon dioxide (SNP)) were added to heat-polymerized acrylic resin in 3 and 7 wt% concentrations. …”
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Antimicrobial Efficacy of Five Wound Irrigation Solutions in the Periprosthetic Joint Infection Microenvironment In Vitro and Ex Vivo by Anja L. Honegger, Tiziano A. Schweizer, Yvonne Achermann, Philipp P. Bosshard

“…<b>Methods:</b> We treated in vitro biofilms grown on titanium alloy implant discs with clinical bacterial strains isolated from patients with PJIs, as well as abscess communities in a plasma-supplemented collagen matrix. …”
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White-Ceramic Conversion on Ti-29Nb-13Ta-4.6Zr Surface for Dental Applications by Akiko Obata, Eri Miura-Fujiwara, Akimitsu Shimizu, Hirotaka Maeda, Masaaki Nakai, Yoshimi Watanabe, Mitsuo Niinomi, Toshihiro Kasuga

“…The cell spreading on TNTZ was better than those on pure titanium (CP Ti) regardless of the heat treatment for the samples. …”
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One-Step Synthesis of TiO2/Perlite Composites by Flame Spray Pyrolysis and Their Photocatalytic Behavior by M. Giannouri, Th. Kalampaliki, N. Todorova, T. Giannakopoulou, N. Boukos, D. Petrakis, T. Vaimakis, C. Trapalis

“…TiO2/perlite composites were prepared via facile one-step flame spray pyrolysis (FSP) route. Titanium alkoxide (TIPO) and expanded perlite were used as Ti source and substrate, respectively. …”
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Optimizing ternary hybrid nanofluids using neural networks, gene expression programming, and multi-objective particle swarm optimization: a computational intelligence strategy by Tao Hai, Ali Basem, As’ad Alizadeh, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Husam Rajab, Chemseddine Maatki, Nidhal Becheikh, Lioua Kolsi, Narinderjit Singh Sawaran Singh, H. Maleki

“…To validate the proposed strategy, a ternary hybrid nanofluid composed of graphene oxide (GO), iron oxide (Fe₃O₄), and titanium dioxide (TiO₂) was employed as a case study. …”
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Peri-implant soft tissue conditioning of immediate posterior implants by CAD-CAM socket sealing abutments: a randomized clinical trial by Mai Mohamed Elgendi, Iman Salah Eldin Hamdy, Hanaa Ibraheem Sallam

“…Purpose To clinically evaluate the peri-implant soft tissue profile of single posterior implant retained restorations and to assess patient related outcomes of the implant restorations that were conditioned immediately by CAD-CAM socket sealing abutments (SSA) versus those conditioned by Titanium (Ti) standard healing abutments (SHA). Methods Twenty participants received twenty-two single maxillary immediate implants after flapless minimally invasive tooth extraction and 3D guided implant placement in the posterior area (premolar and molar) and allocated randomly into two groups (n = 11), the intervention group: patients received PEEK SSA and the control group: the patients received Ti SHA. …”
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Research of joining the SiC and Cu combination by use of SnTi solder filled with SiC nanoparticles and with active ultrasound assistance by Tomas Melus, Roman Kolenak, Jaromir Drapala, Mikulas Sloboda, Peter Gogola, Matej Pasak

“…The solder matrix consisted primarily of pure tin, while titanium combined with SiC nanoparticles to form a TiC phase. …”
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Study on the Influence of Regional Transportation on PM2.5 Based on the RAMS-CMAQ Model in Weihai, a Typical Coastal City of Northern China by Wentao Ning, Zhiwen Xing, Min Wei, Mingyan Li, Meigen Zhang, Houfeng Liu

“…Black carbon (BC), organic carbon (OC), and ions (ions here include chloride, sodium, magnesium, potassium, calcium, iron, aluminium, silicon, titanium, manganese, and other major nonspecific fine particles) were mainly influenced by short-range transportation and local emissions. …”
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Enhanced wear resistance, hydrophobic properties and corrosion resistance of plasma electrolyte oxidation coatings on Ti6Al4V alloys via addition of ZrO2 nanoparticles by Yue Yang, Weihua Zhang, Kunlong Zhang, Xiangyu Sun, Boxuan Men, Sirong Yu

“…Nanocomposite-coatings were fabricated on the Ti6Al4V titanium alloy plates via plasma electrolyte oxidation (PEO) with the addition of ZrO2 nanoparticles (NPs), followed by low surface energy modification. …”
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Clinical and Radiological Outcome of Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion with Polyether Ether Ketone Cage in Patients with Lumbar Spondylolisthesis by Rishab Chandraprakash, Rajavel Kalirajan, Milap Bhalodiya, Vijayanand Balasubramanian, Gowthaman Nambiraj, Mohan Mahendramani

“…Clinical significance: The modulus of elasticity of PEEK (3.6 GPa) makes it more closely aligned with cancellous bone (1–20 GPa) compared to traditionally used titanium cages (120 GPa). This alignment contributes to lower rates of bone dehiscence and improved patient outcomes.…”
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Enhanced bone regeneration using sodium alginate and polyvinyl alcohol incorporating TiO2 nanoparticles composite film for orthopedic application by Guoying Zhang, Xunkai Hou, Zhen Geng, Mahani Yusoff, Nur Adibah Roslan, Mohd Hasmizam Razali

