Magnesium Alloys As Degradable Biomaterials

This book is a comprehensive review of the biomedical applications of biodegradable magnesium and its alloys. The metal has seen increasing use in orthopedic and cardiovascular applications over the last decade, particularly for coronary stents and bone implants. The book covers at a variety of magnesium alloys and reviews their structure, fabrication, andin vivo biocompatibility.

Yufeng Zheng, PhD, is a professor at Peking University in Beijing, China and was an associate full professor at the Harbin Institute of Technology in China, where he received his PhD in materials science. His areas of special interest include the development of various new biomedical metallic materials. He served as a member of the editorial board of various journals including theJournal of Biomedical Materials Research-Part B: Applied Biomaterials, theJournal of Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering, Materials Letters, Intermetallics, the Journal of Materials Science & Technology, Frontiers of Materials Science,Acta Metallurgica Sinica, Progress in Natural Science: Materials International, and theJournal of Orthopaedic Translation. Dr. Zheng has authored or co-authored more than 330 peer-reviewed articles.