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IEC group > Research Lines
Line 6. Biocorrosion-Biotribocorrosion
The research field of Biocorrosion and Biotrobocorrosion has as its main objective the study of electrochemical behaviour (metallic dissolution) under static, dynamic and wear conditions of metallic biomedical alloys for the improvement of this materials design as commonly used biomaterials in joint replacements and implants. This research consists on a multidisciplinary study which pretends to evaluate metallic dissolution mechanisms of biomaterials (which will affect its biocompatibility) inside a human body. This study will be carried out from an electrochemical and mechanical point of view. The interaction between both effects on the behaviour of biomaterials in bovine serum will be also analyzed.
The scientific knowledge of the degradation mechanisms of metallic biomedical alloys allows one to characterize the influence of the protein adsorption, i.e. Albumin, onto metallic surfaces as well as the influence on the presence in the tribological behaviour of CoCrMo alloys. The carbide content of these alloys influence in the electrochemical behaviour and the wear volume.
In this research field there is an active collaboration with European centres like the Materials Institute of the “Ecole Polytehcnique Federale de Lausanne” and Professor Stefano Mischler among others.
 
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