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Enhancing tribological performance of Ti6Al4V with additively manufactured porous architecture: A scanning interval approach

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This study explores the impact of additive manufactured porous architecture on the tribological performance of Ti6Al4V. Biomimetic porous architectures were manufactured on dense multi-layer using direct energy deposition with a dense layer followed by a porous layer. Varied scanning intervals during laser processing for the porous layer influenced the microstructure and, consequently, the hardness, the corrosion resistance and the tribological behavior of the dense layer. The results indicate a substantial improvement in tribocorrosion performance, particularly noteworthy in reducing corrosive wear rates, making porous architectures beneficial for both biomimetic structures and enhanced tribocorrosion resistance in body fluids.

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Acknowledgments

This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51875169). **ulin Ji acknowledges the support from the STU Scientific Research Foundation for Talents (NTF21011). Fengtao Wang would like to acknowledge the support from the 2020 Li Ka Shing Foundation Cross-Disciplinary Research (2020LKSFG01D) and Guangdong Provincial University Innovation Team Project (2020KCXTD012).

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Funding was provided by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51875169), STU Scientific Research Foundation for Talents (Grant No. NTF21011), Li Ka Shing Foundation Cross-Disciplinary Research (Grant No. 2020LKSFG01D) and Guangdong Provincial University Innovation Team Project (Grant No. 2020KCXTD012).

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XJ: methodology, investigation, data curation, writing—original draft, writing—review and editing, resources, supervision. JW: methodology, investigation, data curation. HD: formal analysis, resources, conceptualization. YL: methodology, visualization. FW: conceptualization, methodology, resources.

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Ji, X., Wang, J., Zhu, W. et al. Enhancing tribological performance of Ti6Al4V with additively manufactured porous architecture: A scanning interval approach. MRS Communications (2024). https://doi.org/10.1557/s43579-024-00515-w

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