Nanostructured Ti–13Nb–13Zr for dental implant applications produced by severe plastic deformation

Abstract Nanostructured titanium plays an important role in biomedical applications, especially dentistry, as the nanostructured surface promotes bone cell growth and simultaneously prevents bacterial colonization. microstructures can be obtained through Severe Plastic Deformation processes. In this paper, thermomechanical processing via Equal Channel Angular Swaging for continuous production of nanocrystalline Ti–13Nb–13Zr (TNZ) is investigated with respect to applications dental implantology. TNZ a second-generation β-rich (α + β) medical alloy which consist three phases α- β-phase well αʺ-martensite. The αʺ-martensite has very low Young’s modulus comparably strength high ductility allowing metal forming even at temperatures. By adjusting different phase volume fractions, wide range mechanical properties realized, between 50 90 GPa yield exceeding 950 MPa making it ideal material implants abutments. Graphical abstract