Stronger, coarser-grained biodegradable zinc alloys

该项目旨在为新一代生物可降解金属开发更坚固、更耐用的锌合金，用于潜在的承重骨科应用。它期望提供一组具有更好性能的新型锌合金和制造它们的新技术，并使用先进的实验技术来揭示不寻常的Hall-Petch和异常孪生现象背后的变形和强化机制，以及这些合金前所未有的性能。预期的结果可能为开发更好的生物可降解金属合金提供技术和科学基础。这有可能最终为成千上万的澳大利亚患者创造更好的生活。

This project aims to develop stronger and more durable zinc alloys for a new generation of biodegradable metals for potential load-bearing orthopaedic applications. It expects to deliver a group of novel zinc alloys with better properties and a new technology for manufacturing them, and to use advanced experimental techniques to reveal deformation and strengthening mechanisms that underlie the unusual Hall-Petch and anomalous twinning phenomena and the unprecedented properties of these alloys. Expected outcomes are likely to form the technology and scientific basis for developing better biodegradable metallic alloys. This has the potential eventually to create a better life for thousands of Australian patients.