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Microstructure and Properties of Spark Plasma Sintered Al-Zn-Mg-Cu Alloy.
Zyka, J. ; Málek, J. ; Pala, Zdeněk ; Andršová, I. ; Veselý, J.
High entropy alloys are a new material class with promising structural and mechanical properties in wide range of applications. In principle they consist of five or more elements in equimolar concentrations resulting basically in single phase microstructure. TaNbHfZrTi alloy was developed by Senkov for high temperature applications.\nSince all of these elements are biocompatible the TaNbHfZrTi alloy can be investigated as a prospective bio implant material. The alloy was prepared by vacuum arc melting, no annealing treatment was applied. Tensile test and hardness test at room temperature were performed with very good results: yield strength 1155 MPa, rupture strength 1212 MPa, Vickers hardness 359 HV30. Microstructure and fracture morphology was also investigated.
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Electrospinning of Modified Biopolymers for Medical Applications
Pavliňáková, Veronika ; Martinová,, Lenka (oponent) ; Zajíčková, Lenka (oponent) ; Vojtová, Lucy (vedoucí práce)
Proposed dissertation thesis is dedicated to the preparation and characterization of novel biocompatible nanofibers with both biological and medical potential applications. The main emphasis of this thesis was focused on the preparation of composite nanofibers respecting the principles of "green chemistry", meaning hard requirements of tissue engineering. The theoretical part summarizes knowledge about the electrospinning process and its parameters. The literature review also describes the electrospinning of proteins like collagen and gelatin, their blends with synthetic polymers and biopolymers as well as with inorganic fillers. One chapter deals with various kinds of crosslinking agents to improve nanofiber hydrolytic stability. The last chapter is aimed to halloysite inorganic nanotubes (HNT) gaining much attention for the use as drug carrier due to its remarkable physical (mechanical reinforcement) and biological (biocompatibility and low toxicity) properties. The experimental part is divided into two chapters, each of them examines issues of nanofibrous material preparation from different perspective. The first part is focused on novel hydrolytically stable antibacterial gelatin nanofibers modified with oxidized cellulose. The unique inhibitory effect of the nanofibers was examined by luminometric method using genetically modified Escherichia coli strain. Seeded adenocarcinoma lung cells proved good adhesion and proliferation. Second experimental part explores the effect of source and amount of natural tubular halloysite on the structure and properties of biocompatible amphiphilic nanofibers based on a polycaprolactone and gelatin. The addition of HNT improved the thermal stability, mechanical properties (both stiffness and elongation) and reduced the crystallinity of nanofibers. The HNT from different sources did not affect the cell behavior but slightly influenced the proliferation and viability of cells on nanofibers.
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