Surface modification by glass ceramic coatings of magnesium alloys: surface and electrochemical performance in vitro

OMAR, SHEILA; ENRIQUE MARTINEZ CAMPOS; CASTRO, YOLANDA; ALICIA DURAN; BALLARRE, JOSEFINA; CERE, SILVIA

Bertinoro

Congreso; Biometals 2017; 2017

conferium

Surface modification of metallic materials is the approach for developing functional properties to assure good biocompatibility, enhance tissue acceptance, and/ or inhibit corrosion rate. In this work, surface modification of two commercial magnesium alloys is presented. The alloys were coated with 58S glass coating by sol-gel, with organic precursors such as silicon and phosphate alcoxydes and calcium lactate with the aim of inducing new bone formation by the bioactive glass together with the deceleration of the corrosion rate and hence the hydrogen evolution.