In this study, the microstructure, mechanical properties, corrosion behaviors, and in vitro biocompatibility of Zr-Mo alloys as a function of Mo content after solution treatment were systemically investigated to assess their potential use in biomedical application. The experimental results indicated that Zr-1Mo alloy mainly consisted of an acicular structure of a 0 phase, while x phase formed in Zr-3Mo alloy. InZr-5Mo alloy, retained b phase and a small amount of precipitated a phase were observed. Only the retained b phase was obtained in Zr-10Mo alloy. Zr-1Mo alloy exhibited the greatest hardness, bending strength, and modulus among all experimental Zr-Mo alloys, while b phase Zr-10Mo alloy had a low modulus.

In the present study, the microstructure, mechanical property, castability, corrosion behavior and in vitro cytocompatibility of binary Ti–2X alloys with various alloying elements, including Ag, Bi, Ga, Ge, Hf, In, Mo, Nb, Sn and Zr, were systematically investigated, in order to assess their potential applications in dental field. The experimental results showed that all binary Ti‒2X alloys consisted entirely α–Ti phase. The tensile strength and microhardness of Ti were improved by adding alloying elements. The castability of Ti was significantly improved by separately adding 2 wt.% Bi, Ga, Hf, Mo, Nb, Sn and Zr. The corrosion resistance of Ti in both normal artificial saliva solution (AS) and extreme artificial saliva solution (ASFL, AS with 0.2 wt.% NaF and 0.3 wt.% lactic acid) has been improved by separately adding alloying elements. In addition, the extracts of studied Ti‒2X alloys produced no significant deleterious effect to both fibroblasts L929 cells and osteoblast-like MG63 cells, indicating a good in vitro cytocompatibility, at the same level as pure Ti. The combination of enhanced mechanical properties, castability, corrosion behavior, and in vitro cytocompatibility make the developed Ti‒2X alloys have great potential for future stomatological applications.

The microstructure, mechanical properties, and electrochemical behavior of Ti-12V-9Sn shape memory alloy were investigated, with commercial pure titanium (C.P. Ti) and Ti-12V alloy as controls. The metastable b phase was partially retained and a¢¢ martensite phase was obtained in Ti-12V-9Sn alloy, whereas only martensitic phases (a¢ and a¢¢) existed in Ti-12V alloy at room temperature. Ti-12V-9Sn alloy exhibited a good combination of strength and elongation, which showed a ''double yield'' feature, along with a complete shape recovery strain of 4%. The electrochemical measurements indicated that all of the experimental samples exhibited excellent corrosion resistance in the artificial saliva with and without 0.2% NaF, among which Ti-12V-9Sn alloy possessed the lowest corrosion current density in both kinds of simulated body fluids.

The corrosion behavior of Ti-5Ag-xFe alloys (x ¼ 1, 2.5, 5 wt%) in neutral saline solution was investigated by the open-circuit potential (OCP), potentiodynamic polarization, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS), and potentiostatic tests. The microstructural observation indicated that b-Ti phase was retained by the addition of Fe into Ti-Ag alloys. Compared with commercially pure (CP) Ti, Ti5Ag-xFe alloys exhibited higher corrosion potentials, lower current densities, and larger impedance, these suggested that Ti-5Ag-xFe alloys have nobler electrochemical corrosion behavior when compared with CP Ti in neutral saline solution.

Concrete infrastructure repair remains a formidable challenge. The application of engineering geopolymer composites (EGCs) as a repair material in the field of rapid structural repair can ensure the safety of structural facilities and prolong their service life. However, the interfacial bonding performance of existing concrete with EGCs is still unclear. The purpose of this paper is to explore a kind of EGC with good mechanical properties, and to evaluate the bonding performance of EGCs with existing concrete using a tensile bonding test and single shear bonding test. At the same time, X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were adopted to study the microstructure. The results showed that the bond strength increased with the increase in interface roughness. For polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-fiber-reinforced EGCs, the bond strength increased with the increase in FA content (0–40%). However, with the change of FA content (20–60%), the bond strength of polyethylene (PE) fiber-reinforced EGCs have little change. The bond strength of PVA-fiber-reinforced EGCs increased with the increase in water–binder ratio (0.30–0.34), while that of PE-fiber-reinforced EGCs decreased. The bond–slip model of EGCs with existing concrete was established based on the test results. XRD studies showed that when the FA content was 20–40%, the content of C-S-H gels was high and the reaction was sufficient. SEM studies showed that when the FA content was 20%, the PE fiber–matrix bonding was weakened to a certain extent, so the ductility of EGC was improved. Besides, with the increase in the water–binder ratio (0.30–0.34), the reaction products of the PE-fiber-reinforced EGC matrix gradually decreased.