Project: A new generation of metallic biomaterials as health solution for a sustainable life

Acronym	Cool&SmartTit (Reference Number: 17)
Duration	01/04/2024 - 01/03/2027
Project Topic	The proposed project “A new generation of metallic biomaterials as health solution for a sustainable life“ aims to obtain a new alloys system containing Titanium, Molibdenum, Niobium and Tin (Ti-Mo-Nb-Sn), with characteristics suitable for medical applications. The new generation of biomaterials will overcome the limitations of the titanium, cobalt and stainless-steel alloys as: high elasticity model and low corrosion resistance and biocompatibility. Hence, to achieve long-term stability and rapid osseointegration in orthopedic implants, surface modification of the implant surface is required. In this sense, the new titanium-based alloys will undergo specific heat treatments to obtain alloys with good mechanical properties intended for orthopedic applications. Novelty and Innovation of the proposed approach is the development, improvement, characterization and promotion of new Ti-based alloys obtained for different concentrations of non-toxic metals (Mo, Nb, Sn). These alloys will synergistically combine the effects of each element involved in the titanium system. The obtained biomaterials based on the studied compositions are expected to show improved functional characteristics as implant materials for health-related application. While 60% of orthopedic implants have adverse reactions, these materials developed in the project can easily replace existing materials, having mechanical properties close to those of human bone, resistance to corrosion and rapid osseointegration. Originality of the proposed approach consists in the development and characterization of Ti-based alloys containing unique combination of nontoxic alloying elements that are enhancing the Young modulus (in order to have proprieties closer to the attached/replaced tissue). The newly developed alloys will be thermally treated at different temperature levels in order to obtain optimal
Network	ERA-MIN3
Call	ERA-MIN3 Joint Call 2023

Project partner

Number	Name	Role	Country
1	Gheorghe Asachi Technical University Iasi Technologies and Equipment for Materials Processing	Coordinator	Romania
2	National Institute for Research and Development in Environmental Protection	Partner	Romania
3	Fundación Universitaria San Antonio	Partner	Spain
4	University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy Inorganic and Electrochemical Productions	Partner	Bulgaria