“…This study presents an innovative approach to prepare nanocomposite film involving sodium alginate (SA) and polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) blend polymers reinforced with titanium dioxide nanoparticles (TiO2NPs) at varying concentrations (0 wt%, 1 wt%, 5 wt%, 10 wt, and 15 wt%) using solvent casting method. …”
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Biomechanical simulation of bed turning post-acetabular fracture fixation by Haiyang Wu, Zaijie Sun, Qixiao Shen, Xuejian Wu, Cheng Li, Xianhua Cai

“…A double-column acetabular fracture model was then created and stabilized using two different fixation methods: the Dynamic Anterior Plate-Screw System for the Quadrilateral plate (DAPSQ, Group B) and the traditional anterior reconstruction titanium plate plus a 1/3 tubular buttress plate (Group C). …”
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In-depth study on tensile properties and finite element analysis of TiC in-situ formed Ti matrix composites with NbC and ZrC additions by Juan Wang, Zhong Yang, Baiqing Zhou, Haijun Zhang, Li Cui, Yadong Niu, Xiaocheng Rui

“…This study prepared discontinuous particle-reinforced titanium matrix composites (TMC1 - 4) via induction fusion casting and in-situ autogenous techniques, with 5 wt% ZrC as the matrix reinforcing phase and NbC contents of 0, 3, 6, and 9 wt%. …”
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A Study of the Solid-Liquid-Gas Three-Phase Coupling Relationship of Coal, Water and Gas by Anying Yuan, Chunhui Huang, Junling Hou, Zhaomin Zhang, Weihui Pan, Lei Duan, Quansen Wu

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Synthesis, Characterization, and Antiproliferative Effect of CuO-TiO2-Chitosan-Amygdalin Nanocomposites in Human Leukemic MOLT4 Cells by Abozer Y. Elderdery, Badr Alzahrani, Siddiqa M. A. Hamza, Gomaa Mostafa-Hedeab, Pooi Ling Mok, Suresh Kumar Subbiah

“…The main aim of this study was to synthesize copper oxide- (CuO-) titanium oxide- (TiO2-) chitosan-amygdalin nanocomposites (CTCANc) and to characterize them physically and biologically (antimicrobial and anticancer activity using MOLT4 blood cancer cell line) to endorse their useful applications as potential drug candidates in anticancer avenues. …”
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Enhanced Friction and Wear Properties of TiN/MoS₂ Composite Coating on the Surface of Plasma Nitrided Ti6Al4V Alloy by Hongyu Li, Kai Le, Ganggang Wang, Zhenghao Ren, Yuzhen Liu, Zhenglong Yang, Liwei Zheng, Shusheng Xu

“…The composite coating provides a new method to improve the anti-friction of soft metals, especially titanium alloys, and is expected to be applied in the aerospace field.…”
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Remediation technologies for oil contaminated soil by M. Mambwe, K. Kalebaila, T. Johnson

“…Such techniques include bioremediation such as phytoremediation and landfarming, where percent removal of contaminated soils was reported from 68% to 89 % in 40 days to 1 year, respectively; physical methods such as excavation and incineration (75-86% removal); chemical methods such as oxidation (48 % by Fenton process); and photocatalysis (67% using titanium dioxide). The choice of remediation in mining, transportation and petroleum industries depends on the urgency and hazardous effects of the pollutant. …”
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Assessing the Suitability of Snail-Shell Powder as a Partial Replacement of Cement in Concrete Production. by Mukundane, Ivan

“…Their pozzolanic composition was done and found to contain elements such as Calcium-Oxide 85.413%m/m, Iron (iii) oxide 0.406%m/m, Silicon dioxide 8.561%m/m, Potassium oxide 0.212%m/m, Aluminum oxide as 4.250%m/m, Manganese(ii) oxide 0.308%m/m, Phosphorous pent oxide 0.002%m/m, Titanium oxide 0.015%m/m. Physical properties of snail shells, fine aggregates, and coarse aggregates were also done and found to be fineness modulus of sand 2.56, water absorption of sand 2.3%, specific gravity of sand 1.23, natural moisture content of sand 1.47%, water absorption and specific gravity of coarse aggregates as 0.5% and 2.68 respectively, bulk density of coarse aggregates of 1555.56kg/m3 specific gravity and water absorption of the snail-shell sample as 2.95 and 2.02% respectively and fineness of SSP as 92.8%. …”
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Characterization of pre-alloyed NiTi powders produced by electrode induction-melting inert gas atomization for additive manufacturing by Wang J.-W., He D.-Y., Wu X., Guo X.-Y., Tan Z., Zhou Z., Shao W.

“…In this research, the characteristics of nickel-titanium (NiTi) powders produced by electrode induction melting inert gas atomization (EIGA) technique for additive manufacturing (AM) technology are investigated using various powder characterization technologies. …”
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