Nickel-Titanium Materials : : Biomedical Applications / / Yoshiki Oshida, Toshihiko Tominaga.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Ebook Package English 2020
• VerfasserIn: Oshida, Yoshiki,; Tominaga, Toshihiko,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: De Gruyter STEM
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XX, 954 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Prologue --; Table of Contents --; Chapter 1. Introduction --; Chapter 2. History of development and naming of NiTi materials --; Chapter 3. NiTi-based alloys and alloying element effects --; Chapter 4. Martensitic phase transformation and its related phenomena --; Chapter 5. Heat treatments and their related phenomena --; Chapter 6. Fabrication, synthesis, and product forms --; Chapter 7. Properties and their effects on biofunctionality --; Chapter 8. Corrosion and oxidation --; Chapter 9. Fatigue, fracture, and creep --; Chapter 10. Nonmedical applications --; Chapter 11. Properties in biological environment --; Chapter 12. Surface modification and engineering --; Chapter 13. Sterilization --; Chapter 14. Biotribology and wear debris toxicity --; Chapter 15. Dental/medical applications --; Chapter 16. Dental applications --; Chapter 17. Medical applications --; Chapter 18. Future perspective --; Epilogue --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110666113; 9783110696288; 9783110696271; 9783110659061; 9783110704716; 9783110704518; 9783110704754; 9783110704556
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110666113
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Yoshiki Oshida, Toshihiko Tominaga.

Nickel-Titanium alloys are smart materials exhibiting unique properties such as superelasticity and shape-memory effect. The material has been used as orthodontic wires in the dental field for over 20 years. This book is a comprehensive overview to the field of Ni-Ti Materials and the physical, chemical and mechanical properties of this versatile alloy. In addition, complications and challenges exhibited in applications are also discussed.