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Laser Surface Melting of AISI 316L Stainless Steel for Bio-implant Application

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Implants made of AISI 316L stainless steel enjoy promising position because of their higher strength as compared to polymer based materials, and higher toughness as compared to the ceramic based implant. However, AISI 316L based implants often fail due to wear, corrosion, fatigue and bacterial infection in the human body. As most of the failures described above are surface dependent, they can be circumvented by tailorment of surface by modifying microstructure an/or composition of the near surface region of a component. Surface tailorment may be achieved by microstructural modification or application of another layer on the surface which may be termed as cladding or coating. High power laser beam may be used as a source of heat to melt the surface of solid substrate and improve its mechanical and chemical properties by grain refinement. The process may also be extended to modify surface composition by applying reactive gas. In the present contribution, a detailed overview of laser surface melting of AISI 316 L stainless steel with the possible application as bio-implant has been presented and the effect of shrouding environment on its characteristics, mechanical and chemical properties has been elaborated in details.

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Partial financial supports from Department of Science and Technology, N. Delhi, National Research Foundation, Pretotia (under DST-NRF bilateral scheme), and Department of Biotechnology, N. Delhi (Individual Scheme) for the said work are gratefully acknowledged. The experimental supports from CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa and Central Research Facility, IIT Kharagpur are also gratefully acknowledged.

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  1. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 721302, India

    Jyotsna Dutta Majumdar & I. Manna

  2. Ministry of Defence, Government of India, Ordnance Factory Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, 208009, India

    Arun Kumar

  3. National Laser Centre, CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa

    Sisa Pityana

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Majumdar, J.D., Kumar, A., Pityana, S. et al. Laser Surface Melting of AISI 316L Stainless Steel for Bio-implant Application. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., India, Sect. A Phys. Sci. 88, 387–403 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40010-018-0524-4

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