Development and production of single- and multi-phase Mg-based materials for degradable implant applications requiring high strength and/or high ductility.
Characterization of Mg alloys by chemical analyses, standard metallographic techniques, mechanical testing, electron microscopy, thermal analyses, in situ synchrotron radiation-based diffraction and tomography and with lab sources.
Generating scientific knowledge on the structure-property relationship in metallic materials intended for degradable implant application in human medicine.
Process optimization of Mg-based implant materials to obtain the property profile that meets the service requirements under physiological conditions with regard to mechanical properties and degradation.
Assisting the experimental activities with computational approaches by thermodynamic, finite element and phase field modelling in order to develop a multiscale digital twin of the implant manufactured by casting and wrought processing.
