Sotoudeh Bagha Pedram, Paternoster Carlo, Khakbiz Mehrdad, Sheibani Saeed, Gholami Navid, Mantovani Diego
BiionixTM (Bionic Materials, Implants & Interfaces) Cluster, Department of Medicine, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, Orlando, FL 32827, USA.
Lab Biomaterials and Bioengineering, CRC-I, Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering & CHU de Quebec Research Center, Regenerative Medicine, Laval University, Quebec City, QC G1V 0A6, Canada.
Materials (Basel). 2023 Jan 25;16(3):1048. doi: 10.3390/ma16031048.
Recently, Fe-Mn-based alloys have been increasingly catching the attention of the scientific community, because of their tunable and outstanding mechanical properties, and suitable degradation behavior for biomedical applications. In spite of these assets, their corrosion rate (CR) is, in general, too low to satisfy the requirements that need to be met for cardiovascular device applications, such as stents. In fact, the CR is not always the same for all of the degradation stages of the material, and in addition, a finely tuned release rate, especially during the first steps of the corrosion pattern, is often demanded. In this work, a resorbable bimodal multi-phase alloy Fe-3Mn-1Ag was designed by mechanical alloying and spark plasma sintering (SPS) to accelerate the corrosion rate. The presence of several phases, for example α-Fe, α-Mn, γ-FeMn and Ag, provided the material with excellent mechanical properties (tensile strength UTS = 722 MPa, tensile strain A = 38%) and a higher corrosion rate (CR = 3.2 ± 0.2 mm/year). However, higher corrosion rates, associated with an increased release of degradation elements, could also raise toxicity concerns, especially at the beginning of the corrosion pattern. In this study, The focus of the present work was the control of the CR by surface modification, with nitrogen plasma immersion ion implantation (N-PIII) treatment that was applied to mechanically polished (MP) samples. This plasma treatment (PT) improved the corrosion resistance of the material, assessed by static degradation immersion tests (SDITs), especially during the first degradation stages. Twenty-eight days later, the degradation rate reached the same value of the MP condition. Nitrogen compounds on the surface of the substrate played an important role in the corrosion mechanism and corrosion product formation. The degradation analysis was carried out also by potentiodynamic tests in modified Hanks' balanced salt solution (MHBSS), and Dulbecco's phosphate buffered saline solution (DPBSS). The corrosion rate was higher in MHBSS for both conditions. However, there was no significant difference between the corrosion rate of the PT in DPBSS (CR = 1.9 ± 0.6 mm/year) and in MHBSS (CR = 2 ± 1.4 mm/year). The cell viability was assessed with human vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) via an indirect metabolic activity test (MTT assay). Due to the lower ion release of the PT condition, the cell viability increased significantly. Thus, nitrogen implantation can control the in vitro corrosion rate starting from the very first stage of the implantation, improving cell viability.
最近,铁锰基合金因其可调谐且出色的机械性能以及适用于生物医学应用的降解行为,越来越受到科学界的关注。尽管有这些优点,但它们的腐蚀速率(CR)通常过低,无法满足心血管设备应用(如支架)所需满足的要求。事实上,材料在所有降解阶段的腐蚀速率并非始终相同,此外,通常还需要精确调整释放速率,尤其是在腐蚀过程的初始阶段。在这项工作中,通过机械合金化和放电等离子体烧结(SPS)设计了一种可吸收的双峰多相合金Fe-3Mn-1Ag,以加快腐蚀速率。多种相的存在,例如α-Fe、α-Mn、γ-FeMn和Ag,赋予了该材料优异的机械性能(抗拉强度UTS = 722 MPa,拉伸应变A = 38%)和更高的腐蚀速率(CR = 3.2±0.2 mm/年)。然而,与降解元素释放增加相关的更高腐蚀速率,也可能引发毒性问题,尤其是在腐蚀过程开始时。在本研究中,当前工作的重点是通过表面改性来控制腐蚀速率,采用氮等离子体浸没离子注入(N-PIII)处理应用于机械抛光(MP)样品。这种等离子体处理(PT)通过静态降解浸泡试验(SDITs)评估,提高了材料的耐腐蚀性,尤其是在最初的降解阶段。28天后,降解速率达到了MP条件下的相同值。基底表面的氮化合物在腐蚀机制和腐蚀产物形成中起着重要作用。还通过在改良的汉克斯平衡盐溶液(MHBSS)和杜尔贝科磷酸盐缓冲盐水溶液(DPBSS)中的动电位测试进行了降解分析。两种条件下在MHBSS中的腐蚀速率都更高。然而,PT在DPBSS中的腐蚀速率(CR = 1.9±0.6 mm/年)和在MHBSS中的腐蚀速率(CR = 2±1.4 mm/年)之间没有显著差异。通过间接代谢活性测试(MTT法)用人静脉内皮细胞(HUVECs)评估细胞活力。由于PT条件下离子释放较低,细胞活力显著提高。因此,氮注入从注入的最初阶段就可以控制体外腐蚀速率,提高细胞活力。