Albumin Protein Impact on Early-Stage In Vitro Biodegradation of Magnesium Alloy (WE43)

Mg and its alloys are promising biodegradable materials for orthopedic implants and cardiovascular stents. The first interactions of protein molecules with Mg alloy surfaces have a substantial impact on their biocompatibility and biodegradation. We investigate the early-stage electrochemical, chemical, morphological, and electrical surface...

“Mg” Bone: Ink extrusion-based additive manufacturing of Mg implants

The treatment of largy bone defect remains challenging in clinics. All the clinically available bone grafts have their own limitations and are not ideal for the treatment. Therefore, developing a new generation of suitable bone substitutes is urgently needed. In the recent years, porous magnesium (Mg) has been extensively studied for orthopedic...

Challenges and Strategies for Optimizing Corrosion and Biodegradation Stability of Biomedical Micro- and Nanoswimmers: A Review

The last two decades have witnessed the emergence of micro- and nanoswimmers (MNSs). Researchers have invested significant efforts in engineering motile micro- and nanodevices to address current limitations in minimally invasive medicine. MNSs can move through complex fluid media by using chemical fuels or external energy sources such as...

Biodegradation of Oxide Nanoparticles in Apoferritin Protein Media: A Systematic Electrochemical Approach

Functional oxide nanoparticles are extensively utilized in the last decades for biomedical purposes due to their unique functional properties. Nevertheless, their biodegradation mechanism by biological species, particularly by proteins at oxide/protein interfaces, still remains limited. Here, a systematic approaches is provided to investigate...

Microbial Mitigation of Hazardous Compounds from Agro-Ecosystems

Editorial: Microbial mitigation of hazardous compounds in agro-ecosystems

Isolation and Identification of Organics-Degrading Bacteria From Gas-to-Liquid Process Water

The gas-to-liquid (GTL) process generates considerable amounts of wastewater that are highly acidic and characterized by its high chemical oxygen demand (COD) content, due to the presence of several organic pollutants, such as alcohols, ketones, aldehydes, and fatty acids. The presence of these organics in the process water may lead to...

Additively manufactured biodegradable porous metals

For the treatment of large bony defects, no perfect solution has been yet found, partially due to the unavailability of ideal bone implants. Additively manufactured (AM) biodegradable porous metals provide unprecedented opportunities to fulfil the requirements for ideal bone implants to be used in such treatments. Firstly, the multi-scale...

Organic micropollutant removal during river bank filtration

This study investigated the factors influencing the main removal mechanisms (adsorption and biodegradation) for organic micropollutant (OMP) removal during river bank filtration (RBF) and the possibility of developing a predictive model of this process for OMP removal during RBF. Chapter 2 analysed the sorption and biodegradation behaviour of 14...

Transformation of organic micropollutants during river bank filtration: Laboratory versus field data

This paper investigates the degradation behavior of 14 organic micropoliutants (OMPs), selected for their different physico-chemical properties (e.g., molecular weight, hydrophobicity and charge). In soil columns simulating the conditions prevailing in the first meter of river bank filtration (RBF) media. The results from the column system are...

NA-Interface: Natural Attenuation of oxidisable organic contaminants at the Interface between groundwater and surface water