{"id":422504,"date":"2018-01-03T07:14:08","date_gmt":"2018-01-03T11:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?guid=b67d91fb2b238366ddf38cfb8852c266"},"modified":"2018-01-03T07:14:08","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T11:14:08","slug":"researchers-develop-hybrid-meta-biomaterial-that-can-prolong-lifespan-of-hip-implants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=422504","title":{"rendered":"Researchers develop hybrid meta-biomaterial that can prolong lifespan of hip implants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A hybrid meta-biomaterial that promotes bone growth is not something you will find in nature, but it can be created using a 3-D printer and existing biomaterials. TU Delft researchers have developed a meta-implant that combines a conventional meta-biomaterial with an auxetic meta-biomaterial. Unlike natural materials, auxetics have a negative Poisson&#8217;s ratio\u2014when stretched, they become thicker perpendicular to the applied force. The material may therefore be used in hip implants to ensure their long-term fixation. The TU Delft researchers published their findings in the scientific journal Materials Horizons on 2 January 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hybrid meta-biomaterial that promotes bone growth is not something you will find in nature, but it can be created using a 3-D printer and existing biomaterials. TU Delft researchers have developed a meta-implant that combines a conventional meta-biomaterial with an auxetic meta-biomaterial. Unlike natural materials, auxetics have a negative Poisson&#8217;s ratio&mdash;when stretched, they become thicker perpendicular to the applied force. The material may therefore be used in hip implants to ensure their long-term fixation. The TU Delft researchers published their findings in the scientific journal Materials Horizons on 2 January 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":615444,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-422504","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422504","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=422504"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422504\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422505,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422504\/revisions\/422505"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/615444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=422504"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=422504"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=422504"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}