Creating Materials That are Useful to People by Making the Best Use of Them

Graduate School of Engineering

Associate Professor Eri Miura

Based on metals that are compatible with living organisms, such as titanium and magnesium, we are developing biomaterials that combine the superior properties of metals, ceramics, and resins, and conducting research on corrosion and wear in vivo. The properties of the interface between materials with different crystalline structures and properties are important in order to unify them. In order to understand in detail the properties of interfaces and surfaces of materials in special environments such as living organisms and in the sea, we observe microstructures using electron microscopes, analyze surfaces using various analytical instruments, and conduct mechanical tests.

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