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Assessing the corrosion of biodegradable magnesium implants: A critical review of current methodologies and their limitations by Kirkland, N.T., Birbilis, N., Staiger, M.P.

“…Magnesium (Mg) and its alloys have been intensively studied as biodegradable implant materials, where their mechanical properties make them attractive…”
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Exploring graphene as a corrosion protection barrier by Kirkland, N.T., Schiller, T., Medhekar, N., Birbilis, N.

“…The potential for graphene coatings to serve as a barrier to aqueous corrosion has not been widely studied. Herein we report the electrochemical response of…”
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A survey of bio-corrosion rates of magnesium alloys by Kirkland, N.T., Lespagnol, J., Birbilis, N., Staiger, M.P.

“…The dissolution rates of a number of experimental magnesium (Mg) alloys in simulated body fluid are surveyed in this work. Degradation conditions approximating…”
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Ca–Mg–Zn bulk metallic glasses as bioresorbable metals by Cao, J.D., Kirkland, N.T., Laws, K.J., Birbilis, N., Ferry, M.

“…A series of six unique Ca-based bulk metallic glasses were synthesized and characterized. The glasses were designed to consist solely of the biocompatible…”
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Synthesis and properties of topologically ordered porous magnesium by Kirkland, N.T., Kolbeinsson, I., Woodfield, T., Dias, G.J., Staiger, M.P.

“…A processing method is described for the preparation of controllable macroscopic architectures in open-cell porous magnesium (Mg). Various macroscopic…”
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Observations of the galvanostatic dissolution of pure magnesium by Kirkland, N.T., Williams, G., Birbilis, N.

“…The dissolution of pure magnesium in 0.1M NaCl under galvanostatic polarisation is reconciled in real time via video imaging of specially designed working…”
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Response to comments from Shi and Atrens on the paper “Observations of the galvanostatic dissolution of pure magnesium” by Kirkland, N.T., Williams, G., Birbilis, N.

“…A consolidated response is made here to address the comments of Shi and Atrens concerning the manuscript “Observations of the galvanostatic dissolution of pure…”
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