EU FP7 project VINAT "Virtual Nanotitanium"

EU partners:

• Technical University of Denmark (DTU),

• IMDEA Materials Institute (IMDEA), Spain

• Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KULeuven), Belgium

• Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, FIAS, Germany

• Technion, Israel

• Timplant Ltd, Czech Republic

WORK PACKAGE LIST:

1. Multiscale modeling of mechanical behavior and strength of biocompatible nanostructured titatium

2. Biocompatible nanostructured SMA and superelastic alloys

3. Biocompatibility of nanostructured titanium and Ti-alloys

4. Nanoindentation and mechanisms of localized deformation of nanostructured biomaterials

5. Management and coordination

Some Publications:

• L. Mishnaevsky Jr. R. Valiev, E. Gutmanas et al. Nanostructured titanium based materials for medical implants, Materials Science & Engineering R: Reports.Vol. 81, 2014

• L. Mishnaevsky Jr, E. Levashov, Computational Materials Science, Special Issue “Virtual Nanotitanium” , 76, 2013

• H.S. Liu, L. Mishnaevsky Jr., Gradient ultrafine-grained titanium: computational study, Acta materialia, 71, 2014,

• H.S Liu et al, Non-equilibrium grain boundaries in UFG titanium: Computational study, Computational Materials Science, 83 (2014) 318–330

Conferences:

• International Conference on Computational Modelling of Nanostructured Materials (ICCMNM-2013), Frankfurt am Main, 3-6.9.2013. See program and booklet

• International Workshops on Modeling and development of nanostructured materials for biomedical applications, February 5-7, 2014, Madrid,

• Nanostructured titanium based alloys for medical applications, January 21-23, 2013, Ein Gedi