@article{61c835228bda4edb9ffcf42209191645,
title = "Changeable Young's modulus with large elongation-to-failure in β-type titanium alloys for spinal fixation applications",
abstract = "Materials used for implant rods in spinal fixation systems must show changeable Young's moduli, high strength and large elongation-to-failure. A d-electron design method was used to determine the chemical composition of Ti-10Cr, which showed all these properties and significant work-hardening characteristics owing to multiple plastic deformation mechanisms, such as deformation-induced ω-phase transformation, {3 3 2}<1 1 3> mechanical twinning and dislocation gliding. Therefore, Ti-10Cr exhibits great potential for use in spinal fixation applications.",
keywords = "Changeable Young's modulus, Phase transformation, Plasticity, Titanium alloys, Twinning",
author = "Huihong Liu and Mitsuo Niinomi and Masaaki Nakai and Junko Hieda and Ken Cho",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported in part by the Industrial Technology Research Grant Program in 2009 from the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Japan and Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) and Young Scientists (A) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan.",
year = "2014",
month = jul,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1016/j.scriptamat.2014.03.014",
language = "English",
volume = "82",
pages = "29--32",
journal = "Scripta Materialia",
issn = "1359-6462",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
}