Scientists from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Koszalin University of Technology will improve the quality of materials used in dental instruments and implantology. The research will be financed by the National Science Center with more than PLN 1.1 million.

The research will mainly focus on the use of NiTi alloys (nickel and titanium alloys, also known as Nitinols). They are classified as intelligent materials because they exhibit the shape memory effect: at a certain temperature, they change their shape in a controlled manner, returning to the previous one only when the thermal conditions change.

These alloys create new possibilities in the design of artificial organs or, for example, advanced dental instruments. They are also the subject of intensive research focused on the use in cardiological implantology as self-expanding stents or rings of heart valves and implants for closing inter-atrial heart defects.

More: https://tu.koszalin.pl/art/1522/naukowcy-wyfinansaja-inteligentne-materialy-do-produkcji-implantow