FOR 5250:  Mechanism-based characterization and modeling of permanent and bioresorbable implants with tailored functionality based on innovative in vivo, in vitro and in silico methods

• Subject Area: Materials Science and Engineering ; Mechanical and Industrial Engineering ; Medicine
• Term: since 2022
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 449916462

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• DFG Programme: Research Units

Projects

• Coordination Funds (Applicant Walther, Frank )
• Development and characterisation of additively manufactured patient-specific dental implants (Applicants Greuling, Andreas ;  Stiesch, Meike )
• Development of new functionalized polymer multilayer coating systems and adaptation to additively manufactured degradable implants with complex inner and outer contours (Applicants Andreeva, Tonya ;  Krastev, Rumen )
• In-silico design of implants based on a multi-scale approach (Applicant Junker, Philipp )
• In vitro cytocompatibility and in vivo small animal studies for the translational mechanistic-biological-medical assessment of additively manufactured bioresorbable magnesium implants (Applicants Barbeck, Mike ;  Jung, Ole )
• Investigation, development and correlation of suitable ex-vivo and in-vivo models in the context of the biocompatibility of additive-manufactured permanent and resorbable materials in large animals (Applicant Smeets, Ralf )
• Mechanism-based characterization of the fatigue and corrosion fatigue properties of addtively manufactured TPMS lattice structures under physiological conditions (Applicant Walther, Frank )
• Sensor-based process development for laser-additive manufacturing of implants with complex outer geometries and inner structures (Applicant Kaierle, Stefan )

• Spokesperson: Professor Dr.-Ing. Frank Walther