Castellanos Arboleda, Maria Isabel (Date of defense: 2017-05-05)
Cobalt-chromium (CoCr) alloys are widely used as biomaterials for coronary stents due to their excellent mechanical properties, biocompatibility and corrosion resistance. However, these materials are ...
Fraioli, Roberta (Date of defense: 2016-11-14)
Despite being biocompatible and with adequate mechanical properties for application as a bone replacement material, titanium lacks osteoinductive capacity, i.e. it supports new bone growth on its surface ...